Mental illness affects 1 in every 5 adults in our community. These people are from all backgrounds and walks of life. Family, friends, neighbors - no one is immune. What most of us take for granted, these people cannot. They struggle to concentrate, to reason and to make a decision. They can find it difficult to get and keep a job, to live alone or complete life’s many tasks. They can feel an overwhelming sense of hopelessness.

Some have friends and family for support. Thousands of others have no one. They fall through the cracks of society, ending up homeless, incarcerated, in nursing homes, many have thoughts of suicide or wander aimlessly through life. They are without purpose, without hope, without anywhere to turn except here, where GCB changes life stories into success stories.