Our Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Day events is right around the corner! A reminder that on Thursday, May 9th we will no longer be heading to the capital after lunch ends at 1pm. People are free to leave after lunch, but our staff will be there to talk or answer questions where we can for those who intend to stay after lunch.

The theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Day is Lighting the path to social justice for children and families. In light of this we wanted to make sure that families were able to gain insightful information and learn more about actionable steps they can take to advocate for their children on Parent Advocacy Day. We decided to hold a second event for children and families to attend a resource fair with more activities catered to engaging children on Family Fun Day and Mental Health Resource Fair day. The dates and times for these two events can be found below: 

Dates and Times

On Thursday, May 9th, we will be hosting Parent Advocacy day at the Family YMCA of Marion and Polk Counties, in the capitol room 3rd floor. Join us from 10:30am to 1pm. For more information please refer to the flyer.

On Saturday, May 11th, we will be hosting Family Fun Day and Mental Health Resource Fair day. This event will also be held in the capitol room of the Family YMCA of Marion and Polk Counties. Join us from 10am to 2pm for this event.

Lunches will be provided on both days, please register for the day(s) you want to attend. Please indicate how many people will be in your party so we can plan a lunch for everybody!

Register by scanning the QR code from the flyer, or click here to register!

*Please note that it only lists May 11th as the day to register for, but you will be able to choose which day(s) you will attend upon registration*