By Sara Haimowitz | Director of Development
With all the uncertainty that COVID 19 is bringing to our lives and communities, CHL and the Vermont Suicide Prevention Center wants to remain a resource for young people with Umatter® Youth and Young Adults. We can’t always guarantee safety with in person events, and so for the moment, we are adapting and sustaining our work in order to maintain contact with our youth participants even though they are out of the physical school environment.
We are moving to the virtual-verse!
Since the Umatter YYA in-person culmination event scheduled for April 29 was cancelled, we are moving the event to a virtual format. Through a facilitated process, Umatter YYA participants will be able to share their stories, experiences with YYA, celebrate successes, and generally connect about what is happening in their worlds.
Because the YYA curriculum concepts are as important now as ever.
CHL is also offering interested youth a wonderful creative opportunity by requesting input on a re-design of the UmatterUcanGetHelp.org website. This award-winning website will be improved and informed by youth feedback about how it could be better and more useful to them and their peers.
Knowing how important it is to continue this work, CHL will continue to adapt our programming to meet the needs of the schools, adults and young people who we have the honor of working with.
We expect there to be many more mental health challenges to address that have been brought on with the current COVID-19 crisis. With your support, we can be there to help.
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