Vail Place Receives Award for Community Collaboration

Vail Place Receives Award for Community Collaboration

Members of the team accept the MACMHP award August 31, 2016. Pictured (l-r) are Shelly Zuzek (Vail Place) Khalea Zobel (Broadway Family Medicine Clinic) Emilie Hedlund (North Memorial Health Care) and Vicky Couillard,  Kristina Swanberg, Stefano Loverso (Vail Place) Not pictured: Ellen Fenster (History Theatre)

We were thrilled to receive an award for Community Collaboration and Inter-Agency Cooperation from the Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs (MACMHP) on Wednesday, August 31st. Also present were our partners from North Memorial Health Care, Broadway Family Medicine Clinic, and the History Theatre.

Vicky Couillard, Executive Director for Vail Place, accepted the award during the opening keynote address at the MACMHP Annual Conference, held at St. Paul RiverCentre August 30-September 2, 2016. The award recognizes partnerships which enable organizations to overcome barriers to service delivery and better meet the needs of the community. The MACMHP is the leading professional association for Minnesota’s community-based mental health providers.