2018 CAMPAIGN WRAP-UP

Celebrating Schools and Communities across that helped reduce stigma and raise awareness around the importance of children’s mental health. > CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS 2018This wasyear the the 10th Campaign year of hadthe record Campaignhigh participation and our reachfrom 552 expanded schools greatly fromacross Allegany, the state Annethrough Arundel, our Champions, events City, Baltimore,and social Calvert, media effortsCaroline, during AwarenessCarroll, Cecil, Week, Charles, May 6-12. Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, This year Howard,the Campaign Kent, Montgomery,had record high participationPrince George’s, from 485 Queen schools. Anne’s, The CampaignSaint Mary’s, had participationSomerset, Talbot, of 221,236+Washington, students in schoolsWicomico from and all over the state. Worcester Counties.

190 Community Organizations from jurisdictions across the state raised awareness of childrens mental health in 2018. These organizations brought the Campaign’s message to a diverse audience of families, caregivers, educators, providers and community members.

In May, the Campaign reached 61,113+ through Facebook and Twitter. The Campaign distributed 230,991 Awareness Items (including pencils, bracelets, posters, bookmarks) and 63,243 Campaign Resources (including Educator & Family Resource Kits, Brochures).

1 > SCHOOL CHAMPIONS Maryland schools were invited to participate in the Campaign by becoming a School Champion. School Champion Coordinators were responsible for organizing an awareness raising or educational activity for Awareness Week.

