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

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#.

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!

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

Email: michele.faller@doh.hawaii.gov