Our Impact in 2022!

We had a booth at the Cherry Creek School District New Teacher Orientation and were able to give 300 teachers resources, information, and some really cool new swag to show our appreciation for jumping into the schools to support our children and our future.

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We had one teacher stop by the booth and I asked her what her semicolon; tattoo was all about. She proceeded to tell us that she went through some really rough patches a couple years ago and she almost didn't make it out, so she wears the very unique semicolon tattoo to remind herself she is strong and to keep going. She told us that she was so thankful that we were there because we, as a society need more resources, more people talking about mental health and making a difference in the mental health space. She loved everything we are doing around education. I thanked her for sharing with us and proceeded to give her all the swag we had at the table ;-), specifically our new bag that has the "Love Life; You Matter" logo on it and told her that she matters, I am so thankful she is alive and decided to become a teacher.

That's just one story, so what else have we done?

• Hosted 18 Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Classes in 2022.

• Trained 157 people as Mental Health First Aiders.

• Have given 45 of the 157 participants a discounted sponsored rate, thanks to our Warrior donors.

• Partnered with University of Colorado to train rural communities Teachers, Social Workers, Counselors, Principals within CO, NM and WY in MHFA.

• Partnership with Cherry Creek School District for MHFA classes, 1 class was taught at Cherry Creek School District for their staff and HR

• 1 curriculum written and launched: Breaking the Cycle of Trauma Master Education program

• Trained and certified 3 new Breaking the Cycle of Trauma or BTCOT Instructors as we call them.

• Have 66 MHFA Instructors that have said they are interested in working hand in hand with BCC Evolution to support the growth and reach to be able to offer more classes to the communities around the U.S.A.

• We have trained people from almost every state at this point and are very excited to continue to offer more virtual classes to all of the United States

• Free emotional support groups started on the Circles app and will be continuing into 2023 and beyond

• 1 year of Mental Health Mondays Podcast Show celebrated in November

• Podcast launched across 9 total platforms

• 2 Masterclasses launched, Shift Your Mindset and Re-Engage Resilience

• Represented mental health education at other people events: Youth Mental Health Summit, multiple Colorado Young Leaders events, BRRC Run/Walk, Falcon Creek Middle School, and Cherry Creek New Teacher Orientation.

• Give Youth a Voice Speaker Tour was created and launched with the 1st event at a Gymnastics Center in Fredrick, CO

• Nonprofit Networking Group for those in nonprofits to share resources

• 3 new board members

• 30 BeeKind2YourMind care packages given out

• 8 Pillars created to fully align with what we are already doing and be our guide for the future