ALLEGANY COUNTY Harlem Park Elementary School Timber Grove Elementary School Harlem Park Timonium Elementary School Fort Hill High School Hawthorne Elementary School Towson Head Start Center Uplift Grand Primary Hebbville Elementary School Villa Cresta Elementary School Hereford High School Wellwood International School ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY Hereford Middle School Westowne Elementary School Annapolis High School Hernwood Elementary School White Oak Elementary School Archbishop Spalding High School High Road School of Baltimore County Windsor Mill Middle School Central Elementary School Highland Village Head Start/Early Head Start Winfield Elementary School Central Middle School Center Woodbridge Elementary School Chesapeake Bay Middle School Hillcrest Elementary School Woodmoor Elementary School High Road School of Anne Arundel County Joppa View Elementary School MacArthur Middle School Kenwood Head Start/Early Head Start Center BALTIMORE CITY Oak Hill Elementary School Kingsville Elementary School Abbottston Elementary School South River High School Lansdowne Elementary School Alexander Hamilton Elementary School The Goddard School Lansdowne Middle School Arlington Elementary School The Pathways School - Anne Arundel Arlington Middle School Loch Raven Technical Academy Arundel Elementary School BALTIMORE COUNTY Logan Elementary School Arundel Middle School Arbutus Elementary School Lutherville Lab Elementary School Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts Arbutus Middle School Mars Estates Elementary School Baltimore City College Back River Head Start Center Martin Boulevard Elementary School Baltimore Design School Battle Grove Elementary School Mays Chapel Elementary School Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Bear Creek Elementary School Merritt Park Head Start Center Beechfield Elementary School Bedford Elementary School Middle River Middle School Beechfield Middle School Berkshire Elementary School Middlesex Elementary School Belmont Elementary School Campfield Early Learning Center Milbrook Elementary School Calverton Elementary School Carney Elementary School Northwest Academy of Health Sciences Calverton Middle School Catonsville Elementary School Norwood Elementary School Cecil Elementary School Chapel Hill Elementary School Oakleigh Elementary School Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary School Chadwick Elementary School Oliver Beach Elementary School Cherry Hill Elementary School Charlesmont Elementary School Orems Elementary School Cherry Hill Middle School Chatsworth School City Neighbors Hamilton Chesapeake High School City Neighbors High School Church Lane Elementary School Padonia International Elementary School Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary School Cockeysville Middle School Coldstream Park Patapsco High School & Center for the Arts Dickey Hill Elementary School Elementary School Perry Hall Elementary School Dickey Hill Middle School Coldstream Park Middle School Perry Hall High School Digital Harbor High School Crossroads Center Pine Grove Elementary School Dorothy I. Height Elementary School Deep Creek Elementary School Pinewood Elementary School Dr. Nathan A Pitts-Ashburton Elementary School Dogwood Elementary School Pleasant Plains Elementary School Dr. Nathan A Pitts-Ashburton Middle School Pot Spring Elementary School Excel Academy @ Francis M. Wood High School Dumbarton Middle School Powhatan Elementary School Fort Worthington Elementary School Dundalk Elementary School Prettyboy Elementary School Francis Scott Key Elementary School Randallstown Elementary School Francis Scott Key Middle School Eastern Technical High School Relay Elementary School Franklin Square Elementary School Edgemere Elementary School Riderwood Elementary School Franklin Square Middle School Emily Harris Head Start Center Ridgely Middle School Furley Elementary School Essex Elementary School Riverview Head Start Center Gardenville Elementary School Featherbed Lane Elementary School Seneca Elementary School Garrett Heights Elementary School Fleming Head Start Center Seventh District Elementary School Garrett Heights Middle School Fort Garrison Elementary School George Shady Spring Elementary School Gilmor Elementary School Washington Carver Center for Arts and Sollers Point Technical High School Govans Elementary School Technology Southwest Academy Green Street Academy Glenmar Elementary School Sparks Elementary School Guilford Elementary School Glyndon Elementary School Sparrows Point Middle School Guilford Middle School Golden Ring Middle School Stemmers Run Middle School Hamilton Elementary School Gunpowder Elementary School Stoneleigh Elementary School Hamilton Middle School Halethorpe Elementary School Summit Park Elementary School 2 Harford Heights Elementary School Kent County Middle School Harlem Park Elementary School CARROLL COUNTY Rock Hall Elementary School Harlem Park Middle School East Middle School Hilton Elementary School Eldersburg Elementary School MONTGOMERY COUNTY James Mosher Elementary School Elmer Wolfe Elementary School Judy Center at Harford Heights Freedom Elementary School Blair G. Ewing Center KIPP Harmony Head Start of Carroll County Cloverly Elementary School KIPP Ujima Judy Center - Cranberry Station Elementary School Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary School Lakeland Elementary School Judy Center - Elmer Wolfe Elementary School Earle B. Wood Middle School Lakeland Middle School Judy Center - Robert Moton Elementary School Flora M. Singer Elementary School Leith Walk Elementary School Judy Center - Taneytown Elementary School Glen Haven Elementary School Lyndhurst Elementary School Linton Springs Elementary School Maryvale Elementary School Lyndhurst Middle School Mechanicsville Elementary School Neelsville Middle School Margaret Brent Elementary School Oklahoma Road Middle School Robert Frost Middle School Margaret Brent Middle School Robert Moton Elementary School Rock Terrace School Moravia Park Judy Center Runnymede Elementary School Rosa Parks Middle School Morrell Park Elementary School Shiloh Middle School The Foundation School of Montgomery County Morrell Park Middle School Taneytown Elementary School The Pathways School - Edgewood NACA Freedom and Democracy II Westminster West Middle School Walt Whitman High School New Era Academy Winters Mill High School Yeshiva of Greater Washington Girls Division New Song Academy North Bend Elementary School CECIL COUNTY PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY North Bend Middle School Immaculate Conception School Adelphi Elementary School Northwood Elementary School Shorehaven School Allenwood Elementary School Pimlico Elementary School Arrowhead Elementary School Pimlico Middle School CHARLES COUNTY Baden Elementary School Reginald F. Lewis High School La Plata High School Barack Obama Elementary School Roland Park Elementary School Matthew Henson Middle School Barnaby Manor Elementary School Roland Park Middle School Beacon Heights Elementary Rognel Heights Elementary School DORCHESTER COUNTY Beltsville Academy Rognel Heights Middle School Cambridge South Dorchester High School Benjamin D. Foulois Creative and Performing Roots and Branches Elementary School Choptank