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Being in Nature Improves Mental Health - New Data Bite
Just 20 minutes connecting with nature can relieve stress. Natural light, fresh air, and outdoor play helps to calm a child’s brain. This reset improves focus, cognition, and memory. Plus, childhood exposure to water is linked to long-term positive impacts on brain health and adult well-being.
Enjoy the lovely Wisconsin weather by getting outside this summer - it's good for your health!
Learn more by reviewing our newest Data Bite: Nature's Impact on Mental Health
Youth Revitalize Vacant Lots, Improve Neighborhood in Milwaukee
We Got This, a non-profit in Milwaukee, employs youth to create gardens in vacant lots in the Milwaukee 53206 zip code. Landscapes are changed as well as the young people doing the work.
Read about this organization in June's Showcasing Solutions publication: We Got This Showcasing Solutions.
Building Mental Wellness: Ready-to-Use Messages
The Office of Children's Mental Health is launching a short, monthly message on youth mental wellness that you can “copy and drop" into your newsletter or communication. The Building Mental Wellness Copy & Drop will provide a ready-to-use short message and will be emailed the third Tuesday of each month from OCMH. All you have to do is sign up to receive it and then “copy and drop" it into your publications.
Sign up here (select “OCMH – Building Mental Wellness Copy & Drop").
Topics in the near future will include: connection before correction, the relationship between mental and physical health, everyday actions to improve mental health, sleep and mental health, and many more.
See our compendium of Copy & Drop publications here.