Self-Care Fun Fair

[Image description: two teens by a table with colored pencils, paper, and magazines. The person in a red sweatshirt is looking away and the person in the black sweatshirt is smiling and holding their vision board comprised of picture and “health” in bold letters.]

Blooming Roses from Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC, a new club within the DCPS Youth Mental Health Program, hosted a three-day Self-Care Fun Fair around Valentine’s Day. Blooming Roses choose to kick off their first school-wide campaign by spreading the love around campus!

Throughout the week students enjoyed various mindfulness workshops that taught wellness practices, including yoga, aromatherapy, and positive affirmation. On Valentine’s Day, students had the opportunity to create vision boards in support of their mental health. Pictured above, is a student celebrating their new vision board.

[Image description: two teens by a table with colored pencils, paper, and magazines. The person in a red sweatshirt is looking away and the person in the black sweatshirt is smiling and holding their vision board comprised of picture and “health” in bold letters.]

[Image description: Teen wearing a red hat makes a stress ball holding a funnel over plastic container.]

Students could also visit a station to create their own stress balls personalized with their own colors and designs, pictured left.

Lastly, a couple of OMM staff members were personally invited to join in on the fun! They provided program flyers and additional information to students seeking to learn more about the Youth Mental Health Ambassador Program.

[Image description: Trifold poster board with papers and hearts in red, purple, blue, orange and yellow colored paper. Table has plastic container with candy, stickers with rainbow, and flyers.]

The Self-Care Fun Fair was a success and we would like to give another warm welcome to one of our newest clubs Blooming Roses!