On November 30th, Luminis Health Anne Arundel County Medical Center hosted a reception celebrating the achievements of Bo’s Effort in the mental health community thus far. And Bo is just getting started! At the reception, Bo’s Effort presented LHAAMC with a check for $35,000 and NAMI $15,000 – funds raised from our generous supporters at the first Bo’s Effort Golf Tournament.

The money given to LHAAMC is to fund a new position – a Behavioral Health Navigator – in LHAAMC’s Emergency Department. The Behavioral Health Navigator helps patients alleviate barriers and ensure connection to community-based behavioral health providers.

We are very excited to announce that LHAAMC’s first Behavioral Health Navigator is Alicia Penn! Alicia is already having a positive impact at LHAAMC and the community at large by helping to eliminate the stigma of seeking mental health treatment. She is no stranger to the mental health needs of Marylanders having spent 7 years as a therapist and a medical social worker. These positions taught her the importance of offering compassionate care to the community.

Bo’s Effort is extremely proud of the work we’ve been able to do so far and look forward, with the continued help of our Bo’s Effort family and friends, to being able to do so much more to destigmatize mental illness.