My C.R.E.A.T.E. Your Own Way to Mental Wellness Fundraising Page
Rachel Berggren
Rachel Berggren
So much of who I am and how I live my life is a process of creating wellness for myself through connection. For the month of May, I am supporting CREATE Community Studios, an expressive arts non-profit in my community, through a fundraising and awareness building campaign for Mental Health Awareness Month.
What to Expect:
As part of my life, and my commitment this month, I will actively seek out and engage in moments of connection. Whether it is through my day to day movement and meditation practices, gardening, my food systems consulting role, relationships with friends, walking in the woods, going to the farmers market, hosting monthly singing circles, dancing, playing, etc I am constantly creating connection. Throughout the month, I will be sharing these moments and how that encourages the health and wellbeing of my mind, body and soul.
As I highlight ways that I cultivate connection with myself and with my community, please follow along. This campaign has two purposes. One is to raise awareness around ways that we can all create our own path to wellbeing and mental health. That there is no one right way, but the way that works for you. Two is to raise funds to support an incredible organization that works to create mental, emotional and social health in our community every day.
How to Engage:
Please help me support CREATE Community Studios by making a contribution to my fundraiser and sharing this page with your family and friends. Every dollar I raise will advance CREATE Community Studios's great cause! Additionally, you can ask me how you can get involved too.
Together, we can make a difference in each others lives, in our communities, in what resources are available...ultimately to ensure the wellbeing of all!
What to Expect:
As part of my life, and my commitment this month, I will actively seek out and engage in moments of connection. Whether it is through my day to day movement and meditation practices, gardening, my food systems consulting role, relationships with friends, walking in the woods, going to the farmers market, hosting monthly singing circles, dancing, playing, etc I am constantly creating connection. Throughout the month, I will be sharing these moments and how that encourages the health and wellbeing of my mind, body and soul.
As I highlight ways that I cultivate connection with myself and with my community, please follow along. This campaign has two purposes. One is to raise awareness around ways that we can all create our own path to wellbeing and mental health. That there is no one right way, but the way that works for you. Two is to raise funds to support an incredible organization that works to create mental, emotional and social health in our community every day.
How to Engage:
Please help me support CREATE Community Studios by making a contribution to my fundraiser and sharing this page with your family and friends. Every dollar I raise will advance CREATE Community Studios's great cause! Additionally, you can ask me how you can get involved too.
Together, we can make a difference in each others lives, in our communities, in what resources are available...ultimately to ensure the wellbeing of all!
MAY
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Last week, I met up with Julie Lewis, Co-founder of CREATE to begin recording a podcast! That's right- CREATE is launching its very own podcast all about community, collaboration, connection and the role art plays in all of that. More details coming soon... Enjoy our raw, in-process videos and photos below! We had fun being creative and talking about community!
Part of my work as a community consultant is to help organizations and communities to tell their stories, build connections, and creatively capture the heart and soul of their work. And it felt great to start this process with CREATE.
Part of my work as a community consultant is to help organizations and communities to tell their stories, build connections, and creatively capture the heart and soul of their work. And it felt great to start this process with CREATE.
Over the weekend, I attended CREATE's annual event "CREATE-A-THON" and interviewed people about why community matters to them to add into the podcast. I got so much joy and connection and mental health out of having such meaningful and inspiring conversations. The world can feel very dense and heavy, but these conversations brought my focus back to the every day people that show up and care and create community with each other. All of this to say, by creating connections and building community I invested in my mental health!...How radical!
MAY
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This weekend I connected with community by going to the farmers market. At the farmers market, I bought some herbs to plant in my garden, I bought veggies for the week, and I connected with farmers and vendors who are now part of my community. Below is a photo of my favorite booth- our meat guy Christophe who runs Longlesson Farm. He is a french chef who now lives in upstate new york raising cows and pigs for food. He trades for or grows most of his food. He hasn't bought food from the grocery store in over 2 years. He's such a wealth of knowledge and inspiration. I love getting to know my community and my ecosystem through the farmers and foodies here. Theres so much wellness that comes out of this for me. From eating better to knowing
I am part of something that matters to feeling connected with the land and the food I am eating- all of this contributes to my mental health.
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