Mental Illness Awareness Event Held At Gratwick Riverside Park

September 18, 2018

Please click the link below to subscribe to a FREE PDF version of each print edition of the Niagara Reporter

http://eepurl.com/dnsYM9

 

 

 

By: Brendan McDonough

Reporter for North Tonawanda

On Saturday September 15th, more than two dozen people gathered at Gratwick Riverside Park, filling the sky with kites of all shapes, colors and sizes, for the fourth annual ‘Kite Festival’ to raise awareness for mental illness.

The event was held by the Mental Health Peer Connection, an advocacy organization dedicated to facilitating self-directed growth.

The event was free.

Organizers said the goal is to educate people that those with mental illness are not a danger to others and try to remove any shame associated with it.

“There is so much negativity about people with mental illness,” said Maura Kelly, Event Organizer. “And that just couldn’t be further from the truth. 97% of people with mental illness are not violent or a detriment to society. … It’s nothing to be ashamed of and that’s what we are here to show people.”

“One in five people have mental illness,” said Kelly, “so it effects every community.”

0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
1 Comment
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

CONTACT US

Have you ever aspired to write for the newspaper?
The Reporter is accepting submissions from our readers. News, opinion, sports, interesting hobbies... whatever you want to see published, with your byline on it. Send your copy to news1926@gmail.com. Please include your phone number. We reserve the right to exercise editorial control.

Archives

Contact Us

Email: news1926@gmail.com

Obituaries / In Memoriam: news1926@gmail.com

Publisher and Editor in Chief: Frank Parlato

Reporter Staff

Publisher and Editor in Chief: Frank Parlato

Executive Editor: Tony Farina

 

OWNED BY THE REPORTER INC.

1
0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x