Program areas at To Write Love on Her Arms
The awareness and education program is about so much more than making people aware of mental health issues. Our goal is To ultimately move people from isolation To community, from silence To honesty, from pain To hope and help. The work we do through storytelling on our website, social media platforms, podcast, blog, video and design projects, and other media chips away at the stigma that keep people from addressing their own mental health experiences.
The supporter engagement program is at the heart of the Twloha movement where people carry this conversation into their communities. We have a variety of activities that volunteers can engage in To help us achieve our mission. This looks like people participating in our annual campaigns for suicide prevention month (4,000 people) and our spring 5k which helps build mental health resilience through movement (3,200 people). Each campaign is designed To help people advocate for mental health stories, push To challenge stigma, and offer support To those hurting through outreach. Between the bells is a one-week interactive program designed for high school students To spark authentic conversations about mental health and To remind those struggling they are not alone. This program educates students about common mental health struggles, what help and resources exist, and how they can play a key role in their community. In 2022, we reached 71,767 students through the program with nearly half (47%) of participating schools having a title 1 status.
The events and tours program creates opportunities To meet people face To face at live music events, festivals, and tours, as well as on college campuses, in places of worship, and in spaces where communities gather. We offer a safe, welcoming space To hear people's stories, encourage those in their journeys of recovery and healing, and guide folks To tools that allow them To find professional mental health resources in real time. These are conversations that spark change and combat the stigma that says you can't talk about these challenges (depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide).
"other program service accomplishments" treatment and recovery - Twloha is committed To not only changing the conversation surrounding mental health and challenging stigma but also To investing into treatment and recovery. Under this umbrella, we have the opportunity To connect people To places of help via local resources, offer financial assistance that allows someone To sit with a counselor for the first time, and provide grants To organizations that are working in the mental health field. Every year Twloha engages in vital conversations about mental health and suicide prevention on world suicide prevention day (wspd) and during national suicide prevention week (nspw). All contributions raised during this annual campaign are invested directly into treatment and recovery.