FREE: BEE Kind to Yourself: Mental Health Fair
Created in 2021 as a response to increasing back-to-school anxiety, we are excited for our 5th annual FREE mental wellness fair!
Get ready for a fun and meaningful day where children will build their very own mental health toolbox filled with helpful tools and strategies they can use all school year long! Kids will explore hands-on activities, learn ways to take care of their minds and hearts, and discover how being kind to themselves can help them spread kindness to others. Meanwhile, caregivers can connect with community experts and gather resources to support their children's mental wellness. Join us as we kick off the school year feeling strong, supported, and ready to thrive!
This fun & engaging event will include activities like yoga, kindness kits to be donated through Student Success stores, affirmation pictures, kindness rocks, a take-home plant, information and resources from partners, and more! Children will create a toolkit of mental health strategies that can be used all year, and caregivers will have the opportunity to get resources from our community partners.
Details
Where: Upper Arlington Community Center: 5th Floor
When: March 1st: 1-3
Details: This is a FREE event for children 4-12. School-aged children complete fun activities to create a back-to-school mental wellness toolkit to use all year. Caregivers will have an opportunity to chat with community partners and experts.
Want to Join us?
Email Katie@thebeehivealliance.com! We love to partner with other like-minded groups and individuals in the community.
We are grateful to our current partners who make this event so impactful:
Central Ohio Pediatric Behavioral Health
The Balanced Child Method Yoga
Red Oak Family Foundation
Student Success Stores
A Special Thank You
We are proud to announce that this year's mental health fair is generously powered by a grant from the CMAF Youth Advisory Council. The CMAF Youth Advisory Council (Youth Council) is an organization that educates youth on the processes surrounding youth health and wellness-related philanthropy and grantmaking. It is comprised entirely of students, ages 13 to 18, and is an integral part of our organization.
This year's Kindness Kits are sponsored by Abercrombie and Fitch & Co. In addition to supporting the event, they generously donated 250 backpacks to be used at our Abercrombie and Fitch Co. Kindness Kit Station. The 250 backpacks they donated will be stuffed with mental health tools, school supplies, hygiene items, and cheer cards and will be distributed by Student Success Stores.
