December 2022 Internal E-Newsletter

AGENCY UPDATES

Wear your ugliest holiday sweater and join us at the next quarterly all staff meeting and holiday gathering. Nominate your co-workers (by EOD 12/13) to win funny office superlative awards and remember to submit a cheer for a peer or two. Let's celebrate another year!

Please RSVP to Kathy Downs as soon as possible.

Thank you to everyone who attended an Open Enrollment meeting and for your diligence in getting it completed.

Active job postings can be found on our Careers site in ADP, which is also linked to LifeBridgeCT.org/careers should anyone wish to apply and/or forward to prospects.

Please direct questions to Linda Dunn.

With the help of Virginia Payton, the behavioral health department made a concerted effort recently to gain feedback from the people we serve. The results were impressive, demonstrating the powerful impact we have. In November, we received data from 259 satisfaction surveys (which is what we typically collect in six months!), which revealed 82% of clients believed that LifeBridge had helped them, 89% thought that their clinician was on their side and believed in them and 93% would recommend us to their friends and family. Surveys are completed off- and online.

A few comments included:

• “Everyone here is wonderful and nice”
• “I strongly love the support I get from people here”
• “I really enjoy the atmosphere at LifeBridge and staff have grown”
• “Literally the best. I love coming here and look forward to my appointment each week.”

Urban Scholars celebrated Thanksgiving on November 18. Activities included creating a “What I am thankful for” pennant, friendship bracelets, watching a movie and enjoying a homemade Thanksgiving dinner.

We recently partnered with Brave Enough To Fail, a student-focused educational nonprofit that provides motivational programs, educational resources, and scholarships to help students succeed in school and beyond to implement their BOSS program with our older scholars.

BOSS Academy is a social emotional learning curriculum to help young people take charge and be the boss of their dreams.

Team Spirit and Recognition

View the slideshow from Spirit Week and Domestic Violence Awareness Day.

Thank you to all participants!

Happy National Nurse Practitioners Week to Monica Starr and Rose Leger. We are grateful for our APRNs!

Cheers to Jennifer Reyes in our Sign Language Interpreting division on the birth of her daughter, Iris Maria!

Have someone or something else to celebrate? Submit Cheers for Peers here or blank cards can be found in the Bridgeport reception area. Please leave completed cards in the Development Office.

Thank you to Paige Greene and her team of Community Closet volunteers for distributing Toy Drive donations to our clients to help make their holidays brighter and to all who helped spread the word for donations and/or "shopping" appointments.

The Community Closet is an essential resource for the families we serve.

Join us for our FINAL Giving Day Campaign on February 23. We are looking for at least 25 staff volunteers to help us win one more grand prize! The commitment: You agree to raise 10 separate gifts of $10 each from friends or family the day of the event. It's that easy, and it could help us to leverage thousands in prize funding for the families we serve. Are you in? Please alert Lori Goertz.

Please save the date for the Staff Kick-off Meeting on 1/11 at 1:00 PM in Bridgeport.

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