VocalPoint Chorus Marks Walk-In's 50th Anniversary

The February 2019 event, with singer-songwriter Sara Thomsen, was moving and beautiful. Some of the music is captured on the Vocal Point Chorus website.

A woman with curly hair plays an acoustic guitar and sings into a microphone, with a choir standing behind her in a warmly lit room.

During the event, chorus member Stef gave this testimontial:

Back in my early 20’s I struggled with feeling disconnected from my brain and my body. I was having crippling anxiety attacks. I couldn’t focus. I couldn’t manage seemingly simple daily tasks. This was particularly difficult for me to share with those around me, as I had been historically very high achieving. 

I found Walk-In Counseling Center on a tip from one of my coffee shop regulars and it made all the difference. I was able to immediately be seen. They didn’t need to know my real name, or if I had a job, or the ability to pay for such services. They just knew I was a person struggling. 

Even though I had health insurance, finding a mental health resource with immediate availability or the capacity to see new individuals was and is hard. I was eventually able to transition to a caregiver outside of their services who was able to determine my struggles came from likely life-long undiagnosed ADHD. 

I was quietly thrilled when I learned that VocalPoint and Walk-In Counseling had finally aligned. It feels like I can finally give them a proper thank you for helping me regain control of my life so long ago. 

Photos from the concert are by Christie Rachelle.

A choir in black attire performs in a church, with one woman standing at a microphone and others holding sheet music behind her.
A choir sings from sheet music while a woman in front plays an acoustic guitar and sings, all dressed in black, inside a church or concert hall.
A choir performs on stage in a church, with a person playing guitar in front and large organ pipes in the background. Audience members are seated in pews.