Our purpose is to reach out to the entire community with the message, “Mental Health is as important as Physical Health."
2023 Accomplishments
Implemented new strategic framework
Created three subcommittees to execute the strategic framework
Education and Awareness
Partnership and Alignment
Foundations
Continued to conduct board business successfully in a virtual manner
Set up and hosted a display at the Rum River Library for Mental Health Awareness Month and to promote the annual walk
Hosted the campaign’s 14th Annual Walk for Mental Wellness
Successfully held at a new location, Anoka County’s Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park
Drawing nearly 300 participants, our largest attendance
Guest speaker spoke about his life with mental illness and serving as a police officer
Continued participating on the board of NAMI Anoka County
Sponsored, tabled, and attended the NAMI Minnesota State Conference
Presented at Anoka County Mental Health Advisory Council
Created the Community Wellness Grant, an application process to allocate resources to education and awareness activities in the community
Four board members were trained as Ambassadors in Make it OK stigma reduction, six board members in total are now Ambassadors
Met with HealthPartners - Make It Ok to learn more about how to use the Make It Ok resources in our community
Recruited and welcomed six new board members, Carol Hendricks, Missy Merschman, Stacey Burnham, Gabriel Rios, Betsy Galvan, Tonya Scherping, and Jennifer Tyson
Awarded the Healthy Mind, Healthy Body award to the Stories Foundation