Compeer Chautauqua is a volunteer friendship program for adults and youth, ages 5-17, striving for better mental health. Southern Tier Environments for Living Inc. a nonprofit agency providing residential and rehabilitation services, started the successful Compeer adult program in 1989 and the Compeer for Youth program in 1999. Compeer International was awarded a federal grant...

Friendship is an essential part of everybody’s life. For those diagnosed with mental illness, making a friend isn’t as easy as for those not afflicted. That is why Compeer Chautauqua matches trained volunteers in one-to-one supportive friendship and mentoring relationships with children and adults receiving mental health treatment. Compeer Chautauqua is part of a national...

Compeer recently held an Autumn Fun Fest at the Gerry Rodeo Ground Conference Center. About 60 people were in attendance for a day of games, cookie decorating, monster chairs, pumpkin painting, apple bunting, dancing, and of course, a costume contest for adults and children. Music was provided by Matt Ekstrom from Afterdark Event Management. Several...

The 16th annual Compeer Fore Youth golf tournament was held recently at the Chautauqua Golf Club. The first-place team of David Maternowski, Ben Miller, Dan Mets and Lenny Truby led the field with a score of 60. Second prize went to the team of Todd Carruth, Jeff Jamison, Matt Wronski and Devon Ruhlman with a...

David Maternowski, Ben Miller, Dan Mets and Lenny Truby fired a net best-ball 55 net to win the 15th annual Compeer Fore Youth Golf Tournament at Chautauqua Golf Club. Jeff Jameson, Dave Wright, Matt Wrinski and Tony Carrith shot a 63 net for second place. Todd Carter, Jim Chipman, Ken Robeson and Darin Fidurko took...

Sara Carlson, a Compeer mentor, secured a grant from her place of employment, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, to help offset expenses for mentor match activities and to help with mentor recruitment recently. Carlson said during a training session that she wanted to support Compeer in addition to mentoring and took the initiative to submit a grant request...