This year’s 21st Annual Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Mālama Da Mind event theme, “Unlock your Superpower,” is aimed at raising acceptance and recognition of children’s mental health on the Big Island. Join us for community provider booths, youth performances, entertainment and interactive activities.
This presentation by Mental Health America-Hawaiʻi is designed for parents to give them the knowledge and skills to help stop and prevent cyberbullying. It will give the audience information on the impact of cyberbullying, signs & recognition, how to help the target of cyberbullying, what to do if your child is cyberbullying, prevention methods, and helpful resources
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Hale O Honolulu Clubhouse is hosting a plate lunch and bake sale to support their mental health rehabilitation services.
Hale Kipa presents a conference offering insights into generational trauma and fostering stronger connections to create a better future for our youth and families.
This event celebrates our community leaders, advocates and employers who have dedicated themselves to promoting mental wellness and improving the care of people with mental health challenges through positive and innovative programs and leadership.
Engage with service providers, state and community organizations, and mental health advocates as they share about youth and adult prevention activities, support services, treatment options, and community advocacy initiatives.
On Friday, June 13, 2025, Spill The Tea Cafe invites you to the elegant Kahala Hotel & Resort for an unforgettable evening of powerful performances, visionary speakers, and vibrant community connection.
Suicide Prevention Foundations SP 101 is a basic yet foundational presentation that introduces audiences to the major suicide prevention concepts and skills. Content includes core principles, local data, risk/protective factors, warning signs, best practices for connecting with someone who may be having thoughts of suicide, safe messaging, and community resources. The presentation helps to create common knowledge and language around suicide prevention for any adult audience and is meant to be a springboard to other more in-depth/advanced trainings. This training meets the requirements of ACT 270.
Join us for a magical day at the SPIN Conference! With 16 spellbinding workshops, the largest resource room of its kind in the state, and opportunities for networking and making new friends, the SPIN Conference is the place to be!
This Mental Health America - Hawaiʻi presentation is designed for parents, specifically parents of teenagers or pre-teens. It will give the audience a broad overview of the effects of social media - both positive and negative- on teenagers and strategies for parents to help with negative effects.
Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Day is May 8th, and we’re celebrating by sign waving in eight locations across Hawaiʻi!
This presentation discusses how keiki express and experience emotions. Practice skills to help your keiki build their own emotional toolboxes and learn mindfulness exercises. Review mindful book reviews and MHAH tools.
Register Here: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8244964/05-02-25-Keiki-Self-Care
Sign up now for the upcoming round of a FREE 8-week Girls Circle: Body Image group for ages 12–18 on Wednesdays 3:30–5:00 PM via Zoom beginning April 30. Open to folx from all islands. Group runs April 30-June 18.
Join this community event to raise acceptance of children’s mental health on Hawaiʻi Island. Event features resource booths, youth performances, interactive activities, and more.
For more information, contact Beth Lawson at 808-313-3330 or Karla Yamanoha at 808-313-3381.
Sponsored by the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education’s Community Children’s Council
Join us at Windward Community College for a FREE mental health and wellness fair. Learn about mental health and identify community resources for all ages, keiki to kupuna.
Mark your calendars! Join us on Saturday, May 11th from 9am to 12pm in the Leilehua High School library for the first-ever Central District Health Fair. The event is free and open to all ages. See you there!
May 9th is Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Day 2024! Join keiki, parents, child-serving organizations and community members in a Statewide Sign Waving initiative. Just pick a location and help spread the message about Children’s Mental Health Awareness. Bringing signs and wearing green is encouraged!
Child & Family Service (CFS), Hawai'i’s family-centered, full-service nonprofit is hosting an 'Ohana Fun Festival for Kaua'i families. The FREE family-focused event offers rides, prize giveaways, crafts, games, food, informational fun booths, and more. CFS staff will be on hand to share information with families about their programs and community services.
Child & Family Service (CFS), Hawai'i’s family-centered, full-service nonprofit is hosting an 'Ohana Fun Festival for O'ahu families. The FREE family-focused event offers prize giveaways including backpacks with school supplies, crafts, games, food, informational fun booths, and more. CFS staff will be on hand to share information with families about their programs and community services.
Mental Health Month encourages a national dialogue about the importance of caring for our mental health to manage stress, difficult emotions, and challenging situations. Please join us at this public event for a fun learning opportunity with games and giveaways (while supplies last).
9:00AM - 3:00PM Resource Fair, The Rotunda
3:00PM - 4:30PM Sign Waving, Beretania Street by Flag Poles
Order your official Keiki Mental Health Matters tote today!
Hawaiʻi Women in Filmmaking, a local feminist nonprofit committed to achieving gender equity in filmmaking, invites you to an online film screening event, celebrating a set of films made by local Hawai'i girls related to mental health and wellness during the current COVID-19 epidemic.
Please join us for a special programming that highlights the importance of caring for every child's mental health. The screening will follow a Q&A session with our organizers and filmmakers. This is a great opportunity to network with our communities, as well as, find helpful resources and services for children and their families. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/short-films-showcase-talk-story-tickets-60775263449#.
Today is National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. Green is the national color for mental health awareness. Wearing a green shirt or ribbon today is a great way to jump-start a talk-story session with friends, family, classmates and co-workers about mental health.
Today, keiki in all Hawaii public schools, and everyone who supports our cause of positive children’s mental health, are being asked to wear green to show their support. Thank you to the Hawaii Department of Education for helping get out the word about wearing green today to Hawaii’s keiki and their families.
Come on down to our awareness table to learn more about children’s mental health services on Maui.
All on Oahu are welcome to join us for our annual sign-waving event at the Hawaii Capitol to spread awareness about the importance of children’s mental health in Hawaii.
Kauai, let’s sign-wave!
Learn more about children’s mental health services on Oahu’s Leeward Side.
Come sign-wave with us for keiki mental health on Maui!
Check it out and snap a pic using the hashtag #keikimentalhealthmatters!
Check it out and snap a pic using the hashtag #keikimentalhealthmatters!
Tune in on Monday, May 6 at 9 a.m. HST/3 p.m. EDT to watch the live, national webcast around this year’s National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, “Suicide Prevention: Strategies That Work,” through this link: https://www.hhs.gov/live.
Sponsor(s): Representative Sharon E. Har, District 42
Staffing: Leeward FGC
Contact Person: Michele Faller
Phone: 692-8227
Why Mental Health Matters To Me is this year’s art contest theme, bringing awareness to May as National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month.
