September 2015Volume 9 Issue 10

Editor: Monica M. Simpson

Company Newsletter

Our Vision ~ Provide the highest quality of comprehensive services to empower the people and communities of Labette County. We envision fulfilling and meaningful lives for those we serve. Our Mission ~ Create hope and opportunities for life change by providing education, support, consultation and therapeutic behavioral health services to the people and communities of Labette County.

Patel Becomes Office Manager

Asha Patel became the Office Manager for Labette Center for Mental Health Ser-vices, effect October 1st, 2015. Asha’s will maintain all of the job duties she currently has.

Patel was hired in 2006 in the accounts receivable depart-ment. She then moved into the posi-

tion of corporate compliance and in 2008 assumed the title of accounts payable. In 2011 she also began han-dling the functions of payroll. Asha holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Manage-ment and Accounting which she earned from Pitts-burg State University, graduating in 2000. She resides in Parsons with her husband, Kanak, their children Shaan and Aashka and Morkie puppy, Lola. Origi-nally from Pennsylvania, Asha moved to the area in 1996. She is also a 2010-2011 graduate of Leadership Labette. Patel enjoys spending time with friends and family and attending her kids sporting activities. Her and her family stay active in the community as well as their children’s schools.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Gold Level Sponsor

Silver Level Sponsors

Bronze Level SponsorsBleacher Gear

Oswego HospitalEye Care Assosciates (Dr. Gilmore & Dr. Newland)

Par ComThe Blair Agency

Southeast Kansas NAMILabette Health

CST Storage

Other Donations & Door PrizesAIM Dance

All Seasons Floral Curious Minds Discovery Zone

Framing Memories Green Country Ford

Horton’s PizzaJohn Dhooghe (Pro Forma)

K-State Research & Extension

Labette Community CollegeMarti MacGibbon

Parsons Chamber of Commerce Parsons Recreation Commission

SEKRSSTAND

TWLOHA Wright Signs

Labette Center for Mental Health Services would like to thank all of the companies and organizations in our community that spon-sored or donated to our annual Recovery Month Event, “An Eve-ning of Recovery”!

www.lcmhs.com

Have you checked us out Online?

Have you visited our website lately? If not, stop by and check out the changes we’ve made! Go to www.lcmhs.com and see some of the new features we’ve added. You can now recom-mend a page from our website to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or Google+! Be sure to let your clients know if they need any information they can check our website and they can now pay their bill online!

Updates, quotes, mental health news, etc. are posted on the Cen-ter’s pages on a regular basis.

During bad weather or for any other Center closing, updates will be posted to these social media sites as well.

Last Quarter Oct. 4thNew Moon Oct. 12th

First Quarter Oct. 20thFull Moon Oct. 27th

Anniversaries:

Rebecca Gray Oct. 10th 4yrs TherapistJonathan Tower Oct. 11th 8yrs CMARebekah Wells Oct. 17th 4yrs Children’s Case ManagerBetty Reissig Oct. 18th 5yrs ReceptionistStephen Ahrens Oct. 27th 1yr Navigator’s AidDavid Gravett Oct. 28th 2yrs Children’s Case ManagerRichard Crooks Oct. 29th 1yr Children’s Case Manager

Birthdays:

Mark Gardner October 7th Substance Use CounselorTrinette Vance October 14th Care CoordinatorMonica Simpson October 30th Public Relations/Administrative AssistantEmma Vore October 31st Adult Case Manager

Health Happenings!

Current opportunities for healthy living choices!

Each day at 9am and 2pm Asha Patel walks from the Main office to the Post Office. She would like to welcome any employee who would be interested in joining her. This breif walk twice a day provids an excellent opportunity for adding a little excerisce to the day! Reasearch shows that by walking 20 minutes or more each day the risk of heart disease and diabetes can be signifigantly lowered. Additionally, it has been shown that excersice during the work day can help to aleviate stress and anxiety, which can help raise energy and productivity levels. (http://www.adaa.org, http://www.cbc.ca)

Liz Davis participates in Zumba classes three times a week. She would like to welcome any employee to join her for these classes. Classes are offered at a variety of times, six days a week through the Parsons Recreation Commission. If someone is interested but unable to attend the same times as Liz, there are plenty of other opprotunities to participate as well! Zumba cost $3.00 per class. (Flyer for Zumba classes attached.)

