Improving the mental health of the community through education, advocacy and support.

May is Mental Health Month!

How will you celebrate and participate?

May 1:  JAXFacts Team Trivia Challenge  
Join MHA as it partners with JCCI Forward members for a JAXFacts Team Trivia Night to be held on May 1st from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at Xtreme Wings on Atlantic Blvd. This event is open to all service providers and their friends and family. Pick a team name and win prizes for being a smarty-pants!

The categories for the evening include questions on Jacksonville's Entertainment, Sports, Politics, History, Education, Script Tease, and Grammar & Spelling!  

 

May 2:  ArtWalk:  Conservation, Fashion, & Art

Hemming Plaza becomes “The Conservation Zone”.  Conserve your mental wellness by viewing art and visiting MHANEFL’s booth at Art Walk!  This ArtWalk will feature an Eco Latino fashion show on Laura Street, and a Jacksonville Bike Coalition will present a bike to Mayor Brown.   

  What to do and see.

May 4:  Bipolar Disorder:  Assessment & Treatment in Children, Teens, & Adults Conference
(5 CEUs), featuring Joe Pantoliano (“Joey Pants”),
Emmy Award-winning actor of Sopranos fame and author of
 Asylum:  Hollywood Tales from My Great Depression:  Brain Dis-Ease, Recovery, and Being My Mother’s Son,

&
Lora Inman, author of Running Uphill, a personal account of her experience with major depression and bipolar disorder.  

 

See the conference brochure.  Register now

May 9:  MHA Hosts
Story Time at the Main Library:  Be You!  Be Kind!

11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. in the Children's Department

ages 3 - 5

May 11:  Take One Minute for You
@ 11:11 on 5/11.
This will literally only take a minute.  You choose:  11:11 a.m. or 11:11 p.m.  Join us in a collective sigh of de-stressing, reflecting, renewing, or re-energizing. 


Pledge publically now to take this minute at 11:11 on May 11. Declare it on your own Facebook wall, e-mail your friends, put a sticky note on the fridge, stand up in your cubicle to say it out loud, etc.  (Urge those you know to do so, too, by sharing/forwarding/posting your message, and you’ll really help us!)  How will you spend your minute?  Do you have one more minute?  Please tell us how you plan to spend your minute and/or how you spent it, and/or how it helped on Facebook or Twitter @ #mha1.

One Minute for You IDEAS

May 16:  Mental Health Month Blog Party
Join countless bloggers in an effort to promote mental health awareness and reduce mental illness stigma.  If you have a blog, or if you’ve always wanted to start a blog, please dedicate your May 16 posts to mental health.  Promote wellness.  Reduce stigma. Tell your story.

May 19:  Stop Bullying Now!

One Mile Fun Walk at the MOSH

Take in the beautiful view as you stroll the Riverwalk, and join us for snacks and fun at the MOSH.  Your registration fee includes the walk, a tee-shirt, snacks and programming at the MOSH, and entry to the MOSH for the day!  Fresh air, support for MHA’s anti-bullying programming, and Extreme Science shows? What could be better?

 

Register now for the “Stop Bullying Now” 1-Mile Fun Walk

May 24:  Healthy Minds, Healthy Hearts

May 1-May 31: 
Take the Wee Willy Winky Sleep Challenge!
 Learn tidbits about the impact of sleep on mental health, brain functioning, and physical wellness, and join us in mini sleep challenges, or if you’re able, the Big Sleep Challenge:  one more full hour of sleep each night!  Visit us on Facebook  to learn more and to hear about each week’s challenge!