{"id":33476,"date":"2019-05-09T11:59:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T15:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=33476"},"modified":"2019-05-09T17:27:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T21:27:51","slug":"laraine-desmond-named-citizen-of-the-year-by-county-committee-for-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/05\/laraine-desmond-named-citizen-of-the-year-by-county-committee-for-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Laraine Desmond Named Citizen Of The Year By County Committee For Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33477\" style=\"width: 195px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/05\/mental-health-citz-desmond-vc-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/05\/mental-health-citz-desmond-vc-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/05\/mental-health-citz-desmond-vc.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laraine Desmond, Saratoga County Citizens Committee for Mental Health\u2019s Citizen of the Year.<br \/>Courtesy Saratoga County Citizens Committee for Mental Health<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Saratoga County Citizens Committee for Mental Health (SCCCMH) named Laraine Desmond as 2019 Citizen of the Year.<br \/>\nDesmond has provided direct care for hundreds of severely mentally ill individuals during her 30-year career working with Transitional Services Association (TSA), thee agency said.<br \/>\nFor most of that time, she has served as the program director for the Stonebridge Community Residence. Officials said she has served with integrity and commitment through more than a few transitions and changes within the field of mental health and at TSA.<br \/>\n\u201cThe stability, sincerity, and experience Laraine brings to her job is both substantial and significant. It is impossible to calculate the positive impact Laraine\u2019s service has had on TSA residents over the years,\u201d the agency said in a statement. \u201cIt has literally been felt daily by people living with mental illness for her entire tenure at TSA. When asked about her work, Laraine said, \u2018Often you hear people saying they love helping people, but I say I love the people I help. It is that simple.\u2019\u201d<!--more--><br \/>\nTSA officials aid Desmond\u2019s approach has benefited so many clients during her decades of service to the mentally ill in Saratoga County. \u201cIt is because of her enormous heart that so many have benefited from being under her care. Being selected as the 2019 SCCCMH Citizen of the Year is a well-deserved honor for Laraine.\u201d<br \/>\nDesmond was honored at the annual Mental Health Matters (MHM) benefit on May 1 at Longfellows Restaurant.<br \/>\nFor more information on SCCCMH, visit www.SCCCMH-Saratoga.org or contact Peggy Lounsbury, Chairperson, at 518-583-8371.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saratoga County Citizens Committee for Mental Health (SCCCMH) named Laraine Desmond as 2019 Citizen of the Year. Desmond has provided direct care for hundreds of severely mentally ill individuals during her 30-year career working with Transitional Services Association (TSA), thee agency said. For most of that time, she has served as the program director [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":33477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-community-services"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Laraine Desmond Named Citizen Of The Year By County Committee For Mental Health - Saratoga Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2019\/05\/laraine-desmond-named-citizen-of-the-year-by-county-committee-for-mental-health\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Laraine Desmond Named Citizen Of The Year By County Committee For Mental Health - Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Saratoga County Citizens Committee for Mental Health (SCCCMH) named Laraine Desmond as 2019 Citizen of the Year. 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