Mental Health

Volunteer Night

During Volunteer Night, Jessica, our Community Engagement Coordinator, prepared Mental Health Kits, and with the help of our amazing volunteers! We separated and packed the stickers and fidget game consoles that will also be included in each Mental Health Kit.

As we continue to prepare our Mental Health Kits for our next Volunteer Night, we would like others to know that these kits will be distributed in September in honor of Suicide Prevention Month. Our goal is to pass out 500 kits this semester!

Calm Room: Clay Making

This time in the Calm Room, we invited students to slow down and shape something with their hands. We brought different colors of clay, tools, and open space - letting creativity lead the way. It was fun to see the students come up and make their clay creations come to life! These moments remind us that creativity does not always need words, but you can also create something in different ways.

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.

Mental Health Kit Giveaway | PWHS

The first week of Mental Health Awareness Month kicked off to a great start with a Mental Health Kit giveaway! We visited Proviso West High School during lunch hours to connect with youth and provide them a mental health resource. For this event, we gave away 50 mental health kits which puts us at a total of 2,922 kits given away since 2022. Thank you to PWHS for having us!

PEHS Health Fair | 2025

We are so excited to have handed out Mental Health Kits at Proviso East’s health fair last week! Overall, we gave away 321 kits at this Health Fair. Additionally, it was great to see our community partners and meet new ones! This event is impactful for students and community organizations as well. Thank you to Loyola’s School-Based Health Center for inviting us!