<p style="box-sizing:inherit">Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name</span> <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{lastname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">Last name</span>,</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit">We thank you from the bottom of our heart. This donation greatly helps our mission. <br /><br />If you would like to contribute further, contact us to become a volunteer, or talk to your friends about our cause!<br /><br />Brenden Fasken<br />brenden@maitri.team<br />8157800690</p>

<p>Thank you for fundraising with us this year again! Here is more information.<br /><br /></p>

<div><strong><span>Our Project</span></strong></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Wellness and Recovery with Maitrī Inc NFP, also known as WARM, is a 501c3 organization that was created in 2022. WARM, partnered with its passionate staff and board members, continues to want to be part of the solution to the nationwide addiction and mental health crisis in this community.</span></div><p style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;max-width:100%"><strong><span>Money donated under order summary "</span></strong><span><strong>Support the 100% free platform we use! ❤️</strong></span><span><strong><span>" does NOT go to us. Don't donate here!! Choose "Other" in the drop down and enter $0 to avoid overpaying for your donation (: </span></strong></span><br /><span><strong><span><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1675381328/ezkhpzyctr6buxrtqcu2.png" style="width:362px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /></span></strong></span><strong><span><span>Any money you donate on the first page next to "</span><span>Add a donation for Wellness And Recovery with Maitri, Inc. NFP</span><span>" goes directly to us!</span></span></strong></p><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Research shows the longer a person stays engaged in treatment, the better chance they have of maintaining their recovery. WARM recently purchased a vacant medical building to transform the building into a multipurpose treatment facility. This building will be split into three areas, housing for females, housing for males, and counseling offices. Part of this building will be transformed into an abstinence-based extended care facility, picture this part of the building as a safe place for individuals who are on the same path to wellness and recovery to live among each other. Here they can use each other as a resource in their journey to a better life. Here the females and the males will have bedrooms in different parts of the building, with a shared kitchen/eating area and a shared outdoor recreation space. The third portion of the building will serve as space to provide mental health counseling, substance use disorder treatment, and other outpatient services for both the residents of the building and the public. Having these services available in the same building as the residents is paramount to their success. Residents will not have to find rides to and from their appointments, and they will have 24-hour access to a counselor in the event of an emergency.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Abstinence and total recovery from drug and alcohol addiction takes time, effort, and bravery to win the battle. LaSalle County is in the top 7% of all Illinois counties pertaining to the overdose death rate. We are ranked 8th highest of the 102 counties in Illinois. The new residential extended care treatment center will provide one of the most powerful weapons in the arsenal for our community.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Once sober from all substances, clients will be able to live on-site for anywhere from 3 to 6 months while establishing employment in the community. Clients will receive individualized counseling and other supportive services to continue their success. It is WARM’s goal to help our community members build, or rebuild, healthy, supportive relationships in the community in which they plan to continue to live. We are proud to announce, in recognition of the severe need for a residential recovery center in our region, the Department of Justice and the Illinois Department of Housing Authority selected Maitrī, a grassroots organization, to provide that resource to our community.</span></div><div><span>With nearly $1M in grant funding awarded to WARM by the Department of Justice and the Illinois Department of Housing Authority, we are excited to move forward with this project. We have been in contact with other service providers, the local police, and the appropriate licensing agencies. We are on track to be the first in the area to provide transitional housing for the people of LaSalle and bordering counties.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><strong>Sounds Great, But Why Do We Need You?</strong></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Our doors are scheduled to open next summer, but material shortages and sky-rocketing costs are posing untold delays for this project. Your personal contribution, and that of your business, perhaps, of financial resources, building materials, and/or labor will help us overcome that shortage and get the center completed and on time. We will be happy to provide you with a detailed list of our most urgently needed items.</span></div><div><span>Our area needs these services. Our friends and families deserve these services, and we are asking for your investment in, quite literally, the Path to a better community.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><strong>Why Are We Doing This?</strong></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Kelly Jones, founder of Maitri Path to Wellness, obtained her master’s degree in 2017 as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. Kelly identified a need for quality behavioral health care and made the decision to do something about it. Kelly’s main goal has always been to provide innovative, quality care to all individuals no matter their circumstances.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>After years of working in the Illinois Department of Corrections providing mental health services, Kelly started at the LaSalle County Jail in 2019. It didn’t take long for Kelly to realize the lack of housing and resources in the local area offered to those who were trying to obtain/maintain their sobriety.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>While at work, Kelly would link her clients struggling with substance use with their appropriate level of care: inpatient treatment where clients would be housed 24/7 for up to 30 days; extended care treatment where clients would have a semi-structured residence; or outpatient services where clients would live in their homes and attend counseling as frequently as 3 to 4 times a week. Often, Kelly was tasked with making arrangements for her clients to uproot their lives in order to engage in the necessary treatment. Why? Because more times than not, more than 65 miles stand between most LaSalle County residents and the door of any given inpatient treatment facility or halfway house. Not to mention, there are minimal resources to even receive outpatient substance use disorder counseling in the area.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Kelly saw the pattern firsthand: clients would find employment and a positive support system while at Rosecrance in Chicago, Gateway in Aurora, or Chestnut in Bloomington. Then, after establishing themselves outside of LaSalle County, they would return to their hometown to be with their family and friends. These clients would have to start over when they returned to their own community: no more job, no more housing, and no more sober support system. All these factors make long term recovery difficult. Kelly decided to act.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><strong>What Have We Done So Far?</strong></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Kelly made the decision that she wanted to be part of the solution in May 2021. I am proud to take this opportunity to introduce you to Maitri Path to Wellness, a mental health counseling agency that opened its doors in late 2021. Maitri Path to Wellness currently provides individual counseling and Accelerated Resolution Therapy to assist individuals challenged with addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. Maitri Path to Wellness provides services to individuals without discrimination. Maitri accepts individuals of any gender, race, income level, or job title. Maitri even accepts both state (Medicaid/Medicare) and private insurance.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Not only has Kelly continued to pour her heart and soul into the success of others through opening the doors of Maitri, but her son, Brenden, has joined her full-time in her mission. Together, this mother and son duo has created a grassroots organization that strives to provide quality treatment to our local loved ones. In fact, all the staff at Maitri have a passion for providing quality care to everyone equally. This includes those with state-funded insurance plans who are often unable to access quality care.</span></div><div><span>Maitri has grown since its doors opened, and we plan to be able to offer substance use disorder groups by the end of February.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><strong>Risks and Challenges</strong></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>With any business, there are risks and challenges. The first that comes to many people’s attention is profitability. It’s no secret that counseling is not a very profitable business, hence why there is a nationwide crisis due to a lack of services. However, once we get our doors open, we project that we will be able to make enough money to pay our bills, compensate staff at the industry standard wage or better, and provide services to individuals at no cost or a reduced cost. This is possible by billing insurance companies for our counseling services. Counseling clients should not have to pay outside of paying their co-pays and deductibles.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Our biggest risks and challenges are almost entirely related to raising funds to help us complete the construction of our building (labor, materials, professional fees, etc.) and paying for the furniture, appliances, equipment, supplies, transport vehicles, etc. We have already been hard at work overcoming the general obstacles of a substance use disorder and mental health counseling business such as contracting with insurance, licensing with the state, record systems, and creating partnerships with other organizations to provide services that we are unable to or career opportunities for our clients.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><strong>What Will Your Financial Contribution Do?</strong></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>ANY type of donation will help to achieve our mission. We'll be able to:</span></div><div><span>•    Support members of our local community struggling with mental health and substance use disorders</span></div><div><span>•    Provide the financing required to renovate a building purchased into a counseling center and recovery residence</span></div><div><span>•    Provide financing to pay for staff that provides services that are not covered by insurance</span></div><div><span>•    Provide financing to pay for services to individuals who do not have insurance</span></div><div><span>•    Provide financing for individuals who wish to stay in our recovery residence, but are not yet financially equipped to pay for rent for the beginning of their stay</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><strong>Ways You Can Help Be Part of The Solution</strong></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>•    You can make financial donations</span></div><div><span>o    <a href="https://bit.ly/warmpaypal" target="_blank">Credit/Debit card donations with PayPal</a> for credit/debit card donations (2% processing fee)</span></div><div><span>o    <a href="https://bit.ly/warm_achdonatezeffy2023" target="_blank">ACH donations with Zeffy</a> (bank account) donations ($0 fee)</span></div><div><span>•    Donate items needed to open the facility</span></div><div><span>•    Donate items needed for our fundraising efforts (food, drinks, baskets to raffle, etc.)</span></div><div><span>•    Volunteer and attend one of our fundraising events like the one listed here <a href="https://bit.ly/warmpiano2023" target="_blank">bit.ly/warmpiano2023</a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>We sincerely hope we can count on you, your family, friends, colleagues, and business to contribute to the new Maitri Center as the way back home for so many.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Thank you for your consideration as we join forces to bring this critical resource to our community.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="https://www.maitripathtowellness.com/" target="_blank">Visit our website</a> for more information and to watch our project grow at </span><a href="https://www.maitripathtowellness.com/" target="_blank"><span>www.maitripathtowellness.com</span></a></div>

