Category: News

Learning to deal with adversity in healthy ways is paramount to kids’ success. The good news? Resilience can be taught, and it can be learned.

We’re proud to announce our 2025-2026 Teen Advisory Board! These young leaders are stepping up to serve as a beacon of hope in their communities.

Science tells us that hope is one of the most vital contributors to personal well-being – for both kids & adults. But what is hope? And how can you get more of it?

Study after study proves that small acts of kindness improve mental & physical health outcomes for the doer, the receiver, and anyone watching. How will you be kind today?

What do cupcakes have to do with youth mental wellness? See how two teens showed up for anti-bullying with a sweet fundraiser.

Without devoted school counselors, our message of hope would never reach the students who need it. This National School Counseling Week, we sat down with one who’s in the trenches every day.

See how a generous grant is providing us the opportunity to share our vital work for the mental wellness of youth with the Oklahoma City business community.

See how a stellar research project by these 11th-graders gathered valuable data that has been key in the development of our NEW anti-bullying & peace-building curriculum for high school students.

It would be hard to think of a better role model for kids than a U.S. Air Force veteran, author, recording artist, motivational speaker, mentor and advocate for underserved youth. So it was hard for us to think of anyone better than Les Thomas, Sr. to be the NEW live emcee for Heroes In Waiting anti-bullying and peace-building school assemblies!