Attitudes in Reverse had the pleasure of attending Montgomery High Schools varsity field hockey game dedicated to Mental Health! We brought Cooper and he was a huge hit! Thank you to all who attended and donated to the collection! The girls raised $206 for AIR!!
Attitudes in Reverse and the AIR Dogs: Paws for Minds therapy dogs bring the powerful In Their Shoes exhibit to the students of Hudson County Community College. Assemblywoman Annette Chaparro attended the event.
Assemblywoman Annette Chaparro will be attending AIR’s powerful In Their Shoes exhibit at Hudson County Community College tomorrow. The exhibit consists of shoes that represent New Jersey youth, ages 10 through 24, who lost all hope and ended their lives by suicide. “Mental health is important and we have to take the stigma away from…
AIR Dogs: Paws for Minds therapy dogs attended the grand opening of the BeTheLi9ht Center. “Everyone loved Harley,” said AIR volunteer Marlene Sisti. “It is a great idea to have a place for kids to go and hang out.” “All of the people attending the event were very happy to see the dogs,” said AIR…
AIR Dogs: Paws for Minds therapy dogs will be visiting students at Carteret High School on a monthly basis. Lauren Balkan, MSW, LCSW, who is coordinating the program for the high school, had this to say after the first visit this week: “Just taking the dogs to the office, we were stopped multiple times by…
AIR Therapy Dogs were recently featured in the news.
Emily “Emmy” Murillo was about 4 years old when she started having trouble regulating her moods. She was diagnosed with ADHD and various drugs were tried, but they made her worse. Emmy spent years in therapy and trying to find the right medications. When she was 9, Emmy had her first manic episode. “She was…
“At the age of 15, I ended up in my first psychiatric hospital,” said Geri Genovese. “I strugggled with severe depression and I started to use alcohol to self-medicate. I attemped suicide several times during my adolscence and young adulthood. My whole growing up was in and out of 11 hospitals.” “Everybody who knew me…
“My story really kind of starts with my daughter, Kyler,” said Rachelle St. Phard. “From the time she was young she probably had anxiety and depression way before we ever realized it.” Rachelle recalled how her daughter was a “frequent flyer,” going to the nurse. “She was often at the nurse’s office with stomachaches and…
Attitudes in Reverse was proud to bring the powerful In Their Shoes exhibit to the students and staff of Ocean County Community College. Thank you to all our volunteers and therapy dogs who helped make this event possible.