Are you considering striving toward healthier living? Also at-tached to this newsletter is information for weight lose and to-bacco cessation programs provided through BCBS of Kansas.

Fall Shirt Orders

Its time for fall shirt orders! I plan to put in a shirt order by the end Mid-October, with them arriving around the end of October. I am still working on the login function of the website for employee use only. But, in the meantime, I have gotten the shirt order page of the employee sec-tion done. Below is a link for the employee login page. You cannot get to this page through the website. It is hid-den from the site at this time since I’m still working on login functions. You will need to keep this link in order to access it. At this time the shirt order page is the only one completed and you will not be able to click on the other pages. I hope to have this completely finished soon. Thank you for your patience.

Feel free to stop by my office to see samples of sizes and look at the book. Prices will probably be similar to orders in the past (depending on quantity ordered). The 60/40 cotton blends typically run around 16.50 and the poly wa-ter wicking are around 15.50. These prices could be higher or lower depending on the total number of shirts ordered.

www.lcmhs.com/employee-information.html

Also, currently I have several shirts available in my of-fice that can be purchased. I have a variety of colors in men’s and women’s polyester short sleeve polo shirts, a few women’s long sleeve polo shirts and a couple t-shirts. Anyone who is interested in purchasing one of these shirts please feel free to come by and take a look! Also, I have come to posses some Center shirts that are gently used that individuals have brought into me. Currently I have two size small shirts that I will give to employees on a first come first serve basis. If anyone else has shirts they would like to have given to other employees, feel free to bring them by my office.

Thank you!Monica

Employe Satisfaction Committee

The Employee Satisfaction Committee's role is to identify issues having a bearing on employee turnover, engage-ment, retention, and satisfaction. The goals of the com-mittee are to reduce undesirable turnover and continue to improve the overall satisfaction of employees. The com-mittee's mission is to brainstorm ideas, gather information and help define issues associated with employee turnover, engagement, and satisfaction. The Committee will regu-larly meet with Matthew Atteberry, Executive Director to provide input. The members of the Employee Satisfaction Committee are Liz Davis, Melissa Lunsford, Asha Patel, Virginia Standley, and Jessica Ramsey.

Silver Dollar City/Worlds of Fun Tickets

Great news everyone! Our company rates for Worlds of Fun and Silver Dollar City are working again!

For Silver Dollar City there has been a new promo code assigned to the center. The code is 25712. To utilize this code and receive a 20% discount on tickets, go to http://store.silverdollarcity.com. Silver Dollar City has changed there promotion program. In order to continue receiving this discount on tickets, there needs to be at least 50 tick-ets purchased with the Center’s code between now and March 2016. If there are not at least 50 tickets purchased with that code, the Center will loose the promotion pro-gram.

The promo code for Worlds of Fun is lcmhs15. All you have to do is go to the parks websites and enter the code to be able to buy tickets at the discounted price. This infor-mation is available on the employee login section of the website. Posters and other information will be distributed as it becomes available.

Pie Contest

On September 17th was a pie contest was held at the Cen-ter. All employees were welcome to participate in the con-test. There were a total of 5 pies submitted and voting took place by individuals taste testing the anonymous pies, which were labeled by number and type of pie only. At the end of the day the votes were tallied! In an extremely close vote (3 tieing for 2nd place and the third place just one vote behind!) the winner of the pie contest was Jon-athan Tower with a Strawberry Rhubarb Pie! Jonathan received a baking dish for having the winning pie! Con-gratulations Jonathan!

