Win Chimes is a non- profit organization providing support, resources, crisis coaching, and education for individuals experiencing hardship due to mental health crisis and for their support systems that also experience hardship while supporting them. Many individuals that struggle with mental health rely heavily, if not entirely on a web of support (family, friends, social networks, professional support, etc) to access and/ or maintain mental health stability. These support systems often provide and/ or facilitate shelter, food, clothing, social skills practice, medical care oversight and more for affected individuals. When a person is experiencing mental heath crisis many decisions and actions are often made that affect the entire system of support. Those actions can also threaten to weaken or annihilate those support webs in the aftermath. The risidual outcomes of irrational behavior can be devastating and far reaching and seemingly impossible to scale and overcome.

 I personally experienced this first hand as the mother of a child who presented with severe mental illness at the age of two. My son's challenges with mental health etched a channel leading us down a path of extreme hardship, housing insecurity, and social isolation. For years we struggled to build our own web of support and to access resources that maintain our basic needs. Identifying, accessing, and obtaining help in every aspect was a tremendous ordeal that created more stress for our entire family unit. More stress meant more experiences with crisis. As the result of learning useful tools and practices from my experience navigating the world of mental health support and resources for my own family, Win Chimes vows to help others develop systems to navigate these choppy waters and get the help they need. We also offer hand to hand support for those suffering through it.

Over these eleven years I have encountered numerous families and friends of loved ones struggling with mental health stability. We have shared a lot of common challenges accessing resources to meet basic needs. We learned to share resources and help eachother whenever possible. We also shared the experience of beating a drum and not giving up on our loved ones right to live their lives with dignity and fullfillment. Those of us who are charged with the honor of supporting someone with mental health challenges are very passionate about their care and about giving them a quality of life experience that helps them choose to participate in routines, services, treatment, therapies, and programs that empower them to be good stewards of their own mental health. We do this often at the expense of our own mental health.

Win Chimes aims to fill in the gap between social services and tailored resources that meet the unique and specific needs created by mental health crisis challenges. This includes those who suffer directly and the many networks that help them.

Help us open doors for those suffering behind them.

Help us provide keys to unlock their barriers to hope, stability, and dreams of better days to come.