The Amanda Luckett Murphy Hopewell Center recently dedicated an educational center located in the People’s Family of Corporations Gateway Classic Building in honor of Catherine Mahan George. Dwayne Butler, CEO and president of People’s Family of Corporations, designated the educational center to be named after Catherine Mahan George, a volunteer in Hopewell’s Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center Program (PSRC) for seven years.
The center is a section of the Gateway Classic building that has computers and televisions for the clients use.
The PSRC program provides services for adults who have behavioral health challenges. The client-focused program is approved by the Missouri Department of Mental Health and accredited by CARF, provides a supportive, stable and structured environment utilizing a community approach to residential rehabilitation. George supports its clients by encouraging personal development and individual growth.
George is a former board member of the center and believes in Hopewell’s mission to improve the quality of life for the mentally challenged. She interacts with the clients of this program on a weekly basis by conversations, having lunch, and sometimes dancing with the clients.
The dedication and naming ceremony of the Catherine Mahan George Education Center took place on February 22. African dancers preceded the George family into the event. Catherine and her husband, retired St. Louis Fire Chief Sherman George, were escorted by clients of Hopewell’s PSRC Program. Speakers included Akyenaa Boadi, PSRC program director, and Raquel Green, lead case worker of the PSRC program.
