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  • Hills-Beaver Creek Student Council members are wrapping up a month-long campaign to raise awareness of brain health ahead of World Teen Mental Wellness Day on March 2. They designed T-shirts that say, “The world’s a better place with you in it,” and sold them as a fundraiser for the local nonprofit, Carson’s Cause. Secondary Student Council members include (front, from left) Amber Wiersema, Claire Knobloch, Haley Moser, Mya Erickson, Abby Olson, Taylor Gehrke, Emma Deelstra, Bailey Spykerboer, (back) Lanae
    H-BC students tackle teen mental wellness
    By Lori Sorenson
    February 28, 2024
    Hills Beaver Creek High School students are wrapping up a monthlong campaign to raise awareness of teen brain health ahead of World Teen Mental Wellness Day on March 2. Student council members took the lead on the effort that included T-shirts, fundraising, district-wide communication and a halftime message at the Feb. 26 home basketball game. “We wanted to promote mental health and recognize…
  • For Mental Illness Awareness Week Oct. 2-8, let's celebrate achievements and commit compassion
    September 26, 2016
    Next week is Mental Illness Awareness Week. If you don’t have a mental illness or disorder, count your blessings, and if you don’t know someone with a mental illness or disorder, you’re in the minority. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, an estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — experience a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year…
  • Late week warm-up: A Severe Weather Awareness Week reminder
    April 11, 2016
    A cool spring has blanketed much of Minnesota, but a change in weather and the storms that typically come with it are on the way. Tornadoes have occurred in Minnesota from March to November and last year, there were 39 reported touchdowns in the state. While there were no reported injuries or deaths in 2015, those tornadoes serve as a good reminder for families to have an emergency plan in place…
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