In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Community Advocates and RISE Drug Free MKE invite community members for a walk in the park and to interact with seven stations with mental wellness activities and free resources from partnering organizations. Each attendee will automatically receive an entry to a raffle prize! No registration is required.
This is a FREE, family-friendly event to be held from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Cathedral Square Park, 520 E. Wells St., Milwaukee. It's part of a Wellness Event Series to mark Mental Health Awareness Month, May 2024, supported by SPF-PFS-19 funding.
- FREE mindful movement class at 11 a.m.!
- Learn coping skills!
- Free resources!
- Activity stations!
Partners include: I Am Chronically Resilient, The Village, Community Advocates Public Policy Institute, RISE Drug Free MKE, Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa Health Department, Escucha Tus Emociones, The Parenting Network, and Milwaukee County Parks.
Also during May, community partners around Milwaukee County are offering a variety of family-friendly events to support mental wellness. Each event, supported by SPF-PFS-19 funding, will feature rock painting, giveaways, raffles, entry into a drawing for a bike package, and resources.
- May 11: Community Clean & Green Event, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Daffodil Park, 5636 Broad St., Greendale
- May 17: Community Game Night & Touch a Truck, 4:30 to 7 p.m., Kosciuszko Elementary, 5252 S. Kirkwood, Cudahy
- May 18: Wellness Walk, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Cathedral Square Park, 520 E. Wells St., Milwaukee
- May 19: Wellness in West Allis, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., West Allis Farmers Market, 6501 W. National Ave., West Allis
- June 8: Oak Creek Health Department Booth, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oak Creek Farmers Market, 361 W. Town Square Way
- June 21: Outdoor Movie Night, 5 to 8 p.m., 9229 W. Loomis Rd., Franklin
