Proceeds from the summer’s seventh Annual Heron Trail Run 5K at the Heron Farm and Event Center were donated to the Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County. Pictured making the presentation to Executive Director Michael Nordin are, from left, Heron Volunteer Coordinator Jen Raines, Trail Run Race Director Faith Graham, and Heron owner Julie Rockcastle. Raines is also a longtime volunteer at the MHA, where she leads the Recovery Yoga group.

JAMESTOWN — On Aug. 10, the Heron Farm and Event Center held their seventh annual Heron Trail Run 5K in memory of Dave McDonald. The money raised was donated to the Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County (MHA).

Representatives of the event recently presented a check for $2,700 to MHA Executive Director Michael Nordin.

“We are thrilled with this generous gift,” Nordin said. “With the need for our services being so great, help like this is really appreciated!”

Presenting the check at the Jamestown recovery center were Julie Rockcastle, owner of the Heron; Faith Graham, Heron Trail Run Race Director; and Jen Raines, Volunteer Coordinator for the Heron.

Raines is also a longtime volunteer at the MHA, where she leads the Recovery Yoga group on Monday evenings at 5:30. New participants are welcome to join the group at any time.

The Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County is a peer recovery center offering support groups and individual coaching for people looking to improve their lives, deepen wellness, thrive in recovery, or support those on a recovery path. Peers use their personal stories to help people find recovery in their own lives in their own way.

The Jamestown recovery center is open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Tuesday and Friday, 9:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m.

Hours for the North County recovery center at Grace Lutheran Church, 601 Eagle St. in Dunkirk, are Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

To learn more about the Mental Health Association, call (716) 661-9044 or visit MHAChautauqua.org or Facebook.com/MHAChautauqua. A schedule with descriptions of MHA’s dozens of groups and classes in Dunkirk and Jamestown is at MHAChautauqua.org/groups.