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### Context Profile for Wellness And Recovery with Maitri (WARM)

1. **Organization Mission & Cause**:
   - **Mission**: WARM is dedicated to providing support and resources for individuals navigating mental health challenges and recovery. Their mission emphasizes holistic wellness, community support, and empowerment through various programs and services.
   - **Cause**: The organization focuses on mental health recovery, aiming to create a safe and inclusive environment for individuals seeking healing and wellness.

2. **Type of Activities**:
   - **Events**: WARM hosts various fundraising events, such as "Shamrocks & Shenanigans," which not only raise funds but also foster community engagement.
   - **Fundraising Campaigns**: The organization utilizes platforms like Zeffy for fundraising, encouraging donations to support their programs.
   - **Community Programs**: WARM offers workshops, support groups, and wellness activities aimed at promoting mental health and recovery.

3. **Tone of Voice**:
   - The tone of WARM's communications is **friendly**, **supportive**, and **inspiring**. They use inclusive language that fosters a sense of community and belonging, often expressing gratitude towards supporters and participants.

4. **Emoji Usage**:
   - WARM incorporates emojis in their communications, such as 💜, to convey warmth and friendliness. The use of emojis appears to be moderate, enhancing the emotional appeal without overwhelming the text.

5. **Key Facts**:
   - **Founding Info**: Specific founding details were not available from the website, but the organization is identified as a nonprofit (NFP).
   - **Scale**: WARM has conducted at least 5 forms and 2 email campaigns, indicating an active engagement with their community.
   - **Impact Metrics**: While specific metrics were not detailed on the website, the organization emphasizes the importance of community support and individual empowerment in their messaging.
   - **Volunteer Info**: Information on volunteer opportunities is not explicitly stated but may be inferred from their community-oriented activities.

6. **Writing Guidelines**:
   - **Style**: Use a conversational and warm tone, incorporating inclusive language that resonates with individuals facing mental health challenges.
   - **Structure**: Keep sentences clear and concise, with a focus on community engagement and support. Use headings and bullet points for easy readability.
   - **Emotional Appeal**: Highlight personal stories and testimonials when possible to create an emotional connection with the audience.
   - **Call to Action**: Encourage participation and support through clear calls to action, whether for events, donations, or volunteer opportunities.

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