Yahara House Award

April 17, 2008 · by Tammy Adler

Our Accountant, John Bird, is an amazing man. His unselfish generosity and willingness to give back to his community is something everyone should strive for.

John works tirelessly with the hundreds of customers he serves while also serving several local organizations (i.e., Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital, Vermont Township, District One EMS, Yahara House, to name a few). In John’s spare time he donates thousands of hours of free accounting assistance to Yahara House members. On April 8, 2008 John was awarded the Community Citizen Award, by NAMI Dane County, “in recognition of his outstanding achievement supporting and advocating for people with mental illnesses”, for his Yahara House volunteer services.

I became acquainted with John three years ago when he became QWANtify’s accountant. In the last three years John has taught me a lot. Some times he probably felt he’d need to knock me over the head to get me to understand what he was trying to teach me. Ever the patient mentor, he kept at it until I caught on.

Through John’s generosity and community involvement I am continually reminded of our very important core values (giving back to one’s community and treating others the way we all want to be treated). These are the values I try to live by and pass on every day of my life.

Congratulations and thank you, John!! You’re a wonderful role model.

Yahara House began in 1976 as an aftercare program designed to help persons who had lived in psychiatric institutions move back into the community. In the mid 1980s, we became the first clubhouse model in Wisconsin. In 2001, Yahara House was chosen as a national recipient of the Lilly Reintegration Awards. Today, Yahara House is dedicated to advancing cultural competence, community reintegration, and consumer recovery. Yahara House is part of a private, non profit organization, the Mental Health Center of Dane County, Inc.

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