Mental Health First Aid- Warwick, NY

Congratulations to our newest Youth Mental Health First Aiders!!!

THANK YOU to Warwick Cares and the Warwick Valley Coalition for being the FIRST organizations in our community to support and lift up this important work in our community!

When it comes to supporting kids, more often simply showing up makes the difference.

These individuals showed UP!

They brought their own professions, strengths, and viewpoints into this training, lifted up one another, and are now poised to for Warwick Youth!

Please join me in congratulating and thanking them. 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

****** There is still time to enroll!! **********

Youth Mental Health First aid TONIGHT and TOMRROW night at the Warwick Valley Community Center!

Come on out, join Warwick Cares and the Warwick Valley Coalition in stepping up for our Youth, and !

Click here to be enrolled, and receive a login for your pre-training survey:

May 2024 Youth Mental Health First Aid Youth Mental Health First Aid Training: Part 1: Tuesday, May 14th, 5 pm- 8 pm Part 2: Wednesday, May 15th, 5 pm- 9p Youth Mental Health First Aid (mhfa.org) is skills-based training that teaches people how to identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of a mental health or substance use....

An amazing afternoon in Warwick last week for May Mental Health Month: Mental Health Awareness Celebration!

It is not too late to sign up for Youth Mental Health First Aid certification. Join the class by clicking below:

https://forms.gle/JSe9NRtQj59xmzkW7

Are you wondering how relevant Youth Mental Health First Aid is for you?

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month!

Please join Warwick Cares and the Warwick Valley Coalition in a FREE training opportunity:

In this evidence-based program, you will engage with other parents, coaches, caregivers, educators, and community volunteers, and learn how to recognize and address potential mental health or substance use challenges in adolescents.

Register TODAY for a free youth, mental health, first aid training in Warwick, New York!

Link to register:
https://forms.gle/KtR7thWHfU2uyqvs8
Email to register:
[email protected]

We are very pleased to announce new dates for a FREE Youth Mental Health First Aid Training, taking place at the end of this month:

Link to Register: https://forms.gle/NZhHZHno5kTgv9xu5

What an exhilarating day at the 2nd Annual Orange County Human Rights Conference, hosted by Leadership Orange, and organized by the incomparable Inaudy Gil Esposito and the OC Human Rights Commission.

All speakers and panelists were informative, engaging, inspiring and empowering.

Thank you to , , SUNY Orange, and the Orange County Arts Council, for collaborating to bring leaders like these into our community space.

Please note!!
Our December Youth Mental Health First Aid has been postponed, to be rescheduled in JANUARY!

January dates will be announced soon!

Please note!!
Our December Youth Mental Health First Aid has been postponed, to be rescheduled in JANUARY!

January dates will be announced soon!

Hello December! Be Kind. ♡ There is HOPE. It takes a village ❤️

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, death by su***de was the #2 killer of youth aged 10-24.

The isolation and fear gripping the world in 2020 greatly impacted children and adolescents, whose brains were still developing.

Too often, youth mental health challenges go untreated because they aren't recognized, or because the ways we approach and engage with youth are simply...not working.

No community is immune to these challenges.

Please sign up today to learn the prevention and engagement skills that may just save a life:

Warwick Valley Coalition and Warwick Cares present Youth Mental Health First Aid.

Link to register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_IpyT1v-Df1nkPJaPyVfjrIuUIKFPvtRuUJGIBFbDwY/edit

Amazing work is being done in this community! Thank you to Warwick Cares for being a force for positive change!

Does talking to your teen about mental health or substances feel overwhelming? Or like it's simply not resonating?
Raising teens is one of the most challenging and worrisome periods in the parenting journey.
The good news is there is an evidence-based training that will help.
Register here: https://forms.gle/GAB7jn51iqV3mbQBA

"The name of the game is kindness, and we all have it in us."

Thank you, Warwick Valley Community Center, for drawing attention to World Kindness Week!

Start with children
One in four children in the U.S. experience bullying at school on a regular basis — teaching kids to be kind to everyone, even if they're different, and to stand up to bullying when they see it, turns them into brave and kind adults.
The objective of World Kindness Week is to spread kindness with small gestures. The main tradition of the day is to be kind and to try and encourage kindness to prevail over hatred. Whether it’s helping out someone with chores, taking the time out to ask how someone is doing, or complimenting someone, the name of the game is kindness, and we all have it in us.

Through their service and sacrifice, countless U.S. Veterans must navigate family separation, hardship, and danger to their physical and/or mental health.
As a collective community, we can ALL contribute in meaningful ways towards improving the outcomes and well-being of Veterans. We can SEE them. Be there. Simply...show up!

Together with Warwick Cares and Warwick Valley Coalition, we encourage all who are local to Warwick to join us tomorrow to do just that!

Tomorrow, Saturday, November 11th, the Warwick Veterans Day Parade steps off onto Main Street from the High St., at 11:11 am, and proceeds through the village to Veterans Memorial Park, for a Ceremony led by Warwick Valley VFW Post 4662 Commander José Morales.

One and ALL are welcome to join for the post-ceremony Hot Dogs & Hamburgers BBQ at Excelsior Firehouse on Church St.

Please join us in celebrating the treasured Veterans in our community. Pay them respect, hear their words, and share a meal- all of the best ways to show you care. 🇺🇸

We honor Veterans everywhere, on this day and every day.

To each and every one: THANK YOU for your service!

Traditions can enrich our lives when they bring joy to us and the people we love, renew our faith or spiritualism, help us remember loved ones who have passed on, and of course, when we watch our children experience them for the first time.

Some years, traditions are too painful, or are impossible to keep for any number of reasons. They might be released, to return the following year, or might not return at all. They might just sneak out and surprise us by bringing joy again in a few more years (or decades?) later!

Friends, please accept this gentle reminder to take care of yourself this holiday season:

Sometimes the best way to care for others is in caring for yourself.

Are you thinking of someone having a rough year?
Make a call, send a text. Reach out.

You can also sign up here for our FREE Youth Mental Health First Aid training this December:

Email: [email protected]
Or complete this form: https://forms.gle/PdCpohLAvBkgFUGPA



Mental Health First Aid USA is proven to be effective in teaching how to recognize and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges.

Join the 3 Million-strong (and growing!) community of Mental Health First Aiders nationwide, and learn the skills to support the Youth in your life.

Thanks to the collaboration of Warwick Cares, the Warwick Valley Coalition, and with materials sponsored by the NYS Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors, this Youth Mental Health First Aid (Y-MHFA) training will offered FREE with details as follows:

Part 1: December 4 (5-8 PM)
Part 2: December 6 (5-9 PM) at the
Warwick Valley Community Center:
11 Hamilton Ave, Warwick

Request your registration by emailing: [email protected] or use this form/QR link:
https://forms.gle/UxJxf5Yvt4Apgjet9
no later than 12/1/2023