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44 Worcester Business Journal • Giving Guide 2014 www.wbjournal.com The SHINE Initiative Future Goals To grow our presence in Worcester and throughout Central Massachusetts through collaborations with schools, youth- serving organizations, business and civic groups. To develop a youth leadership program that will invite the participation of adolescents and young adults and provide them with opportunities to share our mission with their peers and the community-at-large. To develop and launch a public mental health awareness campaign. To sponsor youth mental health first aid trainings that will enable volunteers, educators, mentors and other adults and young adults to better understand adolescent mental illness and respond to psychiatric distress and emergencies. Fundraising Events/Opportunities KEEP YOUR MIND OPEN- Held annually in October/No- vember, this event features guest speakers, live and silent auction, raffles, dinner and entertainment. It is open to the public and donors are welcome to purchase tickets, serve as sponsors, and/or donate items for auctions and raffles. QUARTER MILE CAMPAIGN- This annual campaign is coordinated by the employees of Fidelity Bank and accepts contributions from patrons and the community at-large throughout the months of May (National Mental Health Month) and June. One hundred percent of the contribu- tions are presented to the SHINE Initiative to support men- tal health awareness and education in collaboration with schools and youth-serving organizations in Central Mass. MICHAEL'S 5K Run & Walk - Held annually in September or October, this event remembers Michael Wallace, a local scholar athlete, who disappeared in 2004 after struggling with depression. Details can be found at www.michaelsrun.org Volunteer Opportunities The SHINE Initiative welcomes opportunities to speak to business and civic organizations and schools. Representa- tives from such entities are invited to contact the SHINE Initiative to coordinate awareness and education programs, forums etc. Also, the SHINE Initiative appreciates support from individu- als, businesses and organizations that wish to coordinate fundraising events on our behalf. Giving Opportunities Support from individuals and businesses are welcome year-round and online contributions are gratefully ac- cepted throughout the year. Sponsorships and general contributions for our major public fundraising campaigns (Keep Your Mind Open each October and the Quarter Mile campaign each May/June) are welcomed and appreci- ated. Board of Directors Ed Manzi, Jr. Fidelity Bank Board Chair Paul Richard Senior Director MISSION STATEMENT Service area: Currently the SHINE Initiative collaborates with communities, schools and youth-serving and civic organizations throughout Central Massachusetts. To be a leader in the effort to recognize mental illness in children and young adults as a mainstream health issue. Corporate ..................... 50% Special Events .............. 40% Private donors .............. 10% Top funding sources: Ed Manzi, Jr. Fidelity Bank, Chairman James Notaro Fidelity Bank, Treasurer Winfield Brown Heywood Hospital Maedon Coburn Appleseed Personnel Deborah Ekstrom Community Healthlink Carolyn Erskine Community Volunteer Susan Mailman Coghlin Electrical Contractors Dr. Peter Metz UMass Memorial Thomas Pier Nypro Joyce Thibault Fidelity Bank Senator Jennifer Flanagan (honorary) The SHINE Initiative 9 Leominster Connector Leominster, MA 01453 Phone: 978-870-1494 www.shineinitiative.org Full-time employees: 1 Annual revenues: $200,000 Year founded: 2004 The SHINE Initiative is doing a wonderful job of engaging the community in conversation about mental illness and of diffusing the stigma that has overshadowed mental illness for generations. – Ed Manzi, Jr., Board Chair