The
Walk a Mile in My Shoes Campaign - Put on your funkiest shoes and show
support for those walking the journey of living with a mental illness!
May is mental
health awareness month; May 9 is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day.
The goal of this project is to increase awareness and to promote efforts to
eradicate myths, discrimination, bullying, and stigma that deter children,
youth and families in need of care from seeking help.
On May 9, 2013 NAMI
(National Alliance on Mental Illness) staff will be available throughout the
day to answer questions and provide informational packets to
students. A banner “We all walk a different path-What will be your
walk?” will be hung. The banner is for students who wish to take a
pledge and post it on the banner to support students living with mental
illness. Preprinted pledges or blank shoes will be on the
information table. Students who want to take the pledge can either use
one of the pre-written pledges, or write one of their own and pin it on the
banner. Come join us in “The Walk a Mile in My Shoes Campaign.”
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