Our staff have been on site at @nutterslethbridge to show our thanks as Nutters across western Canada raise money for CMHA during this Mental Health Week with a round up at the till campaign! Huge thanks to Nutters team for all the support of mental health in our communities!

This Mental Health Week, gather a group of friends and take part in the community wide Wellness Wander Scavenger Hunt. Grab your passport for this quest at the Community LINKS - Lethbridge desk at the Lethbridge Public Library, main branch. Solve over thrity riddles, and find posters indicating an activity at local businesses, tourist attractions and parks in our city. Fill our 75% (or more) of the passport to enter it for a draw for prizes. Disconnect from the digital world this week, and connect with your friends and family and find places you can go throughout the year in Lethbridge to take care of your mental health!

On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, CMHA reflects on the deep and lasting harms of colonial practices in Canada, and honours the survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. It’s also Orange Shirt Day and we equally honour and remember those who never returned home from residential schools, while acknowledging our shared responsibility to ensure these harms are never repeated, because Every Child Matters. СМНА acknowledges the importance of truth as part of our sector’s responsibility toward reconciliation. Early in the 20th century in Canada, pioneers such as Dr. Clarence Hincks and Dr. C.K. Clarke, helped establish some of the earliest mental health services in our country. While their work advanced public mental health, it also carried troubling beliefs and practices of the early 20th century, including support for public health policies related to eugenics and segregation practices that harmed many including Indigenous Peoples and others living with serious mental illnesses and disabilities. Acknowledging these legacies is heartbreaking and difficult, but necessary. It’s our responsibility to move forward in ways that support true reconciliation, healing, and cultural reclamation. CMHA will continue to build stronger relationships with Indigenous communities and support healing and wellness in the mental health sector in a good way. 🧡🧡

CMHA Staff from across all of our programs were excited to be on hand today for the opening of a new supportive housing project being unveiled by our friends and partners at Lethbridge Housing Authority, and so many incredible community partners and elected officials. We were humbled to be present for the unveiling of the Blackfoot name, Nokoowaayi, as presented by Martin Heavy Head, and the official ribbon cutting. Appropriate housing is critical to the mental wellbeing of our community and we look forward to seeing the positive impact that this has for folks living in our community in the months to come

On this World Suicide Prevention Day, we want to take a moment and thank all the incredible volunteers, staff and individuals who have supported someone who has reached out, talked about, or faced Suicide in their lives. We were on hand today at the Galt Museum & Archives for an incredible journey with John Thompson through the history of Suicide Prevention in Southern Alberta and the role that groups like the Samaritans and Lethbridge Family Services do to continually support, educate and bring people together. So whether you have supported someone personally or professionally; whether you worked or volunteers led in suicide prevention for decades or a single day; thank you for being there when someone needed it. Resources are still available if you need someone to talk to 24/7, including: ** 988 - National Suicide Prevention Hotline ** ** 211 - Resources & Supports ** ** 403.327.7905 - Distress Line of SW Alberta **

Addiction isn’t a personal failing; it’s a societal problem. August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. Drug poisonings continue to cause irreparable harm to our communities. In Canada, opioid poisonings take (on average) 20 lives a day. Yet, public support for substance use health services is waning, as is compassion for people who use drugs. Help us change the story by knowing and sharing the facts. cmha.ca/ioad

The team from Community LINKS - Lethbridge is expanding to Park Place Shopping Centre - Lethbridge on the last Monday of each month to help connect people to resources right here in the community. If you have questions about any of our programs, services, or need any connections through the Lethbridge Integrated Coordinated Access (ICA) network, be sure to stop by! Or take a break from shopping and create a High Five for Mental Health with us!

Time to Whoop It Up! Come on down to the Market Hall at Whoop Up Days and tell us how you're doing, grab a stress ball or notebook AND Learn about all the programs and services we have! Not only that but there are many other incredible community groups here, including our table neighbours and another amazing community resource, Lethbridge Family Services We are here tonight and Saturday, so stop by and say hi!

💚Part of unmasking mental health is dispelling the myth that self-care is self-indulgence. Self-care is proactive and deliberate and it’s critical to our mental and physical wellbeing. We should all practice self-care in some form every day from ensuring we get a good night’s rest to getting help when we need it.🩵 On International Self-care Day we encourage you to practice some self-care. Use our permission slip as a mental commitment to honoring that practice: https:// cmha.ca/news/self-care-simplified-why-its-essential- and-how-to-make-it-happen/ #InternationalSelfCareDay #MentalHealthMatters #YQL #selfcare

So honoured to be on hand to take in the incredible events for Reconciliation Lethbridge's Indigenous People's Day, now happening in Hall C at Exhibition Park! There are so many incredible artisans, resources and events happening throughout the day today, so be sure come and show your support!

Excited to be on hand with some other incredible resources at the @kincanada District 4 Conference today. If you are here, come by and learn about many of the programs and services, both at CMHA Lethbridge and throughout the Lethbridge ICA at our table, as well as through the many other booths including: @rmhcalberta @woods_homes @starscriticalcare @youthone_ @mycitycareyql @dogs_with_wings @cfcanada @ywcalethbridge @crh.foundation @lethfoodbank @lethlsco @not4sale @veteransassociationfoodbank And more! If you miss us today, come and see us both at National Indigenous People's Day at Exhibition Park tomorrow and Pride in the Park next week!

🏳️‍🌈 Lethbridge Pride Fest Parade 🗓️ Saturday, June 28 | ⏰ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm 📍 Meet at Civic Field (behind LSCO) – ends at Galt Gardens Last year’s parade was an incredible celebration of love, inclusion, and community — and we’re so excited to do it all again! CMHA Lethbridge will be walking alongside the decorated DOT van, and we’d love for you to join us. Whether you want to walk with us or cheer from the sidelines, everyone is welcome! Bring your signs, wear your favourite colours, wave your flags, and invite friends and family — let’s make this year even more memorable. 🌈💚✨ #LethbridgePride #CMHALethbridge #PrideMonth #2SLGBTQIA #AllInForPride