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.

PMSA Mental Health Club | Grief and Memory Jars

TFD is back at the PMSA Mental Health Club with the HAP Foundation to lead a two-part workshop on grief. The students first learned what grief means and the cycle of grief. Grief is not a linear process and often is more like a cycle that can experience moving in different directions. We think students should understand that grief can be unique to the person. The session ended with some impactful conversations with some important questions from the students

In the second workshop, the students created memory jars. On the outside, the jar is decorated in remembrance of the individual important to the student. On the inside are little notes of memories the student has with the individual. This way, they can open the jar and be reminded of their loved one!

Thank you to the HAP Foundation for the workshop and the creative jars!

Proviso East Calm Room

Liz, our Program Assistant at TFD, visited Proviso East High School’s Calm Room to put together an activity for the students. Loyola Medicine designed the Calm Room for students to visit during lunchtime as an alternative. Here, students can have an intentionally safe place.

This week, Liz brought painting supplies designed by Dana of I Paint on Purpose for the students to get creative!

Proviso West Mental Health Kit Giveaway

The TFD Team visited Proviso West High School to give away more mental health kits! This was our second giveaway for the fall semester. We are so excited to give away kits to new and returning students. Overall, we gave away 107 kits to Proviso West students. Our running number is 2,290 kits given away to Proviso students!

PMSA Mental Health Kit Giveaway

This week, we visited PMSA to hand out more mental health kits. TFD wanted to bring a bright start to the new school year and honor National Suicide Prevention Month this September. The Proviso community has suffered from multiple youth losses due to suicide. Moreover, these kits were inspired to create healthy coping skills for young adults with the intention of promoting mental well-being.

This month is very important for us and the Mental Health Kits. We are so glad to provide 226 kits to PMSA students this Wednesday! Our running total is 2,183 kits given away. Thanks to everyone who stopped by!