Mental Health Matters

news & views from Staunton Farm Foundation

While the person who serves as Staunton Farm Foundation’s executive director has changed, the mission and vision of our organization remain the same. I am excited about what the future holds for the Foundation and our partners in the ten southwestern Pennsylvania counties we serve....

I’d like to express a big thank you to the Staunton Farm Foundation Board of Directors (old and new), to Bethany Hemingway (Staunton Farm’s Senior Program Officer), and to you, our stakeholders, friends, colleagues, grantee partners, and the behavioral health community....

“Where do I start?” It’s a question we’ve all asked countless times. We ask where to start on homework, on projects, on cleaning – everything begins with a first step. Why should our mental health be any different?...

At Staunton Farm Foundation, we’re always working for mental wellness. Each year on October 10, World Mental Health Day, many others join in. This year’s theme, ‘Mental Health is a Universal Human Right’, invites us to think about mental wellness in the same way we think...

Since my hair is now white – it returned white after chemo and I decided to embrace it –people often tilt their heads when they first meet me, and say things like, “Are you still teaching?” Yes, I am still doing what I love. This is...