May is Mental Health Awareness Month and each year Pioneer Center for Human Services helps raise awareness by hosting a Mental Health Recovery Rally. The event will take place on Friday, May 30 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm at Pioneer Center for Community Mental Health, 4100 Veterans Parkway, McHenry. “The purpose of the Mental Health…
UPDATE: The event will now be held on Wednesday, July 30! Advocates In Motion, a Pioneer Center for Human Services client-led group, is hosting a community advocacy event on Wednesday, July 30. The event will feature guest speaker Kevin Casey, Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities for the Illinois Department of Human Services. Attendees…
Pioneer Center ushers in spring with a formal dinner dance for its current Intellectual & Developmental Disability Division clients. The event will take place on Thursday, May 8 at 31 North Banquet & Conference Center in McHenry. Clients are invited to attend the fun-filled evening event which will feature a delicious Italian menu, music, dancing and…
For the past four years, SleepOut for Shelter has helped raise awareness and much-needed funds for homeless services through McHenry County PADS, a program of Pioneer Center for Human Services. Pioneer Center is pleased to announce that registration is now open for this year’s event at http://www.sleepoutforshelter.org. Living Waters Lutheran Church in Crystal Lake will…
We are proud to announce the opening of our new location on Veterans Parkway in McHenry. Named Pioneer Center for Community Mental Health, this new location will be home to many of our adult, youth and adolescent behavioral health programs including some you may currently be enrolled in. What programs are moving? View a list…
For the past eight years a group of three kids have lived with each other in a group home for children with Autism run by Pioneer Center for Human Services. They grew as a family unit and came to rely on one another as integral components in each other’s lives. Now the children are all…
The First Congregational Church of Huntley fulfilled the wishes of over 60 clients of Pioneer Center for Human Services this holiday season. A tradition that began more than 28 years ago, the Church’s congregation came together to collect a staggering amount of presents to be shared with individuals and families that receive services from Pioneer…
This just in… Pioneer Center board members use this blog for the very first time.
The infamous Holiday Book Review benefiting Pioneer Center for Human Services is now accepting reservations! Still days before formal invitations are mailed; the event has begun to receive inquiries on how to reserve seats and tables. “Year after year this event never ceases to amaze me. Seats begin to sell before we even officially invite…
By Sarah Mathe Homelessness can happen to anyone. Meet John, 38, who is originally from the Philippines. As a child, he learned how to draw by copying pictures from a phone book. Eight years ago, he received his visa and moved to Algonquin to live with his sister and her family. As time passed, the…
