Empowerment Clubs
How Can Schools Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month in May?
What is the Positivity Pledge? The Positivity Pledge is a schoolwide awareness campaign by Erika’s Lighthouse designed for Mental Health Awareness Month in May. It is a...
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Welcome, ShineLightonDepression.org Visitors! Find All Your Familiar Resources (And More) Here.
Welcome to the Source If you were trying to visit ShineLightonDepression.org, you’ve landed in the right place. While that website will shut down at the...
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Erika’s Lighthouse ’23-’24 Program Report
Erika’s Lighthouse releases an annual program report to highlight the impact that our programs have made in schools nationwide with our Level II and Level III...
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The Positivity Pledge: Mental Health Awareness Month Campaign
Erika’s Lighthouse is a non-profit organization that provides mental health education and resources to schools and communities. The Positivity Pledge campaign is a...
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Enlighten Learning Management System
Erika’s Lighthouse Enlighten Learning Management System is preparing school communities around mental health. We offer a variety of course selections and hope that...
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Mental Health Literacy in Schools
Erika’s Lighthouse is a beacon of hope for schools seeking to create inclusive and supportive environments where mental health matters. Mental health literacy is...
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Spreading Kindness with Erika’s Lighthouse Compliment Poster
Erika’s Lighthouse is a non-profit organization that provides mental health education and resources to schools and communities. One of their many resources is the...
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Empowerment Clubs
What programs or resources are included in Erika’s Lighthouse Empowerment Clubs? We offer opportunities for students to take on leadership roles in their schools...
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Empowerment Club Sponsorship
One in five teens experiences a mental health disorder each year. That’s a lot of young people who are struggling in silence. Erika’s Lighthouse is a non-profit...
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NEW Student Fundraising Center
Erika’s Lighthouse has created a one-stop shop for student fundraising! Erika’s Lighthouse is a nonprofit with the mission to make sure no young person feels alone in...
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The Four Pillars
Erika’s Lighthouse focuses on equipping school communities with the mental health education needed through four main pillars. Classroom Education, Family...
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Erika’s Lighthouse 2022-2023 Program Report
Erika’s Lighthouse is a nonprofit dedicated to providing free turn-key resources to educators to create inclusive school cultures around mental health. Every...
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Suicide Prevention Week: GIVE VOICE Campaign
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people ages 15-24 in the US. Nearly 20% of high school students in the US report having serious thoughts...
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Minority Mental Health: The Importance of Culturally-Sensitive Care and How Your Donation Can Help
In 2020, suicide was the third leading cause of death for black and African American youth ages 15-19. Mental health disparities among minority groups are a severe...
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Key Club Raises Funds to Support Mental Health
The Wilmot Union High School Key Club raised funds to support mental health education by hosting a Snowball Dance at their school. Hello! My name is Katherine...
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Mental Health Awareness Month: Take the Positivity Pledge
Access Programs The end of the school year is right around the corner and it brings an exciting time for change and new chapters in students’ lives. Erika’s...
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Why Educators Must Focus on Student Mental Health
Access Programs Erika’s Lighthouse at SHAPE Florida I heard an amazing presentation on Erika’s Lighthouse curriculum at a conference hosted by SHAPE...
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Erika’s Lighthouse Update on Adolescent Mental Health: February 2023
Access Programs Erika’s Lighthouse is dedicated to adolescent mental health and our mission of ensuring no young person ever feels alone in their...
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Strategies to Take Care of Your Mental Health
Access Programs The Basics “You’re not alone,” a phrase so simple yet it’s the hardest to grasp when struggling with mental health. It’s what I like to...
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SADD and Erika’s Lighthouse Partnership
STUDENTS AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS (SADD) TO PROVIDE ITS CLUB MEMBERS WITH RESOURCES FROM ERIKA’S LIGHTHOUSE TO DEFEAT THE STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH...
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Lady Gaga’s Foundation Supports Erika’s Lighthouse
Before Lady Gaga took the stage for her long-awaited concert at Wrigley Field, the star’s foundation showed support for a Chicago-area nonprofit. NBC 5’s Jen...
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CDC Report on Youth Mental Health: The Erika’s Lighthouse Perspective
Access Programs In April, the CDC published a report on youth mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. The statistics are grim. But the survey also...
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The Erika’s Lighthouse Perspective to the CDC’s Recent Youth Survey on School Connectedness and Mental Health
An examination of the mental health impact of COVID-19 and how connectedness to school, family, friends and community groups impact mental health outcomes. Please...
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White Paper: Integrating Mental Health into the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model for School Health
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White Paper: Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention
Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention: Model Language, Commentary, and Resources is the recognized policy for effective district-level engagement for suicide...
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