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Key Milestones
| 1973 |
Compeer Rochester founded. |
| 1980 |
Compeer receives the Natural Support System Award
(NYS Office of Mental Health). |
| 1987 |
Sally Jesse Raphael and Geraldo Rivera feature
Compeer on their television programs. The Compeer Program expands
to include at-risk youth, victims of traumatic head injury, and mentally
ill homeless adults. |
1989 |
Newsweek runs a Special Report on Compeer,
“The Power of Friendship.” |
| 1991 |
Compeer featured on NBC Nightly News. |
1999
2005
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Then-Compeer Executive Director Bernice Skirboll
makes a presentation at the First White House conference on Mental
Health.
Compeer receives the Cultural Competency Best Practices Award
from Monroe County Office of Mental Health.
Compeer named best-practices model by American Psychological Association (APA) task force. |
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Compeer Rochester
has been making friends and changing lives for more than three decades.
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