INTRODUCTION
Community organizations play an important role in
American society. Whether promoting health, education, social awareness, or
overall well-being, community organizations benefit everyone. This guide is for
community organizations that provide services to women of all ages, from
adolescents to senior citizens. We are excited about the work your organization
is doing and would like to partner with you to help women thrive and flourish
by promoting emotional wellness in your community.
This guide provides the latest information on
emotional wellness as well as tips or suggestions that your organization can
use to promote wellness. These tips range from suggestions on how to start
conversations about emotional wellness with the women you serve to ideas for
wellness programs or activities your organization could develop. The ideas are
broad enough to be sponsored by a range of local organizations including
community health centers, recreation departments, libraries, schools, work
places, and faith-based organizations. Any organization that works with women,
or even any small group of individuals, can promote emotional wellness.
We hope that this resource will help you expand on
emotional wellness themes in the activities and programs your organization is
already involved in, and will give you information to help plan new activities
on emotional wellness if you so desire.
This guide includes the following sections:
Some readers might want to read this guide cover
to cover, while others might find it more helpful to read only certain sections
of the guide to best suit their needs, experiences, and interests. No matter
how you use this guide, we hope you find it helpful and are able to use this
information to enhance your efforts to promote emotional wellness among women
of all ages!
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Bright Futures—A Community Organization's Guide To
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