Elementary School Arts Academy Rosemont Elementary School Hurlock Elementary School Benjamin Stoddert Middle School Rosemont Middle School Mace’s Lane Middle School Benjamin Tasker Middle School Sinclair Lane Elementary School Maple Elementary School Berwyn Heights Elementary Steuart Hill Academic Academy North Dorchester High School Bishop McNamara High School The SEED School of Maryland North Dorchester Middle School Bladensburg Elementary School Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Sandy Hill Elementary School Bond Mill Elementary School Thomas Jefferson Middle School South Dorchester School Bowie High School Vanguard Collegiate Middle School Vienna Elementary School Bowie High School Annex Violetville Elementary School Warwick Elementary School Bradbury Heights Elementary School Violetville Middle School Bucklodge Middle School Waverly Elementary School FREDERICK COUNTY Carmody Hills Elementary School Waverly Middle School Brunswick High School Carole Highlands Elementary School Western High School Deer Crossing Elementary School Carrollton Elementary SchooL William Paca Elementary School Liberty Elementary School Capital Heights Elementary School Windsor Hills Elementary School Center for Young Children, University of Windsor Hills Middle School HARFORD COUNTY Maryland-College Park Woodhome Elementary School Aberdeen Area Child Development Center Charles Carroll Middle School Woodhome Middle School Darlington Elementary School Chesapeake Math and IT Elementary School Yorkwood Elementary School Edgewood Middle School Chillum Elementary School Halls Cross Roads Elementary School Clinton Grove Elementary School CALVERT COUNTY High Road School of Harford County Columbia Park Elementary School Norrisville Elementary School Cooper Lane Elementary School Barstow Elementary School Riverside Elementary School Cora L. Rice Elementary Calvert High School Southampton Middle School Southern Middle School Dora Kennedy French Immersion School CAROLINE COUNTY HOWARD COUNTY Dodge Park Elementary School Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School Caroline Career and Technology Center Elkridge Elementary School Drew Freeman Middle School Colonel Richardson High School Homewood Center Dwight Eisenhower Middle School Colonel Richardson Middle School MD School for the Deaf - Columbia Campus Edward M. Felegy Elementary School Denton Elementary School Phillips School - Annandale Elizabeth Seton High School Federalsburg Elementary School Phillips School - Laurel Eugene Burroughs Middle School Greensboro Elementary School Reservoir High School Excel Academy Public Charter School Lockerman Middle School Running Brook Elementary School North Caroline High School Fairmont Heights High School Preston Elementary School KENT COUNTY Flintstone Elementary School Ridgely Elementary School Fort Washington Forest Elementary School Galena Elementary School Francis T. Evans Elementary School H.H. Garnett Elementary School 3 G. James Gholson Middle School Stephen Decatur Middle School North Salisbury Elementary School Glenarden Woods Elementary School Tanglewood School Northwestern Elementary School Glenn Dale Elementary School Tayac Elementary School Parkside High School Glenridge Elementary School Templeton Elementary School Pinehurst Elementary School Grace Brethren Christian School The Foundation School Pittsville Elementary School Greenbelt Elementary School The Pathways School – Horizons Pittsville Middle School Greenbelt Middle School The Pathways School – Re-Entry at DuVal Prince Street Elementary School Green Valley Academy The Pathways School – Re-Entry at Friendly Salisbury Middle School Gwynn Park High School Thomas S. Stone Elementary School The Salisbury School Gwynn Park Middle School Thurgood Marshall Middle School Westside Intermediate School H. Winship Wheatley Early Childhood Center Tulip Grove Elementary School Westside Primary School Heather Hills Elementary School University of Maryland-College Park, School Wicomico Middle School Henry G. Ferguson Elementary School Psychology Program Wicomico High School Hillcrest Heights Elementary School University Park Elementary School Willards Elementary School Hyattsville Elementary School Vansville Elementary School Hyattsville Middle School Walker Mill Middle School WORCESTER COUNTY Imagine Foundations at Morningside Public Whitehall Elementary School Snow Hill Middle School Charter School William Beanes Elementary School Pokomoke High School Imagine Lincoln Public Charter School William Paca Elementary School Indian Queen Elementary William W. Hall Academy International High School @ Langley Park Woodridge Elementary School Isaac Gourdine Middle School YMCA Ayrlawn Program J. Frank Dent Elementary School James Madison Middle School QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY James McHenry Elementary School Bayside Elementary School John H. Bayne Elementary School Centreville Elementary School John Hanson Montessori School Centreville Middle School Judge Sylvania Woods Elementary School Church Hill Elementary School Kenilworth Elementary School Grasonville Elementary School Kenmoor Early Childhood Center Kennard Elementary School Kenmoor Middle School Kent Island High School Kettering Elementary School Matapeake Elementary School Kettering Middle School Queen Anne’s County High School Kingsford Elementary School Sudlersville Elementary School Lamont Elementary School The Gunston School Langley Park McCormick Elementary School Largo High School SAINT MARY’S COUNTY Laurel High School Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary School Lewisdale Elementary School Leonardtown Middle School Longfields Elementary School Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School SOMERSET COUNTY Mary Harris “Mother” Jones Elementary School Melwood Elementary School Princess Anne Elementary School Montpelier Elementary School Somerset Intermediate School Mt. Rainier Elementary School Nicholas Orem Middle School TALBOT COUNTY North Forestville Elementary School Easton Elementary School Dobson Building Northwestern High School Easton High School Oxon Hill Middle School Easton Middle School St. Michael’s Middle School Patuxent Elementary School St. Michael’s High School Phyllis E. Williams Spanish Immersion Tilghman Elementary School Pointer Ridge Elementary School White Marsh Elementary School Port Towns Elementary School H. Winship Wheatley Early Potomac High School WASHINGTON COUNTY Childhood Center Potomac Landing Elementary School Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Prince George’s County Princeton Elementary School Ridgecrest Elementary School WICOMICO COUNTY Riverdale Elementary School Bennett Middle School Robert Frost Elementary School Charles H. Chipman Elementary School Robert R. Gray Elementary School Choices Academy Roger Heights Elementary School Delmar Elementary School Rosa L. Parks Elementary School East Salisbury Elementary School Rose Valley Elementary School Fruitland Intermediate School Samuel Chase Elementary Fruitland Primary School Samuel P. Massie Academy Glen Avenue Elementary School Seabrook Elementary School James M. Bennett High School Seat Pleasant Elementary School Mardela Middle School St. Pius X Regional School Mardela High School 4 > SCHOOL CHAMPION EVENTS

