This Suicide Prevention Month, learn how Heroes In Waiting board member Ben McAllister is turning the tragic loss of his son Hayden into a crusade to keep kids safe.
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Love’s Demonstrates a Heart for Kids
Love’s Travel Stops has pledged groundbreaking support for youth mental health as the presenting sponsor of Heroes In Waiting’s new anti-bullying and peace-building curriculum designed specifically with high school students in mind. This culture-changing programming is currently in development and, thanks to a $25,000 grant from Love’s, will be launched in schools and youth organizations later this year, for free.
Continue readingOur Kids Are Tech Addicted. We Can Help.
It’s not your imagination: Screens are doing something to our kids.
Just ask Tara Savedra, a speech-language pathologist based in Edmond, Oklahoma. She’s been working with students for almost 20 years – since before social media, smartphones, or iPads. Over time her experience had taught her what to expect about how kids act, how they react, and how they operate. But about a dozen years ago, not long after the dawn of smartphones and social media, something changed.
Continue readingA Smile for a Smile
A Smile for a Smile Heroes In Waiting is ALL SMILES to announce our new partnership with the amazing souls at Orthodontic Associates. With their huge heart for kids’ mental health, this cause-minded corporation is offering some of their patients who pay for their orthodontic treatment up front the option to donate the entire cost of treatment to Heroes in Waiting. “We are overwhelmed,” says Heroes In Waiting executive director Jim Stewart. “To not just serve their
Continue readingBest National Bullying Prevention Month Ever!
This year as National Bullying Prevention Month approached, the Heroes In Waiting team had so many goals. We wanted to take our high-powered anti-bullying assemblies to as many students in as many schools as we could during the month of October…
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Heroes In Waiting is thrilled to announce the selection of our inaugural 2023-2024 Teen Advisory Board. This talented group of students will contribute their energy and ideas to our anti-bullying and peace-building efforts by helping to make our programming…
Continue readingLet’s Talk About Youth Suicide
At Heroes In Waiting, we’re on a critical mission to contribute to the mental wellness of children and youth. We do that every day with anti-bullying and peace-building programming that aims to teach kids things like empathy and understanding…
Continue readingTwo Organizations, One Audacious Goal: Healthy Kids
Heroes In Waiting is thrilled to welcome the newest partner in our mission to ensure the safety…
Continue readingShowing Up for Educators
There’s not much that gives us more energy than hanging out with the *real* heroes who spend every day on the front lines educating and caring for our kids.
Continue readingSocial Media & Youth Mental Health
From the latest CDC reports to all-too-frequent school shootings and teen suicide statistics, the heartbreaking decline in youth mental wellness screams from the headlines – and whispers in our homes – almost daily.
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