The Beehive Alliance collaborated with Upper Arlington Safety Town to help children learn about identifying and expressing feelings safely. Safety Town: Safe Feelings The Beehive Alliance is honored to have a spot at Safety Town this year. We hope your child feels empowered to identify their feelings and express them safely! Below you'll find resources to help caregivers connect with their children at home and help them navigate the years ahead. The Beehive Alliance is a fully volunteer-powered nonprofit that raises awareness and funding for children's mental and behavioral health. We donate every dollar raised to Nationwide Children's Behavioral Health Pavilion and The Kids Mental Health Foundation. Explore our website to learn more about who we are, our impact, and how you can get involved! Kids' Mental Health Foundation Resources Resources for caregivers to help you with every stage of your child's life: - Tantrums - Big feelings - Starting at a new school - Making Friends - Big life events - And so many more! Go Noodle - Brain Breaks Want to get things back on track after a long day? Take a break with your child - practice mindfulness, yoga, breathing, or just get their wiggles out with a dance! Book List - Check out this list for books to read with your child to reinforce feelings and the healthy way to deal with them.

The Beehive Alliance is an organization started in 2019 that is dedicated to creating a buzz around pediatric mental and behavioral health issues. About Us Founded in 2019, The Beehive Alliance is an entirely volunteer-based 501(c)3 organization dedicated to creating a buzz around pediatric mental and behavioral health issues. We are committed to funding mental health programs, resources, and research that enhance the mental well-being of children in our country. Our Impact Our Partnerships The Beehive Alliance supports Nationwide Children's Hospital Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion - America's largest center dedicated exclusively to child and adolescent behavioral and mental health on a pediatric medical campus. Featuring inpatient services, intensive outpatient services, a Psychiatric Crisis Department and research all under one roof, this integrated pediatric behavioral health approach serves as a model for other health care systems across the nation. How To Help If you would like more information about The Beehive Alliance or are interested in joining our outreach and fundraising efforts, please visit our Get Involved page. Donate Sponsor Host a Stand Attend an Event Join the Hive More Info 100% Volunteer-Led | $500,000 Raised | ONE Mission Donate Host a Stand Sponsor The Beehive Alliance is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization (EIN: 85-1235719 ) Let's Buzz about Kid's Mental Health Together we've raised over $500,000 for research and programming! Find out more! Thu, Oct 08 Party In the Patch: Squashing Stigmas Together / Details Oct 08, 2026, 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM Join The Beehive Alliance for our 6th annual Party In The Patch, at Lynd Fruit Farm. Come support our efforts to raise funds for Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Behavioral Health Pavilion and the many inpatient and outpatient mental health services they provide to youth in need. Fri, Nov 13 A Night In the Hive 2026 / Buy Tickets Nov 13, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM Details to be announced! Follow Us On Instagram Never miss a resource or event! We're Proud Of the Work We've Done Together $170,000 Raised for pediatric mental and behavioral health resources in 2025! Our 2025 #BuzzforPMH Lemonade Stand was a success! $20,000 raised! Thank you! Learn more about hosting a stand here. Find out more about the BHA team and impact summary.

The Beehive Alliance Partners presents our annual free back-to-school Bee Kind Back-To-School Kick Off mental health fair in Columbus Ohio. 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. 142 days to the event Party In the Patch: Squashing Stigmas Together Thu, Oct 08 Details Details Where: Upper Arlington Community Center: 5th Floor When: March 1st: 1-3 pm . The event ends at 3, so please plan enough time to work through the 8 stations. 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. Yoga Sessions by Balanced Child Method: 1:30, 2, & 2:30 pm. Parking: Please park in the North or South garages and enter through the main entrance (if you're not a BCCC member). 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 Kids Mental Health 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. A