Seventh District Elementary School, Baltimore County

Timonium Elementary School, Baltimore County

Kenwood High School, Baltimore County A. Mario Loiederman Middle School, Glyndon Elementary School, Montgomery County Baltimore County

Easton Middle School, Talbot County

Center for Infant Study, University of Maryland Chatsworth School, Baltimore County 5 > SCHOOL CHAMPIONS OF THE YEAR James McHenry Elementary School [Prince George’s County] On May 16, this elementary school hosted a Children’s Mental Health Expo which had over 350 people in attendance. Each person received children’s mental health resources and visited different stations to create items such as stress balls, journals to promote positive mental health and learn new coping skills to add to their mental health toolkit. During Awareness Week, the school also shared morning announcements, distributed awareness items, wore green and hosted assemblies about mindfulness.

Somerset Intermediate School [Somerset County] Students participated in Awareness Week, focusing on the poster slogan “Your Struggle is Part of Your Story.” The students anonymously wrote down their struggles on post-it notes and then those notes were displayed, in hopes to better understand each other and build community. Students also benefited from daily announcements, mindful moments, posters that were displayed throughout the school, and focusing on the benefits of counseling on a young person’s life.

Blair G. Ewing Center Alternative Program [Montgomery County] Students at Blair G. Ewing Center created posters in art class focusing on the theme of positive coping strategies. The highlight of the week was the Rap Battle and Poetry Slam. Students worked on lyrics, writings and poems about mental health with their English teachers and comprised musical beats with the Music teacher. Students then presented in an open mic forum and were given handouts with coping skill strategies and mental health resources.

