MENTAL WELLNESS! – IT MATTERS!

Announcing PANDA’S new printable Mental Health tip sheet for teachers and students

Many people are aware of methods to stay physically healthy, but few are educated about what it means to stay mentally healthy.  Mental and physical health are closely intertwined, and both should be priorities in our lives.

PANDA’s new Mental Health tip sheet provides 10 methods to stay mentally well and is available on our website.  You can find the link to the tip sheet on our homepage pandamn.org as well as in the Mental Health category under Resources.  Our Mental Health tip sheet is available in 10 different languages:  English, French, Hmong, Karen, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.  Check it out and print them for yourself and your students!

• PANDA Mental Health Tip Sheets

More information at upcoming Fall Regionals!

To learn more about how to implement the mental health tip sheet attend our workshop at the Fall Regional in Mankato or Walker.  Wendy Sweeney and Andrea Echelberger will be co-presenting about methods to utilize PANDA’S new Mental Health tip sheet with concrete examples for use in the classroom.

NEW SUICIDE HOTLINE: 988

The Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now Suicide and Crisis Lifeline – 988. Call, text or chat 988 to be connected to trained counselors who will listen and provide free and confidential support for anyone in distress.  Tele-interpreter service supports over 150 languages.  For TTY users, use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 988.

Also visit their website at 988lifeline.org

Happy retirement to PANDA’s Lori Yurick!

Lori Yurick, long time PANDA Administrative Assistant, has retired.  Lori worked with PANDA for 16 years and will be missed! Moira Knutson has taken over Lori’s position.  Moira has worked in ABE for the Adult Academic Program in Robbinsdale in a similar position for the past 5 years.  She is thrilled to be working for PANDA and is looking forward to helping in any way she can.