Mental Health Giveaway | PMSA

We had another giveaway but this time at Proviso Mathematics & Science Academy (PMSA). We are excited to share that we were able to give away 119 Mental Health Kits to the students at PMSA! It was great to see the students engaging and the excitement about seeing The Firehouse Dream team. We also got to share information and our upcoming workshops and programming. We also are thankful for our volunteers for helping out and West40 for being a part of the giveaway!

Thank you PMSA for having us - we are grateful for the chance to connect and share resources.

Mental Health Kit Giveaway | PMSA

Another Mental Health Kit Giveaway in the books. We visited PMSA where we filmed testimonials and gave away more kits. May is Mental Health Awareness Month and it’s important for us to mention PMSA was our first kit giveaway in December of 2022. In this giveaway, we handed out 190 kits to the students of PMSA, our running total at 3,112 Thanks so much to PMSA for having us again.

PMSA Mental Health Club | Vulnerability

Chris of The Nehemiah Community Project led the PMSA students through a workshop about vulnerability, First, the group started off with an icebreaker where they used a ball that had written questions to choose from. The students passed it to one another for one full turn around the circle. Chris then started to ask the students about what they previously thought about being vulnerable. The students shared how they practice being vulnerable with friends and how maybe they can invite more vulnerability into their friendships.

Thank you, Chris and the students, for another great conversation.

PMSA Mental Health Club | Art as Therapy with Clay!

Before Thanksgiving break, our Program Assistant, Liz, visited PMSA’s Mental Health Club. At this club meeting, the students made clay figures. They used this workshop as art as therapy to help boost self-care before the break! Thank you students and Ms. Gart for showing up, we are grateful for the relationships we have built and continue to move forward with.

PMSA Mental Health Club | Somatic Movement

The team visited PMSA’s mental health club last week with Dahlia of Liberated Learning to lead a somatics movement with the students! The students were able to learn how to be in tune with their bodies and feel better with breathing and movement. Dahlia lead the students through multiple poses and helped the students learn what their bodies need for a mood boost. Thank you Dahlia for partnering with TFD and PMSA’s Mental Health Club!

We are so grateful for the participants who keep showing up for mental health club.