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Thank you to those who joined us to celebrate 30 years of providing healing, haven and hope to those struggling with mental health in our community on May 19. It was an inspirational and exceptional milestone! Turning Point Foundation started 30 years ago with one clubhouse, and today with the continued support from people like … Read more
The idea for the Growing Works labyrinth came from Naval Base Chaplain Patricia Coley who has seen some really nice labyrinths in places where she has been deployed. We appreciate her volunteer work for Growing Works and rallying her friends from the Base to assist. Our volunteer Landscape Designer, Dr. Steven Sandifer, created the plan … Read more
Psychotic and paranoid, our son was on the streets. Again. He’d been in the psychiatric facility on an involuntary hold, then their after- discharge facility, the Thomas Fire shelter, the Rescue Mission, the winter warming shelter. Because of delusions and anxiety, none of them were a good place for him. Often-incoherent texts and calls revealed … Read more
Turning Point Foundation’s Growing Works Program will unveil Ventura County’s largest living labyrinth. With paths encircled with lavender plants, the labyrinth will be tended by employees at Growing Works nursery. Conceived by Naval Base Chaplain Patricia Coley, designed by Dr. Steven Sandifer, and named in honor of Dr. Richard Grossman, the labyrinth will be a … Read more
The Kenrose Kitchen Table Foundation and the Solar Tech Certification program and Moorpark College assisted with the installation of the first solar panel, and all its components at River Haven. We will monitor the efficiency for about two weeks and then expand to the rest of the Tiny Houses! Thank you Kenrose and Moorpark College … Read more
Check out the full article We know how important Growing Works is for people with mental health challenges. What we didn’t know was how it would be so welcomed by the community. Now as we look back over the year, we count the start-up of the Growing Works nursery by Turning Point Foundation to be … Read more
Thank you to The Home Depot Foundation and all of the Team Depot employee volunteers from Oxnard, Camarillo, Simi & Thousand Oaks stores for their generous grant that provided new appliances and garden boxes for Our Place Safe Haven. Team Depot volunteers also power washed and painted the building! Our Place is the first step on the … Read more
Their Success is Our Reward Since opening its doors in July, the Growing Works nursery has seen over one hundred participants in its job training and horticultural therapy program. Some have advanced to become paid employees at Growing Works, while others have moved on to outside employment. There is nothing more rewarding to us than … Read more
When I managed the E.P. Foster Library in downtown Ventura we had many library users that were part of the homeless community. In 2008 I joined the Ventura Social Services Task Force and subsequently learned about the various local resources offered to this underserved population. One of the most effective organizations was The Turning Point … Read more