October Mental Health Awareness Month: Fundraising Campaign

YEEHAAA along with 50 non-profit organizations are joining Horses for Mental Health (Horses for Mental Health) a peer-to-peer awareness fundraising campaign composed of mental health professionals, celebrities, influencers, and businesses. The campaign is called, “Seen Through Horses” to increase public awareness where horses play a role in personal growth and well-being. 

YEEHAAA is spreading awareness of the power of horses to raise funds for October Mental Health Awareness from the 3rd through the 10th, of 2022. During this campaign, we are asking for your help to choose YEEHAAA by donating and supporting our program to ensure we are able to offer our services in a school setting where students get credit hours incorporating horses for personal growth for a safer school environment. 

Join us by scanning the QR code on the screen or for more information you can go to Horses for Mental Health (Horses for Mental Health), or our website/Facebook (HOME | yeehaaa, (20+) YEEHAAA.org | Facebook). YEEHAAA strives to reduce bullying and suicide (bullycide) and is imperative to support our children to thrive and feel safe in schools and in everyday life. Together we can reduce bullycide in America.

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https://socialwork.utah.edu/

https://liveonutah.org/

ARCH - Arenas for Change
Founding Community

PBS Utah: YEEHAAA with Mary Dickson in PBS Connect (https://www.pbsutah.org/pbs-utah-productions/series/contact-with-mary-dickson/)

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https://www.utahfilmcenter.org/

Utah Film Center (UFC) gives the student the opportunity to create their portfolio through film media. They also have the chance to be involved with the annual Tumbleweed Contest UFC has for youth to express their story.

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https://authenticstrengths.com/

Fatima Doman is the author of many books. One of today’s most influential voices in engagement, well-being, and positive change. Her books develop positive strengths while boosting emotional intelligence for personal growth. 

PB

PBS Connect with Mary Dickinson

aired September 7, 2022

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https://www.pbs.org/video/yeehaaa-denhvk/

During this segment YEEHAAA focuses on:

• The crisis Utah has with our youth taking their own lives as young as 10 years old.

• Interacting with a horse creates that awe-ha moment that increases personal growth. When you have horses as a co-facilitator, you start to develop a relationship through the activities.

• This creates a positive environment between student-to-student and teacher-to-student for team-building skills, empathy, boundaries, and personal growth. Research shows positive relationships can prevent bullying and suicide.

CW30, Equine Assisted Personal Development & Education:

Our segment with abc4, Channel CW30 with Rosie Nguyen. Thank you Salt Lake Center Science for Education students, teachers, and administration to continue this amazing work! Here is the segment. Enjoy!

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https://www.abc4.com/news/infocus/in-focus-discussion-equine-therapy/

Evidence-based - Utah bullycide (bully and suicide) rate using core principles to develop student portfolio for 2018-2021:

• 2018-2019, Illinois Bully Scale:7% Increased for positive awareness where students took action to defend students who got pushed.

• 2018-2019, Illinois Bully Scale: 13% of Students reduced their teasing or saying mean things to others.

• 2020-2021, SHARP-Utah School Board of Education: 44% decrease from students feeling unsafe to very safe before and after school walking stairs and hallways. 

• 2020-2021, SHARP-Utah School Board of Education: 56% of students felt they were not a failure.

                                                 Next year's data 2022-2023, starts during the month of September

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