Oak Forest Student Goes National with Mental Health Advocacy

credit: Flickr

"It matters to me because everyone goes through it and people lose their lives to this.

It's a very serious thing that doesn't get enough attention and it's annoying to me that it gets under-shadowed around other issues," Ryan Lipsett tells the Daily Southtown in Chicago.

That's why the Oak Forest High School junior is among dozens of teens across the country invited by Creative Visions in Malibu, Calif., to join its Mental Health Youth Advisory Committee.

The committee was launched March 2 in recognition of World Youth Mental Wellness Day to help promote mental health awareness among youth.

"Just like other teens, there's things I struggle with and it just puts me into the perspective that it's a normal thing everyone goes through and there isn't enough awareness of it," Lipsett says.

To that end, he's enlisting his classmates to help him spread the word by creating art, poetry, and prose pieces.

He's even suggested students wear clothing to signify various mental health issues, such as suicide prevention, addiction prevention, yellow for ADHD, purple for depression, and red for addiction prevention.

"It's a major thing since you're dealing with sports on top of school," Lipsett says.

Read the Entire Article

A customized collection of grant news from foundations and the federal government from around the Web.

How's Your Community Doing?
Check Out it's
Community Vital Signs

Philanthropic Follies

The Wall Street Journal profiles the new book \"The Good Rich and What They Cost Us.\" According to the reviewer, the book, which covers over two centuries of American philanthropy, posits that...more

Financial Aid Information Session Hosted by Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Foundation: Kalamazoo Community Foundation

The Wall Street Journal profiles the new book \"The Good Rich and What They Cost Us.\" According to the reviewer, the book, which covers over two centuries of American philanthropy, posits that...more

As Asian-American Population Grows So Does Philanthropy in the Communities
Foundation: American India Foundation, Korean American Community Foundation

The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlights a New York Times article focusing on the growth of Asian American philanthropy. Asian-Americans who have built fortunes in finance and technology are...more

Mary Kay Foundation Awards Grants

Waypoint Madge Phillips Center Shelter has recently received a $20,000 grant from The Mary Kay Foundation in observation of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. According to Anne...more

Paulding Education Foundation Awards $7,500

Paulding Education Foundation has recently awarded $7,500 to Paulding schools as a result of the foundation\'s School Grant Program. Recipients include South Paulding High School, Austin Middle...more

Make-A-Wish Foundation Crapo Park Walk Fundraiser

The Make-A-Wish Foundation will be holding its big fall fundraiser, a walk around Crapo Park in Burlington to help grant wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses, raising on average $8,600...more