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TUH is Making a Difference
Geoff Green and Amy Green Morris founded Team Up for Hope in early 2020, with a small all-volunteer group of Green Team sales associates and staff. The mission statement was clear. The 501(c)(3) non-profit would seek to address the impact of mental health, substance use, and suicide in our communities. In order to accomplish this, TUH would raise funds and awareness for local nonprofit organizations at the forefront of these crises. The Green Team had previously raised money for its local NAMI affiliates. Thus, TUH decided to continue supporting the amazing work these volunteer organizations do. Now, just a year into its mission, TUH is making a difference!
Raising Funds
On October 15, 2021, checks were presented to NAMI Orange and NAMI Sussex in the amount of $3,000 each. This was in addition to the $2,000 presented to each of these NAMI affiliates in November 2020. What is truly remarkable is the use these organizations have made of these donations. In response to the loss of in-person support and treatment, these organizations stepped up. Zoom became the platform for support groups, classes, and training. The amazing NAMI volunteers became proficient at the tech necessary to reach those in need. Additionally, printing, mailing, phone, and other expenses were incurred to provide needed resources.
Team Up for Hope freed these same volunteers from having to raise necessary funds. And, together with our TUH Sponsors, we were able to provide funding for most of their overhead and program costs. Furthermore, Team Up for Hope provided donations to other local non-profits.
Raising Awareness
TUH’s method of raising awareness was shaped by the Pandemic. Team Up for Hope was unable to hold a planned in-person event. Therefore, TUH decided to create a series of webinars. Importantly, the first webinar discussed the impact of the pandemic on mental health and substance use. Subsequent webinars covered topics related to the TUH mission statement. For a list of, and to view these webinars, click here.
TUH collaborates on its webinars with local experts and advocates to provide education, resources, and support.
Join us for our next Webinar
Join Team Up for Hope on Thursday, November 4 at 7..pm. for a special webinar. Geoff Green will be interviewing author Bobi Conn. Bobi’s book is In the Shadow of the Valley: A Memoir, an extraordinary tale of survival and hope.
Become a Sponsor
Sponsorships are for a 12-month period and are a way of showing your community that you care. Moreover, you can become a sponsor at any time. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Team Up for Hope is an all-volunteer organization. Sponsorship money is donated to NAMI Orange County, NY, and NAMI Sussex County, NJ. Furthermore, In addition, TUH makes donations to other local non-profit organizations. Recipients include local artist and mental health advocate, Dan McQuade, Moreover, donations went to the Center for Evaluation and Counseling, Family Partners of Morris & Sussex County, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Our Diamond Sponsors
- Amy Green, Guaranteed Rate;
- Keren Gonen, Keren Cares Real Estate;
- Green Team Realty, and
- Mortgage Unlimited.
Platinum Sponsors
- NuOp – The Business Opportunity Exchange;
- Thomas & Tina Herceg, and
- Kristin Hess.
Gold Sponsors
- Spring Brook Farm;
- Olinski Law, LLC; Executive Insurance Services;
- Lexington Avenue Capital Management LLC;
- NJ Home Check Home Inspections;
- Pamela Zachowski, Green Team New Jersey Realty, and
- Edward Sattler, Green Team New York Salesperson, and Deborah Sattler.
You can make a difference, too!
What can you do to help? Firstly, make a donation or become a sponsor (Click here). Secondly, don’t be afraid to talk about mental health, substance use, and suicide. Ultimately, together we can help end the stigma and the silence,
Team Up for Hope: The Green Team Went Live with NAMI Orange County, NY
Team Up for Hope
As a copywriter for the Green Team, one of my jobs is to do write-ups of the various webinars held by the company. On October 10, 2018 a special webinar was held on Facebook. Team Up for Hope: The Green Team Live with NAMI Orange County, NY. For those unfamiliar with the organization, NAMI stands for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. It is the largest grassroots organization in the nation dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. It operates on national, state and local levels by volunteers who are themselves impacted by mental illness. And these volunteers go through extensive training to offer education, support and advocacy to those of us who have had our lives turned upside down.
So why is a real estate company spending time talking about mental illness? Because the Green Team cares about what happens in the communities we’re part of and which we serve. Every year we raise money for a local charity. This year, our committee felt that we should do something more than hold a fundraiser. We decided to team up with NAMI for an initiative to help end the stigma surrounding mental illness and to provide much needed information to our communities. Thus, this webinar was held, featuring two members of NAMI Orange who presented the personal side of mental illness as well as information and the services NAMI offers.
About our guest panelists
Marcy Felter and Sheila Sutton are working with the Green Team’s Team Up for Hope Committee, educating us on mental illness and the services that NAMI offers. We are also working with Annie Glynn, President, and Jeri Doherty, Treasurer, of NAMI Sussex. Marcy and Sheila volunteered to do the webinar on behalf of both NAMI Affiliates.
Marcy is Chair of the Education Committee, teaches the NAMI Basics and Family to Family Courses, is a Family Support Group Facilitator and serves as a volunteer for Families Helping Families at Orange Regional Medical Center. She is also teaching a new NEABPD (National Education Alliance on Borderline Personality Disorder) class on Borderline Personality Disorder. Hosted by NAMI, this is the first class of its kind being offered in Orange County.
Sheila is a member of the Board of Directors and manages the lending library. She also teaches the NAMI Basics and Family to Family Courses, is a Family Support Group Facilitator and serves as a volunteer for Families Helping Families at Orange Regional Medical Center. In the webinar, Sheila shares her powerful story of the effects of mental illness on her son and her family and how NAMI changed her life.
To write or not to write, that is the question
As I watched the webinar, I realized that I could not do justice to what I was hearing and seeing. To do so would be to rob it of its power, its intent, and its ability to reach people. So I am going to ask everyone reading this to watch the webinar. Spend a few minutes learning about the lives many of you, your family, your friends and your neighbors are living. There are people living in the shadows, afraid of discrimination, bullying, being deserted by friends and family… being judged. Imagine living in fear for a loved one, not understanding what had happened, where that person went, what to do when things got out of control and scary… And then being thrown a lifeline by people like the two women talking to us. And that is exactly what NAMI is, a lifeline.
Today the Green Team was Live with NAMI Orange County to talk about the amazing efforts of support, education, and advocacy that NAMI offers to the community, families and individuals who battle Mental Illness.
Posted by Green Team HQ on Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Want to learn more? Here are some facts and resources from NAMI.ORG
Mental Health Facts in America
Mental Health Facts Children & Teens
Navigating a Mental Health Crisis
Taking Charge of your Mental Health
Want to Know How to Help a Friend?
Where to go for help
Local Nami Affiliates:
Orange County, NY
Email: namiorangeny@warwick.net
Website: namiorangeny.org
Telephone: 845-956-NAMI (6264) or Toll-free: 1-866-906-NAMI (6264)
FaceBook: @namiorangecountyny, NAMI Orange Discussion Group
Sussex County, NJ
Email: nami.sussex@gmail.com
Website: www.nami-sussex-nj.org
Telephone: 9793-214-0632
Facebook: @namisussex
NAMI National Helpline:
1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or info@nami.org
Crisis Text Line: Text 741741 from anywhere in the USA to text with a trained Crisis Counselor
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
Call 1-800-273-8255
Online Chat: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat
Mental Health First Aid Class – to learn how to identify, understand and respond to symptoms of mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders in your community
Website: https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/
