You're Invited to NewBridge Services' Legacy of Hope Gala, May 9

NewBridge Services will honor Carolyn Beauchamp, longtime President and CEO of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey, at its 2019 Legacy of Hope Gala on May 9

Beauchamp will receive NewBridge’s Helping People Move Forward Award for a lifetime of providing leadership in the field of public mental health. The celebration will be held at The Legacy Castle in Pompton Plains.

As head of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey for more than 30 years, Beauchamp has developed programs that empower people with mental illness and created a strong statewide consumer voice that affects policy decisions at the highest levels. Beauchamp has marshaled diverse groups, including corporations, the education community and government agencies, to reduce stigma and increase access to mental health treatment.

Early in her career, Beauchamp was NewBridge’s director of community outreach and helped Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital patients transition to the outside world. She created a program to teach boarding house owners social work basics to better understand residents with mental illness. She also helped NewBridge create New Jersey’s first long-term community residence for older adults hospitalized five years or more.

The 2019 Legacy of Hope Gala, NewBridge’s largest fundraiser of the year, begins at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 9 and features a cocktail hour, open bar, dinner, dancing, a silent auction and much more. Tickets are $150 a person, and proceeds help the nonprofit serve more than 7,200 children, adults and seniors a year through programs in counseling, housing and education.

Go to NewBridge.GiveSmart.com for tickets, to learn about sponsorship and ad journal opportunities, and to bid on items. Contact NewBridge Director of Development Vicki Hess-Lowrie at 973-939-2427 or vhess@newbridge.org with any questions.

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About NewBridge

NewBridge Services, a 501c(3) nonprofit, is a leading provider of counseling services, housing and educational programs in northern New Jersey serving 7,200 adults and seniors last year alone. NewBridge treats mental illnesses and addictions; teaches skills for coping with stress, grief and challenging relationships; helps children who have been abused and neglected — and their families — heal; builds and manages affordable housing; offers school-based programs that teach children and adolescents resiliency skills for healthy emotional development; helps young adults succeed in their education and prepare for careers; and supports seniors so they can remain independent. Throughout its 56-year history, NewBridge has remained true to its mission of bringing balance to people’s lives by tracking shifts in communities’ needs and providing innovative, effective programs to meet them.