NorWALK for Mental Health / Check-In Wellness Fair

To recognize Mental Health Awareness Month and National Prevention Week, The Norwalk Partnership, Norwalk ACTS, and NCC are hosting "NorWALK for Mental Health" along with a "Check In" Wellness Fair featuring speakers, prizes, music, and more.  We'll have:

• Music, art, laughter yoga, door prizes, and the EverybodyEatz van.
• Mental health booths where you can practice coping skills, "paint your heart out," get a "check-up from the neck up," and meet friendly people who can answer your mental health questions.
• Prevention booths where you can experience the risks of impaired driving, pick up Liquor Stickers or Narcan, learn about suicide prevention, and get parenting resources.
• People of all ages sharing their personal mental health journeys & a press conference with local elected officials.
• The state's "Change the Script" behavioral health resource van.
• So everyone, please join us on the Norwalk Green with your family, friends or co-workers, because we ALL need to take care of our mental health!
• Also... throughout the month we and our partners are offering free trainings: NAMI's In Our Own Voice mental health awareness presentation, several QPR suicide prevention trainings, opioids/Narcan trainings, and LGBTQ trainings for the community and for providers.   Check out the calendar of events at thenorwalkpartnership.org/walk!

Details:

• NOW ON OUR RAINDATE: Saturday, May 21st on the Norwalk Green. Wellness Fair from 9-11:30am; speakers at 10am; walk at 10:30am. The Walk goes from the Norwalk Green down East Ave to the I-95 bridge and back, ending up back at the Green for laughter yoga, continued Wellness Fair activities and the "Hope Pray Dream" board and a labyrinth activity at St Paul's on the Green. 
• Wheelchair accessible.
• Wear green or purple (the mental health colors). Maybe make a team t-shirt!