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On Friday, 9/24 at Woodland Hills Golf & Country Club, 18 teams of 4 golfers played to raise operating funds for Mental Health & Developmental Services.  MHDS provides skills advancement, employment opportunities and residential services to 250+ adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in West Tennessee.

This year the tournament awarded three flights. The winners were:

1st Flight Top 3 Teams

1st Place		Simmons Bank 1	Team Members: Chuck Newell John Slayton Jon Sain Lydia Traylor	Score: 50
2nd Place		Canopy Nation	Team Members: Jay Mays Mike Overby Tracy Jeter Orma Smith	Score: 55
3rd Place		Jerry Martin	Team Members: Matt Hughes Ryan Fincher Bill Brewer Mike Fincher	Score: 56

 

2nd Flight Top 3 Teams

1st Place		NuMotion	Team Members: Patrick Montecillo Tim Gardner Babu Rao Mel Patel	Score: 61
2nd Place		Joe Cooper Insurance	Team Members: Alan Ellis Tommy Sadler Rick Webb	Score: 61
3rd Place		Bank of Jackson	Team Members: Tim Wilson John Williams Joe Peters John Goodson	Score: 62

 

3rd Flight Top 3 Teams

1st Place		Simmons Bank 2	Team Members: Jeff Schultz Bailey Wolfe Scotty Wolfe Jason Schultz	Score: 66
2nd Place		Horne	Team Members: Rance Thetford Jeff Graves Tony Jones Dale Cavaness	Score: 67
3rd Place		Bolivar Ballers	Team Members: Joe Hudson Robert Hudson Nathan Crisp	Score: 70

 

Last Place and Skills Contests

Last Place		Pin High	Team Members: Richard Beach Denny Dix Andy Beach Kelly Sorrell	Score: 71
	Closest to the Pin (#14)	Tommy Sadler
	Closest to the Pin (#8)	Tommy Sadler
	Longest Drive (#11)	Ryan Fincher

 

Congratulations to all winners and thank you to all teams who came out to enjoy the day and help MHDS raise the funds we need to provide the life-changing services we provide every day! To learn more about MHDS or to find out how you can help enrich the lives of persons supported, please call 731-664-0855.

 

It’s Mental Health Month!

 

Watch Kristie’s Supported Employment Story

We’re celebrating 5 decades of existence! 

In 2022, we’ll celebrate our 50th anniversary, and we want to kick off that celebration by highlighting a decade per quarter. Since there are 5 of them to highlight, we’ll be starting a bit early and highlighting the first decade of our existence during this last quarter of 2021.

We’ll be sharing photos, stories, highlights, and timelines as we take time to look back and reflect on where we started and how far we’ve come since then.

Join us as we take a trip down memory lane!

MHDS in the 70’s

MHDS in the 80’s

MHDS in the 90’s

MHDS in the 2000’s

MHDS in the 2010’s

 

Our Anniversary Luncheon

We celebrated this momentous anniversary with a luncheon held on August 11, 2022.

The short video below chronicles our journey through these 50 years.

We also got some coverage of the luncheon that you can view by clicking the links below or you can take a look at a slideshow of images taken at the anniversary luncheon.

The Jackson Sun

WBBJ

WNWS

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Adult Day Activity Center
Later became Madison Haywood Developmental Services
Historical Timeline

1971 – October – Services are provided on a voluntary basis at West Jackson Baptist Church according to a January 14, 1973 article in the Jackson Sun quoting original Director, Bob Ellis. The program served 5 persons one time per week.

1972 – Program on trial basis at North Side United Methodist Church for two days a week

1972 – June 1 – ARC (Association of Retarded Citizens) is chartered. The Adult Activity Center opened its doors located at Calvary Cumberland Presbyterian Church with 4 full-time and 1 part-time staff and 5 clients for 5 days a week

1972 – July 11 – Richard Morford, President of Jackson-Madison County ARC plans organizing meeting for a multi-disciplinary center. Those invited include Dr. Coleman, Hazel Lipscomb, Steve Roth, TN Department of Human Services, Title XX and others.

1972 – Bob Ellis hired as 1st Executive Director.

1972 – August 8 – $4,250 Grant from the TN Department of Mental Health approved and program moved to North Side United Methodist Church.

1972 – August 16 – State of Tennessee issues charter for Developmental Disabilities Corporation which encompasses 4 agencies: Adult Activity Center, Happy Hollow School, Cerebral Palsy Center, and Jackson Enrichment Center.

1972 – September 1 – Agency moved to rented house at 120 Hollywood. Clients increased to 16 ranging in age from 17 to 63.

ORIGINAL CLIENTS	ORIGINAL STAFF
Linda Birmingham Regina Mooney Gene Neese Bobby Johnston Gene Cantrell	Bob Ellis Hilliard “Rookie” Murphy Sylvia McDaniel Polly French Louise Rudisell
EARLY CLIENTS	1ST SOCIAL WORKER	2ND SOCIAL WORKER
Kenneth Mebane  Sonny Jones Larois Surratt Rick Warmath  Monda Johns	Sandra Lawson	Nancy Morgan

 

1972 – November – Clients begin a Special Olympics bowling league at Malco Lanes with the team name The Adult Activity Center Rockets along with the Happy Hollow Hornets

1972 – Dec 20 – Request to County Judge, Walter Baker Harris requests a $10,000 grant for one year’s operation of June/July Summer School – $2,000; purchase/maintenance of vehicles for transportation – $3,000; and establishment/operation of workshop – $5,000.

1972 – Dec 28 – Benefit Dance at the National Guard Armory headlined by Ace Cannon

1973 – Summer program at Highland Park

1973 – April 19 – Letter sent from Hazel Lipscomb, Director of Developmental Disabilities Programs for the Tennessee Department of Mental Health indicating the planning group may apply for final funding of the new center with a targeted dedication date of July 1, 1976.

1975 – Moved to vacant Church on Glendale before beginning construction at Garland.

1974 – Feb 1 Level III Female Group Home opens its first location at 450 North Royal Street

1975 – April 1 Level III Male Group Home opens at 109 Allen Street in Bemis

1976 – The center broke ground on its current Jackson location at 38 Garland Drive.

1977 – October 1 – Agency began occupancy of 38 Garland Drive. The enlarged facility allowed for additional persons to be served and expanded the scope of work they could engage in.

1977 – October 24 – Bill Brewer (2nd Executive Director) began employment.

1978 – January 1 Level IV Male home opens on 907 West King Street in Lambuth College area

Enjoy a slideshow of images taken during the 70’s.

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We’ve got a new story to share with you in our “Supported Employment Spotlight!” This time we’re featuring Buford who is making his mark at Outback. Check out his story by clicking here.

 

 

New Newsletter Format

We’re taking our newsletter into a new digital format. We’ll now be creating newsletters in PDF format and we’ll be cataloging them right here on the site so you can look through past newsletters at your leisure.

Stay tuned for our next newsletter in its new format and to find out where we’ll be putting the newsletter archives here on the site.