Self-Care Fairs coming to Stark County colleges, universities

CANTON – Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health (C&A) will present its third annual Collegiate Self-Care Fairs on all Stark County college and university campuses to bring increased awareness regarding mental health practices to college students in Stark County.

Coleman Crisis Center will be at each event making students aware of their 24-hour mobile crisis unit for students who are struggling emotionally and may be considering harming themselves.

Stark Help Central will provide information on suicide prevention to students. C&A’s Stark County Youth Led Prevention team will speak with students and provide handouts informing students how to live a substance-free lifestyle.

The University of Mount Union has offered its radio station, WRMU-FM, as a way to reach Mount Union students with mental health messaging though public service announcements. 

Sponsors for these campus events include Stark County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery (StarkMHAR) and the Ohio Program for College Safety and Mental Health provided a grant.

Each participating school will be hosting C&A for two hours on a designated day in October. The scheduled days are:

• Today:  Walsh University 
• Wednesday:  University of Mount Union
• Thursday:  Kent State University-Stark campus
• Oct. 14: Malone University
• Oct. 20: Stark State College

Students who wish to participate will receive self-care kits­­.

For more information regarding C&A’s mission to raise mental health awareness in schools, contact Melissa Coultas at 330-454-7917, ext. 117, or email mcoultas@childandadolescent.org.