Share a Smile and Support Mental Health!
Even with social distancing, a smile can brighten a life!
In honor of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, Mental Health America of Fredericksburg wants to give you and a friend/loved one something to “smile” about. Share your smile with someone through MHAF’s “Share a Smile Campaign”. Mental Health America of Fredericksburg will place a smiley face yard sign in the front yard of your friend/loved one with a note telling them who sent it.
Smiley face yard signs will be placed in front yards beginning on May 1st and running through May 31st. Signs can only be placed at private residents. The signs then becomes the property of your friend/loved one and does not need to be returned.
The “Share a Smile Campaign” covers Caroline, Fredericksburg, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford. Signs may also be picked up at the MHAF office by appointment.
You and MHAF, together, bringing cheer to our community, one smile at a time.
Learn more at https://mhafva.networkforgood.com/projects/97965-share-a-smile
MHAF COVID-19 UPDATE
MHAF COVID-19 UPDATE
Mental Health America of Fredericksburg remains steadfast in our mission to improve the mental health of our community during this time of growing anxiety.
MHAF will continue to provide assistance by phone (Helpline 540-371-2704), email (mhafred@mhafred.org), and through social media.
Both the mental and physical health of our community are of great importance, so we are following the advice of the Virginia Department of Health (VHD) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to suspend all in-person gatherings: support groups, trainings, and social events for at least the next 8 weeks.
Thank you for your understanding and support.
According to the high risk nature of those that we serve in our Senior Visitors Program, MHAF has adapted our weekly visits from in-person to by virtual means. Our trained volunteers keep in touch with their seniors by phone, email, and through social media. Those who helped seniors with running errands are still performing these services and leaving materials on the doorstep, so as to not expose our seniors further.
Our Walk for Mental Wellness scheduled for May 2nd will be rescheduled for October 17th.
The celebration of the 20th anniversary of our Senior Visitors Program scheduled for April 7th will be rescheduled for later this fall.
We wish health and safety to all of you.
2020 MHAF Benefit Art Raffle – mhafred.org/raffle
“A Summer Day on the Rappahannock”
The 2020 MHAF Benefit Art Raffle offers a beautiful, original painting by Betsy Glassie titled “A Summer Day on the Rappahannock”.
Only 250 tickets are available at $20 each. Each ticket is a donation to MHAF! Drawing will be on April 7.
Tickets are available online at http://mhafred.org/raffle, at MHAF office, by MHAF Board members, and at LibertyTown Arts Workshop.
The painting is 24×30, framed and currently at Betsy’s studio at Libertytown Arts. Stop by to see it if you get a chance. It is very beautiful and valued at $1500.
CFC Deadline just a few days away CFC #: 71643
This is the final week to make your CFC pledge! #ShowSomeLoveCFC to Mental Health America of Fredericksburg and help us continue our work to improve the mental health of our community. CFC #: 71643.
As the new year advances, we think about our wishes for family and friends: prosperity and health in 2020. But, what about mental health and wellness? Last year, generous donors like you enabled Mental Health America of Fredericksburg to improve the mental health of family, friends, neighbors and our community through our free programs by providing:
- Guidance, support and hands on coping strategies to teens struggling with the almost crippling effects of anxiety and depression through our Live Life Love Life support group.
- Friendship, a renewed sense of purpose, and a safe connection to the community for seniors in our Senior Visitors program.
- Information and referrals from an experienced, empathetic listener through our HelpLine for individuals and families struggling with a mental health crisis.
- And knowledge about the warning signs for depression and suicide, and most importantly how to get help for local teens through our Suicide Prevention Education program.
Help us continue to erase the stigma associated with mental illness by: learning more about mental health and how to promote wellness, advocate for those in need to find help, volunteer your time, and continue to support MHAF.
One special way is through the Combined Federal Campaign through your employer. This is the final week to make your CFC pledge! #ShowSomeLoveCFC to Mental Health America of Fredericksburg and help us continue our work to improve the mental health of our community. CFC #: 71643. Federal employees or retirees also have the option of making a pledge online at https://cfcgiving.opm.gov/welcome
A Special Thanks to Anthony and Sherwin-Williams!
We want to thank Anthony White, store manager at Sherwin-Williams at 4806A Jefferson Davis Highway in Fredericksburg for his generous donation of paint and painting supplies so that we can enhance our office space and make it more welcoming and calming for those we serve.