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Celebrating Global Day of Hope May 2

May 5, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate all things ‪#‎hope‬ this past Saturday, May 2, 2015. We had so much fun planting sunflowers with all our iFred friends and supporters nextContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, Health, iFred, Inspiration, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Youth Tagged With: awareness, depression, Global Day of Hope, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, mental health, suicide prevention, teach hope

iFred Celebrates Global Day for Hope in Chicago – Agenda

April 30, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

9:00 – 9:15 am: Speakers Introduction/Opening: Chicagonistas: MJ Tam and Beth Rosen @Chicagonista Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo, www.elizabethlombardo.com, @DrELombardo Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo is a psychologist, physical therapist, and author of BetterContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, Health, iFred, Mental Health Tagged With: 2015, chicago, depression, event, global day for hope, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, plant hope, share hope, speakers, suicide prevention, Sunflowers, teach hope, What Brings Me Hope Station, yoga

Inspiring HOPE: Around the World

April 29, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

Did you know that Schools for Hope is not just a program available in the U.S., but is internationally inspiring HOPE? This year the program will not only be taughtContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, Education, Events, Global Month of Hope, Health, iFred, Inspiration, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Schools for Hope, Sunflowers, Tips and Tools Tagged With: confidence, depression, depression advocacy, eradicate stigma, global mental health, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, schools for hope, suicide prevention, teach hope

George

April 17, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

What Brings Me HOPE: Collaborating with other visionary people who believe and know we can change our society…together. The sunflowers are planted and growing in our front yard with anContinue Reading

Filed Under: Hope Stories, iFred, Inspiration, Mental Health, Wall For Hope Tagged With: A Voice for the Voiceless, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, Serendipity Alliance, suicide prevention, Sunflowers, teach hope, What Brings Me HOPE

JOIN US And Plant HOPE Around The World

April 14, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

Join us for Global Day of Hope by planting sunflowers on Saturday May 2 in support of the 350 million people living with the treatable disease of depression. The sunflower is theContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, Health, iFred, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Youth Tagged With: depression, depression advocacy, end stigma, eradicating suicide, flowers, global mental health, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, suicide, suicide prevention, Sunflowers, teach hope

Teaching Hope to Prevent Suicide, One Child At A Time

March 25, 2015 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

Can you teach children how to have hope? That is the question we at the International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression (iFred) set out to answer severalContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, Education, Health, Inspiration, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Schools for Hope, Suicide Prevention, Teens, Tips and Tools, Uncategorized, Youth Tagged With: confidence, depression, depression advocacy, Education, end stigma, finding hope, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, schools for hope, suicide prevention, teach hope, teens, youth