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Nov 09Transition House, Inc. Video
Yesterday I had lunch with Bonnie Dunn with Transition House, Inc. about doing a video that promotes their non-profit’s services and gives a personal look into the agency. Transition House helps those recovering from mental illness in the Norman, Oklahoma community. This agency is about holistic healing and practical life skills. I recently heard of Transition House because of my work with the Women’s Resource Center.
The video will be in addition to a book project they have been trying to get off the ground for years. The book will be a collection of interviews from those currently working the program and those who have completed it. After Bonnie and her staff conduct the interviews we will decide who would be good (and who agrees to) be a part of the video.
I’m excited about this project because I love to do work for non-profits and I really think this is an important one. Oklahoma has a severe problem with mental issues. Twenty-five percent of Oklahoma’s 3.6 million residents has some form of mental illness and 11.4 percent of the population — about 420,000 individuals — are considered to have a serious mental illness.
That’s a lot of people.
SO, places like Transition House are vital to the overall health of this state. And while sometimes I do want to get out of this god-forsaken state, I really do love it. And I don’t want it to be sick.
Once we get things rolling I’ll update you on the progress. For now, it’s just an idea, but the ball is rolling…
ps. On a fun, not so downer side note, apparently the John Grisham novel The Innocent Man has some connections with Transition House AND Mr. George Clooney just bought the rights to the novel and wants to make it into a film. He should shoot it in Oklahoma, eh? 