Just Friends
What is Just Friends?
Just Friends is. . . . .
 | Volunteers spending one to four hours each week with individuals; |
| Being a friend by socializing, shopping, developing new hobbies and interests, sharing holidays; |
| Giving support in social and daily living skills; |
| Therapeutic; |
| Helpful in reducing hospitalizations of clients; |
| A morale builder – increasing self-esteem; |
| Providing advocacy for individuals with a mental illness; |
| Gaining educational and accurate information about |
| mental illness; |
| Reaching out and sharing your talents with an individual who needs a friend; |
| A program that has been in effect since 1984 and is the longest running of its kind in the state; |
| A program of Prairie Harvest Human Services Foundation since 1999. |
