Champions for Children cordially invites you to attend our Be a Champion on World Mental Health Day event on October 10, 2024, 6:00pm – 8:30pm at The Mansion at Strathmore, Rockville, MD.

The need for continued commitment to providing mental health services to children in our DC, Maryland and Virginia communities is abundantly clear. Join us for an exciting evening to recognize thought leaders, advocate for programs, and support children's mental health efforts!

Donations go to the Following Organizations

• The Lourie Center

  Adventist Healthcare The Lourie Center for Children's Social & Emotional Wellness is a private, non-profit agency with a mission to improve the social and emotional health of young children and their families through prevention, early intervention, education, research, and training. The Lourie Center serves more than 4,000 children and families in the Washington metropolitan area, regardless of ability to pay.

  Impact: Funding will support access to specialized early childhood mental health and emergency psychiatric care for high-risk children. This will provide emergency psychiatric screenings and 24-hour on-call support for children from ages 4–11 who are in crisis and safety planning coordination with parents/caregivers, and school personnel.

• Morgan's Message

  Morgan’s Message® is a 501(c)(3) that strives to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health within the student-athlete community and equalize the treatment of physical and mental health in athletics. Morgan’s Message uses stories, resources, and expertise to strengthen student-athletes’ mental health, builds a community by and for athletes through peer-to-peer conversations and provides a platform for advocacy, all with the hope that when someone is struggling, they won’t hesitate to reach out and get the help they need and deserve.

  Impact: Funding will support materials, peer-to-peer monthly meetings of all sports at over 1,700 high schools and college campuses as well as the production of the podcast and blog, The Mental Matchup series, for two seasons.

• Generation Hope

  Through an innovative two-generation approach, Generation Hope helps teen parents, and their children achieve economic mobility through education through the provision of tuition assistance, career services, early childhood education support, and individualized and flexible mental health services for both parents and children. Generation Hope’s mental health programming is designed to be responsive to the needs of Scholars and their children, to be as convenient and low-barrier as possible for Scholars and their children, and to utilize community resources whenever possible. support will help ensure that young families receive the holistic and wide-ranging resources and support they need to thrive.

  Impact: Funding will provide basic needs for such as diapers, school supplies, and grocery cards, tuition and wraparound services for four Generation Hope Scholars on their journey to a 4-year college degree, and customized delivery of our children’s mental health programming including materials for at-home therapeutic activities, one-on-one sessions, and “play therapy”, a therapy group for 6–9-year-olds to foster feeling expression, healthy social skills, self-regulation, and empathy through therapeutic games and activities.

BECOME A CHAMPION ON WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

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BECOME A CHAMPION ON WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 〰️

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