6 > COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS HONORARY CHAIR OF THE 2018 CHILDREN’S Children’s Choice, Inc. Maryland Health Alliance, Inc. MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS! CAMPAIGN Christ Our Anchor Sunday School Maryland in Motion Church of the Redeemer Maryland LAUNCH First Lady of Maryland, Mrs. Yumi Hogan City of Bowie Youth & Family Services Maryland Psychological Association City of College Park Maryland State Council on Child Abuse & Neglect 2018 STATEWIDE CHAMPIONS City of Hyattsville Mental Health Association of Frederick County BHIPP - Maryland Behavioral Health Integration in City of Salisbury Mental Health Association of Greater Washington Pediatric Primary Care College Park Youth and Family Services Mental Health Association of the Eastern Shore Center for School Mental Health, University of Comcast Spotlight Mindfully Anchored, Inc. Maryland Dept. of Psychiatry Community Care Montgomery County Federation of Families for Maryland Association for Nonpublic Special Community Counseling & Mentoring Services, Inc. Children’s Mental Health Education Facilities Community Crisis Services, Inc. Montgomery County Local Behavioral Health Maryland Dept. of Disabilities Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore Authority Maryland Dept. of Health - Behavioral Health Community Residences, Inc. Montgomery County Public Schools Administration Community Therapeutic Center MPB Group, Inc. Maryland State Dept. of Education Contemporary Family Services NAMI Carroll County Maryland Youth Advisory Council Crisis Intervention Center NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore University of Maryland Crossroads Community, Inc. New Directions Therapeutic Services University of Maryland, Baltimore County Diamond Foundation, Inc. Nonprofit Prince George’s County District Heights Family & Youth Services Bureau One World Center for Autism 2018 COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS Dorchester County Public Library PACE Consulting 1 Year to Empowerment Dynard Elementary PTA Pathways, Inc. 4 the Healing in You, Inc. EveryMind. Primary Care Coalition Achieving Mental Victory Family-Informed Trauma Treatment Center Prince George’s Child Resource Center ACIDD Maryland Family Matters of Greater Washington Prince George’s County Dept. of Social Services Adventist Healthcare Finksburg Counseling Services Prince George’s County Infants & Toddlers Affiliated Sante Group First Choice Counseling Center Prince George’s County Local Behavioral Health Affordable Behavioral Consultant FLI Warrior Authority Alison J. Bomba, Psy.D., LLC Flourish Counseling and Wellness Center Prince George’s County Public Schools Office of All Walks of Life, LLC Frederick Co. Health Dept. Behavioral Health Psychological Services Annapolis Pediatrics Services Prince George’s School Mental Health Initiative Anne Arundel County Infants & Toddlers Program Full Gospel Baptist Church Cooksville Professional Child Care Provider Network of Anne Arundel County Mental Health Agency Garrett County Public Schools Prince George’s County Anne Arundel Medical Center Gateway Pediatrics Propel Productions Center, Inc. Apex Network Consolidated Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center QCI Behavioral Health Archway Station, Inc. Greater Salisbury Committee RIMS Center for Enrichment and Development Art Works Now Greenbelt CARES Salisbury University Child & Adolescent Behavioral Aspire Counseling Greenbelt Children’s Center Health Initiative Assurance Quality Care Guiding Exceptional Parents Salisbury University School of Social Work Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center Harvesting Hope Youth and Family Wellness, Inc. SeizingPsych, Inc. Baltimore County Dept. of Health, Bureau of HC Drug Free Sheppard Pratt Health System Behavioral Health/CSA Healthy Kinder, Inc. Southern Maryland BRIDGE Bay Times Healthy Talbot St. Mary’s Co. Public Schools - Dept. of Student Behavioral Health System Baltimore Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection Services Bethesda Play Therapy & Healing, LLC Howard County Dept. of Social Services Stanley Black & Decker Black Mental Wellness Howard County General Hospital Synergy Family Services, Inc. B’More for Healthy Babies Howard County Health Department Synergy Wellness Therapeutic Services Bridgeway Community Church Howard County Mental Health Authority Talbot County Judy Center Partnership Burrell Associates Howard County Office of Children & Families The Child & Family Center Calvert County Dept. of Social Services Human Services of Carroll County The Foundation Schools Camp Fire Patuxent Area Humanim The Partnership for a Healthier Carroll County, Inc. Carroll County Dept. Citizen Services Inner County Outreach The Pediatric Center Carroll Co. Dept. Social Services - Foster Care & In Reach, Inc. The Training Source Adoption Interdynamics, Inc. Therapeutic Foster Care at Kennedy Krieger Carroll Co. Dept. of Social Services - In-Home Johns Hopkins University, Center for Technology Institute Family Services Education Total Healthcare Carroll County Health Department Kent County Public Schools Tri Community Mediation Carroll County Youth Service Bureau Kent County Middle School PTSA Tri-County Youth Services Bureau Carroll Hospital Key Point Health Services University of Maryland School of Social Work Catholic Charities of Maryland Kimberly M. Brooks, PhD Urban Behavioral Associates, PA Catholic Charities - Millersville Krissy’s Kause Volunteer Mental Health Workgroup - Prince Cecil County Dept. of Social Services Lantern Therapeutic Services George’s County Cecil County Early Childhood Advisory Council Laurel Helping Hands Wicomico County Health Department Cecil County Health Department LifeGrowth Counseling, LLC Wicomico County Public Schools Center for Adoption Support and Education Lighthouse, Inc. Youth and Family Services Wicomico Partnership for Families & Children (CASE) Lower Shore Early Childhood Mental Health Willow Tree Counseling Center Center for Child & Family Traumatic Stress at Consultation Program WIN Team PRP Kennedy Krieger Institute Maryland Assoc. of Youth Service Bureaus Worcester County Health Department Center for Children (MAYSB) Worcester County Local Management Board Charles County Behavioral Health Authority Maryland Chapter, American Academy of Wraparound Maryland, Inc. Chesapeake Health Care Pediatrics Yogativity Chesapeake Health Care Pediatrics Maryland/DC Association for Play Therapy Youth Care Center Chesapeake Life Center (Hospice of the Maryland Essentials for Childhood Youth Development Advisory Committee (YDAC) Chesapeake) Maryland Family Network Maryland Family Resource, Inc.

