by Patricia Costales, LCSW | Dec 23, 2022 | Community, Encouragement from our CEO, Hope
As the year 2022 comes to a close, we all realize how naïve we were in waiting so eagerly for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and our return to “normal.” At The Guidance Center, we continue to adapt to what has become a “new normal.” As essential workers in mental...
by Patricia Costales, LCSW | Dec 1, 2022 | Community, Hope, Inside TGC
Thanks to your generosity, more than 3,200 children received life-changing mental health support from The Guidance Center last year. With your support, these children and their families have developed the tools they need to find their way and live their best lives....
by Patricia Costales, LCSW | Dec 23, 2021 | Community, Encouragement from our CEO, Hope
As I prepared my thoughts for this letter, I revisited the words I wrote to you last year. In reading them, I recalled the relief I felt that 2020 was over and we were entering a more hopeful 2021. This year didn’t turn out to be the relief we anticipated, with...
by Patricia Costales, LCSW | Nov 24, 2021 | Community, Hope, Inside TGC, Thankfulness
As I write this, families and friends are excitedly gathering for the Thanksgiving holiday. Perhaps for the first time in over a year of pandemic living, some of us will be able to travel and hug our loved ones in person. We’ll be able to share in a meal and express...
by Patricia Costales, LCSW | Dec 23, 2020 | Hope
As I reflect on this past year, like many of you, I never imagined we would be living under such trying circumstances. With dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice and the economic hardships that have accompanied them, this has been a year of great loss,...
