Buckelew Programs

11/25/2025

Thank you from Buckelew Programs!

This season, Buckelew celebrates 55 years of supporting our community. But we haven't reached this milestone all on our own! Our work is uplifted by incredible staff, clients, board members, volunteers, donors, corporate sponsors, foundation partners, grantmakers and fellow service providers. We're....

11/25/2025

🦃A note of gratitude from Buckelew CEO, Chris Kughn.

11/21/2025

🥫Food scarcity can be a major threat to the stability and recovery of many people in our community. Buckelew partners with local grocery stores to ensure our clients have access to food, especially during uncertain times. This is one of the many ways we provide supportive services and ensure the safety of those in our care. Everyone deserves access to healthy food!

11/21/2025

⏲️ The countdown continues! Just 11 days until Giving Tuesday, and we’re excited to share that our partners, the Lindskog Foundation and Sutter Health, are offering a $250k Match Challenge! Please join us during the giving season to support those in need in our communities. Learn more: https://buckelew.org/GivingTuesday/ or at the link in our bio.

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11/21/2025

We had a great time at Threads 2025! Thank you to the Sonoma County Department of Health Services and other partners for bringing us together. And huge thanks to the many presenters, panelists, and facilitators who inspired thoughtful conversation and raised insightful questions.

Our very own KT Swan, Program Director for inRESPONSE, spoke about the value of mobile crisis teams and the power of maintaining connection with those seeking services: “Crisis isn’t one and done. It’s an ongoing process. We can continue supporting folks so they can ease out of crisis in their own time.”

11/21/2025

It’s Throwback Thursday!

Today’s history fact: In 2014 the Su***de Prevention & Community Counseling Program (SPP), which was founded by Coroner Keith Craig in 1971 as Marin Su***de Prevention Center and Grief Counseling Program, joined Buckelew Programs. The first documented call was answered on May 10, 1971, with the call center answering 50 calls per month its first year. Today, Buckelew Programs is proud to connect with over 30,000 people through crisis calls, community outreach, and trainings in 2025.

11/20/2025

🫶🏼 When Andi needed help, Buckelew’s counseling team was there. Today, Andi is a Counselor at the 988 su***de and crisis call center, supporting others in need of connecting with a confidential professional. Read Andi’s full story at: Buckelew.org/Meet-Andi

  

11/19/2025

🤝 Our friends at Sutter Health have stepped up—raising our matching gift to $250,000 on all donations made by Dec 31st! This is our largest match challenge ever to celebrate our 55 years of service! Community partners like Sutter Health make our work possible. Won’t you make your most generous gift today to help us reach this match challenge? Donate today: https://www.buckelew.org/GivingTuesday.

11/18/2025

🏠 It’s Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, an annual movement that brings people together to draw attention to the problems of hunger and homelessness. Buckelew Programs helps break the cycle of homelessness and hunger by providing support services and housing to over 600 people each year.

Facts (United States):
* 37.2 million Americans are living on the edge, forced to choose between basic necessities like purchasing food, paying rent, or going to the doctor.
* 44 million Americans are homeless on a typical night

Our Supported Housing Programs serve Marin & Sonoma counties, providing housing and supportive services for people with complex mental health challenges, empowering them to live as independently as possible. Learn more: https://buckelew.org/services/supported-housing/ .

11/14/2025

💗 In just 18 days, Giving Tuesday will be upon us! This year we’re excited to announce that your donation will be doubled by a generous $100k matching gift challenge from the Lindskog Foundation.  

You can double the care Buckelew can provide with a donation until December 31st. Learn more: buckelew.org/55years or at the link in our bio.

  

11/14/2025

Today we celebrate World Kindness Day! In the spirit of the day, our staff is recognizing Buckelew’s 55th anniversary by collecting 55 acts of kindness they’ve witnessed or experienced.   

Thank you to our staff for sharing these incredible ways you’ve seen kindness towards yourself or others!
💝 “I want to recognize my colleague for calling to check-in on me to see how I was handling a stressful situation that happened and made sure I was doing okay.”
💝 “I want to recognize my colleague for always thinking about my daughters. She has given them soooo many wonderful gifts they adore, just like the game “Crazy 8.”
💝 “I want to recognize my colleague for the immense compassion that she possesses. Her acts of kindness are too numerous to outline in a single email because she shows kindness every single day when she comes to work and goes above and beyond for her clients.”

Please join us in making your own acts of kindness! We’d love to know how you plan to share an act of kindness in the comments.

11/13/2025

Enjoy this week’s photos!

Today’s history fact: In April 2011, Buckelew added Helen Vine Recovery Center (formerly Helen Vine Detox Center), which was founded in 1999, to its continuum of services. HVRC is a licensed 30-bed, non-medical, co-ed residential withdrawal management and substance use treatment program providing welcoming, recovery-oriented services for individuals with substance use issues and also co-occurring mental health challenges. Learn more at https://buckelew.org/services/substance-use-treatment/helen-vine/ or at the link in our bio.

Thanks for following along as we celebrate these past 55 years of compassionate care!