Stress Presentation with USD 506 Bus Drivers

On Friday September 11, 2015 Misti Mustain, Director of Clinical Programs, presented to the USD 506 Bus Drivers on Stress Managment. This presentation provided divers with stratagies for dealing with stress on and off the job. The presenation was grounded in using humor to handle everyday stressors and helping change the prespective on how we let everyday situations increase our stress. Driv-ers were provided with stress balls from LCMHS, as well as useful tools to put into place. “The discussion was in-teractive, fun and I was able to help give drivers different ways to handle current situations they have to handle on a daily basis,” stated Misti. Approximately 25 bus drivers were in attendance for the presentation.

October is . . . .

Adopt A Shelter Dog MonthAmerican Cheese MonthApple Month LinkBat Appreciation MonthBreast Cancer Awareness MonthBullying Prevention MonthCeliac Disease Awareness MonthClass Reunion MonthCountry Music MonthDomestic Violence Awareness MonthDown Syndrome Awareness MonthGlobal ADHD Awareness MonthGo Hog Wild - Eat Country HamHalloween Safety MonthHead Start Awareness MonthInternational Starman MonthNational Animal Safety and Protection MonthNational Arts & Humanities MonthNational Bake and Decorate MonthNational Caramel MonthNational Chili MonthNational Chiropractic Health MonthNational Cookbook MonthNational Crime Prevention MonthNational Cyber Security Awareness Month National Depression Education & Awareness MonthNational Domestic Violence Awareness MonthNational Kitchen & Bath MonthNational Orthodontic Health MonthNational Physical Therapy MonthNational Popcorn Poppin’ MonthNational Pork Month LinkNational Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness MonthNational Reading Group MonthNational Roller Skating MonthNational Sarcastic Awareness MonthNational Stamp Collecting MonthNational Substance Abuse Prevention MonthNational Toilet Tank Repair MonthNational Window Covering Safety MonthNational Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness MonthPhotographer Appreciation MonthPizza MonthPositive Attitude MonthRight Brainers Rule! MonthSausage Month LinkSpinach Lovers MonthVegetarian MonthNational Walk Your Dog Week: 1-7Universal Children’s Week: 1-7National Storytelling Weekend: 2-4Old-time Fiddler Days: 2-3: (1st Full Weekend)4-H Week: 4-10Fire Prevention Week: 4-10Mental Illness Awareness Week: 4-10World Space Week: 4-10National Food Bank Week: 11-17National School Bus Safety Week: 14-23

National Save For Retirement Week: 18-24Freedom of Speech Week: 19-25World Origami Days: 24-11/11National Massage Therapy Week: 25-31Red Ribbon Week: 23-31Fire Pup Day: 1International Day of Older Persons: 1International Music Day: 1Model T Day: 1World Farm Animals Day: 2Lee’s National Denim Day: 2Kanelbullens Dag (Cinnamon Roll Day): 4 National Taco Day: 4 Ten-Four Day: 4World Animal Day: 4 Change A Light Day: 4Country Inn Bed & Breakfast Day: 4Child Health Day: 5World Day of Bullying Prevention / Blue Shirt Day: 5World Teachers Day: 5Mad Hatter Day: 6American Libaries Day: 6National Depression Screening Day: 8National Family Bowling Day (or Kids Bowl Free Day): 10Naval Academy Day: 10World Homeless Day: 10World Mental Health Day: 10Southern Food Heritage Day: 11Columbus Day World Arthritis Day: 12Navy Birthday: 13Spider-Man Day: 14I Love Lucy Day: 15National Cake Decorating Day: 15National Grouch Day: 15Boss’s Day (or National Boss’s Day) : 16 World Food Day: 16National Pasta Day: 17National Chocolate Cupcake Day: 18Information Overload Day: 21Reptile Awareness Day: 21IPod Day: 23National Mole Day: 23Make A Difference Day: 24United Nations Day: 24International Artists Day: 25Howl at The Moon Night: 26Lung Health Day: 26Visit A Cemetery Day: 26 National Chocolate Day: 28St. Jude’s Day: 28National Cat Day: 29Frankenstein Friday: 30National Candy Corn Day: 30Girl Scout Founder’s Day: 31Halloween or All Hallows Eve: 31National Caramel Apple Day: 31National Forgiveness Day: 31National Knock-Knock Jokes Day: 31National Magic Day: 31