Photos: Camp Wellness
Camp Wellness gives people with serious mental illnesses nine weeks of wellness training.
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Cynthia McAdaragh and Monty Pyles prepare a salad and peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches for their fellow Camp Wellness participants at UA Rise Health and Wellness Center, 1030 N. Alvernon Way on Thursday August 27, 2015. Camp Wellness gives people with serious mental illnesses nine weeks of wellness training, including nutrition, cooking skills, fitness, art and computer training. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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"My entire life I was living my diagnosis," says Richard Earl, but Camp Wellness opened his eyes. He says he learned that he is more than his mental illness, "we're not our diagnosis." Earl lifts weights with Bonnie Quinones during the fitness class at UA Rise Health and Wellness Center, 1030 N. Alvernon Way on Thursday August 27, 2015. Camp Wellness gives people with serious mental illnesses nine weeks of wellness training, including nutrition, cooking skills, fitness, art and computer training. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
UA Rise Health and Wellness Center
Michele Keller, a health mentor, standing, shares a laugh with some of her participants during a nutrition class at UA Rise Health and Wellness Center, 1030 N. Alvernon Way on Thursday August 27, 2015. Camp Wellness gives people with serious mental illnesses nine weeks of wellness training, including nutrition, cooking skills, fitness, art and computer training. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
UA Rise Health and Wellness Center
Penny Stewart, center, shares a laugh with some of her participants during a nutrition class at UA Rise Health and Wellness Center, 1030 N. Alvernon Way on Thursday August 27, 2015. Camp Wellness gives people with serious mental illnesses nine weeks of wellness training, including nutrition, cooking skills, fitness, art and computer training. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
UA Rise Health and Wellness Center
Michele Keller, a health mentor, second from right, and other health mentors perform a song about the bosy to their participants after a nutrition class at UA Rise Health and Wellness Center, 1030 N. Alvernon Way on Thursday August 27, 2015. Camp Wellness gives people with serious mental illnesses nine weeks of wellness training, including nutrition, cooking skills, fitness, art and computer training. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
UA Rise Health and Wellness Center
Camp Wellness gives people with serious mental illnesses nine weeks of wellness training, including nutrition, cooking skills, fitness, art and computer training. It takes place at the UA Rise Health and Wellness Center, 1030 N. Alvernon Way on Thursday August 27, 2015. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star