Event Information
May 01, 2025
C.R.E.A.T.E.’s innovative mental health strategy is a trauma-informed and process oriented approach to art-making. Think about Harold and the Purple Crayon…Harold used his imagination to create positive experiences and problem-solve his way to safety and connection. That’s exactly what we’re encouraging you to do by joining this campaign! Support your own mental health and raise awareness for and destigmatize the need for innovative and wide spread mental health care services like programs at C.R.E.A.T.E.
Where: Online and in Real Life
When: May for Mental Health Awareness (May 1-30, 2025) Join us for special events throughout May and our annual FUN-draiser CREATE-a-thon one May 10th in Schenectady!
What: What do you do for self care and your own mental health? Do you knit? Do you paint? Do you hike or run or walk or bike? Do you spend time in nature? Do you love to cook and eat healthy foods? HERE’S THE CREATIVE PART - YOU get to decide what and how you create your own way to mental wellness and encourage others to join you and donate! 🎨🌿🌳🧘🚶🏾♀️🏃🏻♂️🏊🏼♂️🧶🧵🛼🛹⛹🏻♀️🤾🏾♂️🚣♀️🚴🏾♂️🧗🏽♂️🥾🎤🎻🪘🎳🏌🏻🏋🏽🏑🥍🎾🥣🪴🐕🦺🐈🐣👩🏼🎨🧑🏼🎤👩🏼🌾📚…………. ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE (Just like Harold!) THAT SUPPORTS YOUR MENTAL WELLNESS! Beeeelieve it or not, we actually have a Creative Beekeeping Team!! 🐝
Choose how often you want to engage in your chosen activity and set an attainable goal for yourself.
How: Register to participate on your own, join a team or CREATE a Team (when you register you will have the choice to join or create a team). Connect with others to share your progress, invite them to join you and encourage donations.All funds raised go to support CREATE’s mission to help community members feel safe and connected in their social emotional growth and mental health journey, by making therapeutic expressive arts affordable and accessible to people of ALL AGES and abilities.
