Fact: It’s no secret that young people are more stressed than ever before.
Fact: You deserve mental health support. ❤️
DoSomething and Blue Shield of CA are activating young people nationwide to help improve their friends’ mental health, even while social distancing. We want to hear from you! Join our New State of Mind campaign and share your best stress or anxiety tip with us to be part of this first-of-its-kind crowdsourced mental health guide: DoSomething.org/TIPS or text TIPS to 38383
Marcus Scribner is the entertainment we need right now. Here he is hosting a Would You Rather? style game show with…himself, to teach you about financial literacy. We can’t watch this enough times.
Take Marcus’s advice and join our Would You Rather? campaign to get access to a helpful guide on ways to make and save money, which could come in handy in these times: DoSomething.org/MONEY, or text MONEY to 38383
There’s probably someone in your life right now who could use a reminder to practice self-care, especially when it comes to their mental health.
Let’s help each other. Join our Mental Note campaign and connect them to digital self-care and mental health resources: DoSomething.org/CARE or text CARE to 38383
Do you know a guy who might be less March Madness and more March Sadness? Here’s a bracket for them (and a way you can help: DoSomething.org/CARE)
Me to my guy friends on #SelfCareSunday.
Text CARE to 38383 (or go to bit.ly/2uEaWN2) for resources to help yourself or a guy friend practice self-care.
Do you even self-care, bro? 💆♂️ 💆🏽♂️ 💆🏾♂ 💆🏿♂️
Text MIND to 38383 to help dudes practice self-care and find mental health resources. (or go to DoSomething.org/Care) #SelfCareSunday
Did you know that men are only half as likely to recognize their own mental health symptoms?
Share one of our Mental (Health) Notes to start the conversation about mental health, and help the men in your life build self-care into their daily routine and gain access to crucial mental health resources.
We’ve got you.
https://www.dosomething.org/us/campaigns/mental-note-take-time-for-yourself
Research has found that young men have worse rates of mental health symptom recognition, and are less likely to seek mental health resources.
That’s why DoSomething.org and Connor Franta have teamed up with Harry’s to put the “men” in “mental health.”
Join our Mental Note: Take Time for Yourself campaign to start the conversation about mental health, help yourself or a young male in your life build self-care into their daily routine, and gain access to crucial resources: https://bit.ly/36XB3fh
Each year, an estimated 4.2 million young people experience homelessness in the US. One item they request often? A pair of jeans. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Aéropostale and Jenna Ortega to bring back the largest youth-led denim drive ever: Teens for Jeans! https://bit.ly/36kSnKG
Recruit your friends to help run a drive to collect gently-used jeans in your school or community! You’ll make a serious difference for young people near you, and you could even win a $5,000 scholarship and other prizes. Let’s Do This. 👊👖 Join the campaign today: https://bit.ly/36kSnKG
Self-Care is breaking free from toxic masculinity and taking care of yourself and your emotional needs because you are a TREASURE.
To do list for the weekend (in no particular order):
1) #HolidayMoviesAndChill 🎄📺
2) Join our campaign, The Hit We’ll Take, to educate friends about the dangers of vaping and e-cigarette use: http://bit.ly/36HBJWZ 🚭
3) Conquer the world 🌎
E-cig companies make flavored products to get us hooked. While the flavors are usually safe additives, the chemicals in the flavors often change when inhaled.
You know what flavors are safer *and* only get better when inhaled? Thanksgiving food! 😋🍗🥧
Share our anti-vaping/e-cig guide with your friends and family tomorrow: http://bit.ly/36HBJWZ
With today being National STEM Day, we’d like to give a shout out to the thousands of DoSomething members who have joined the #STEMSuperheroes campaign with @3M to help empower young students to get involved in science🔬, technology💻, engineering⚙, and math📐!
Create your own diverse superhero who uses STEM to help make the world better: bit.ly/2ZR5B2G
