Children's Mental Health Week 2008	Promotional Resources
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Children's Mental Health Week will be held, May 4-10, 2008. Events will be planned in Columbia and other communities across the state during this week. Please click the links above to download the 2008 Children's Mental Health Week poster in either low resolution or high resolution formats.  The title font is Comic Sans MS. If you need more information please contact the Federation office at 1-866-779-0402, in South Carolina, or at in Columbia (803) 779-0402 or email the Federation office.


Additional Children's Mental Health Week 2008 Resources (please click the links below to download the documents in the file format of your choice)

CMH Week Reading List   -    Microsoft Word Format or Adobe PDF

Mental Health Care Fact Sheet  -  Microsoft Word Format or Adobe PDF

Schools and Families Fact Sheet  - Microsoft Word Format or Adobe PDF

CMH Week Toolkit (Rev 2)  -  Microsoft Word Format or Adobe PDF

CMH Week '08 Events in South Carolina

Anderson County
 
Jimmie Craigo is handing out the Children's Mental Health Week posters around Anderson. Locations include: schools, doctor's offices, and mental health centers. Jimmie will also be speaking in the health classes of both her children, the high school and elementary school. Jimmie will also be providing information at the area daycares and annual spring campout for the cub scouts at Sadler’s Creek this weekend. If anyone has interest in CMHW '08 and would like to get more involved in the Anderson County area please contact Jimmie @ 864-338-0227.

Beaufort County
 
The newly formed Hilton Head/Beaufort County parent group will be celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week '08 with a proclamation by the mayor, and educational programs at various venues. Topics will include Safe Place for My Space, recognizing early signs of drug use, how parents can help, Positive Peer Pressure and Stigma Busting. In honor of Mother’s Day, the event will close with a ceremonial planting of rose bushes honoring the mothers and grandmothers who have lost children to drugs, violence, prison, mental illness or to the streets.  
 
On Saturday May 17th  Residents of Sandlewood Terrance,  recently the scene of the fatal stabbing of a 19 year old in broad daylight, will  be joined by community leaders and local agency representatives to offer a forum for the discussion on the difficulty facing our young  people and their families. This is an apartment complex that has been plagued by violence and drugs in the midst of a world class resort that has proven to be just as dangerous to our youth.  Drugs and crime and their impact are not restricted to a socio-economic group or geographical area and no where has this become more obvious that here in Hilton Head Island South Carolina.
 
For more information please call Cecile @ 843-842-2743
 
Lexington/Richland Counties
 
Will be hosting a Movie Night in the Park @ Gaston Park on North Carlisle in the Town of Gaston, beginning @ 6:00 pm till 10:00 pm there will be a live band, hotdogs and popcorn.  The movie will be starting @ 8:00 pm “The Chipmunk Movie”.
 
There will be at display at the Gaston Library promoting Children’s Mental Health Week.
 
Currently the youth network is selling tickets for $5.00 for a pancake breakfast at Applebee’s @ 605 Columbia Avenue, Lexington, SC. The breakfast will be held on May 10, 2008 from 8:00 am till 10:30 am tickets are available now for more information call Brianna or Crystal at 803-779-0402 or 866-779-0402.
 
Spartanburg County
 
Upstate Parents Network will hold a community meeting to announce their new Parent and Youth Support Network for Spartanburg County at the P.A.C.E Center downtown from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. The goal of this event is to elevate awareness of children’s mental health issues with the hope of encouraging early diagnosis and treatment. Another goal is to eliminate the stigma associated with children’s mental health.  Stigma is a barrier and discourages families from getting the help they need due to the fear of being discriminated against or judged. Upstate Parents Network will share information about the new support networks and take feedback from the community on their support needs. Author Kim Hix of “No One is Perfect and You are A Great Kid” will be available for a book signing.  A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Upstate Parents Network Youth Group.

Upstate Parents Network will hold a BBQ social at Mutts BBQ, in Greer SC on 05/10/2008 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The goal of this event is to elevate awareness of children’s mental health issues with the hope of encouraging early diagnosis and treatment. Tickets are $7.50 in advance.  Proceeds will go toward parent and youth support networks in the area.