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Vision & Mission
Members of Bridge To Freedom (BTF) will distribute educational material about mental illness, its causes and treatment, and the role of Consumer Run Organizations in recovery. We have formed a speakers' bureau that will continue to provide presentations about mental illness and recovery to groups such as schools, state hospital staff and patients, mental health center staff and consumers, and civic organizations. We want to educate patients at OSH about the value of CROs and refer them to CROs in their hometowns. We adopt a needy family during Christmas season, giving them dinner and gifts. We provide at least two leadership training presentations using consumer-to-consumer experts from developed CROs. BTF will write a newspaper article in the local newspaper, will distribute a brochure quarterly, and will visit the mental health museum in St. Joseph to learn how consumers were treated in the 40's. BTF teaches members to reading, writing, and math skills by using a computer. BTF has a cooking class as well as computer training. In addition, BTF offers members opportunities to run the CRO activities. Members are taught how to fish and to respect ecology. Members have opportunities to find additional funds by grant writing and fundraising.

Primary Programs and Activities
Members of BTF will distribute educational material about mental illness, its causes and treatment, and the role of Consumer Run organizations in recovery. We have formed a speakers' bureau that will continue to provide presentations about mental illness and recovery to groups such as schools, state hospital staff, and patients, mental health center staff and consumers, and civic organizations. We want to educate patients at OSH about the value of CROS and refer them to CROS in their hometowns. We adopt a needy family during Christmas season for dinner and gifts. We provide at least two leadership training presentations using consumer-to-consumer experts from developed CROS. BTF will write a newspaper article in the local newspaper. Will distribute a brochure quarterly. Will visit the mental health museum in St. Joseph to learn how consumers were treated in the 40's. BTF teaches members to read, write, and math skills by using a computer. BTF has a cooking class and does computer training. In addition, BTF offers members opportunities to run the CRO activities. Members are taught how to fish and to respect ecology. Member have opportunities to find additional funds by grant writing and fund raising. BTF is open Thursdays from 2:00pm to 6:00pm; Saturdays and Sundays 5:00pm to 9:00pm.

Contact Information
Steven Raub, Executive Director
PO Box 85
Osawatomie, KS 66064
(913) 256-4889, (913) 783-4493 (Home Phone)
btfcro@earthlink.net