End the stigma

Mary Helen Bowden, Peggy Roe, Meg Kissinger, and Elizabeth Pagan (pictured, from left) joined more than 370 other guests at River Oaks Country Club for the Circles of Hope luncheon benefiting re:MIND. Formerly known as Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Greater Houston, re:MIND provides free and confidential support groups for those affected by depression and bipolar disorders. This year’s luncheon honored Peggy Roe and raised nearly $420,000 to support mental health programming. Peggy received the Gary Levering Mental Health Impact Award, named for the organization’s founder, for her work with re:MIND to build awareness and address the stigma of mental health disorders. Circles of Hope was chaired by Mary Helen and Pete Bowden, Jill and Brad Deutser, and Elizabeth and Greer Pagan, and featured guest speaker Meg Kissinger, Pulitzer Prize finalist for her memoir While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence. 

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