7 > COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS OF THE YEAR Center for Child & Traumatic Stress at Kennedy Krieger The Center for Child & Family Traumatic Stress at Kennedy Krieger partnered with 5 local businesses, York Elementary School and had a display at one of the main campuses at Kennedy Krieger Institute to promote Awareness Week. They partnered with Shoe City at the Westside Shopping Center to host a resource table for the bilingual community to talk about the difference between normal and traumatic stress in children as well as bullying. Through their efforts they were able to provide resources to over 200 people in the community in just one day.

Krissy’s Kause Krissy’s Kause shared the Campaigns message in many ways during Awareness Week. The organization: contributed articles for the Baltimore Sun, Cecil Whig, and TheTot.com; spoke at a city county meeting on behalf of the Campaign; participated in county and statewide proclamations for Awareness Week; particpated in a local NAMI panel/town meeting; and raised money for Maryland Coalition of Families.

Carroll County Health Department The Carroll County Health Department helped increase School Champion participation from 6 in 2017 to 18 in 2018 by making personal contacts with school counselors and helping to implement school-wide initiatives. The Department participated in four community events in May: Big Truck Night, National Prevention Week Kickoff, Cross Agency Training and Safe Kids Day. At these events, staff made contact with over 900 families and taught them about coping skills, provided them with local resources and shared information about the Children’s Mental Health Matters! Campaign.

8 > CELEBRATING THROUGH ART

First Lady Yumi Hogan hosted the third annual Celebrating Through Art: The First Lady’s Mental Health Awareness Youth Art Display, at the Lowe House Office Building in Annapolis on Monday, May 7. The display and reception marked the beginning of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week and highlighted the expressive power of art. Children and youth from across Maryland submitted works of art that depicted what made them feel happy, healthy, and hopeful. These young artists raised their voice to highlight the importance of mental health for children in Maryland.

One student, Nia Jackson, shared her thoughts on what inspired her piece: “It’s very important to know who you are in yourself, to remind yourself that you’re beautiful, that you’re amazing, things will be okay, that after a bad day that the sun will come and things will get better. I chose to put aluminum foil as the face, as if you’re looking into yourself. The background is words, such as ‘you’re amazing.”

9 > POST-CAMPAIGN REFLECTIONS I enjoyed the school spirit and comradery that promoted a healthy focus on mental health. [Our] school staff has endured a lot of challenges over the past couple years and this Campaign seemed to bring everyone together around the joys of childhood. It was as though we had a newly found cause to stand in unity of. It enabled us to look beyond the challenges and see our strength and ability to break down barriers. - 2018 School Champion

I think its so important that we understand that many people are challenged with mental health concerns. People are far more similar than they are different. And bringing people together helps to raise that point and raise awareness so that we can be thinking about compassion and empathy and love toward one another, creating a more inclusive community of kindness. - Dr. Jason Schiffman, University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Being able to have open conversations with parents who might have concerns is powerful. This also helps to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness and promotion of resiliency. - 2018 Community Champion

Students enjoyed the opportunity to write down their struggle and then seeing it on the office window. In a small way, it made them feel heard. - 2018 School Champion

Thank you to all of our 2018 School and Community Champions for your work to reduce stigma and raise awareness around the importance of children’s mental health!

10 Thank you to all of our partners for making 2018 such a success!

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The Children’s Mental Health Matters! Campaign is a collaboration of the Mental Health Association of Maryland and the Maryland Coalition of Families with support from the Maryland Department of Health - Behavioral Health Administration. The Campaign goal, with School & Community Champions across the state, is to raise public awareness around the importance of children’s mental health. WWW.CHILDRENSMENTALHEALTHMATTERS.ORG