“Physical and mental health cannot thrive
independently. Communities cannot be
healthy without healthy people.”
ADDENDUM
INTEGRATING
— Pamela S. Hyde, J.D.
2009–2015 SAMHSA Administrator
WITH YOUR HELP
By adding your voice to the 145 federal programs and national organizations already
supporting the Awareness Day national event, your organization can enjoy visibility
and recognition in promotional materials, not to mention the invaluable opportunity to
network and collaborate with other organizations.
AWARENESS
DAY
May 2016 marks another Awareness
Day! SAMHSA will join communities
throughout the country in celebrating
the annual observance for its 11th year.
SAMHSA has such a diverse range of Awareness Day collaborators and allows for an
equally diverse range of cooperative opportunities. A few of them include:
Opportunities
Sponsoring an Awareness Day event in your community
Sponsoring a reception for attendees of the national event
Sponsoring a dinner for the children, youth, or young adults participating in the
national event
Publishing an Awareness Day blog or writing a guest blog post for a fellow
collaborating organization
Featuring Awareness Day in your newsletter or website
Posting Awareness Day messages on your social media accounts
Benefits
Co-branding with SAMHSA on all promotional materials related to the national
launch event and all event signage
A customized benefits package designed to educate new and existing audiences
about the goals, messages, and activities of your organization
Access to priority seating at the national event
Listing on the national collaborating organizations section of the Awareness Day
web page, as well as a link to your organization’s website
Stay tuned by checking in at
www.samhsa.gov/children
for updates about 2016 activities.
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NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS DAY
This year, seven new national organizations joined SAMHSA’s
work on children’s mental health.
Add your organization to the list in 2016 by contacting
Lisa Rubenstein at 240–276–1927, or Lisa.Rubenstein@samhsa.hhs.gov.
SAMHSA will work with you to customize a support package.