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Volunteer at The Care Center The Care Center volunteers are crucial to the work we do. When the agency was started in 1972, it was completely volunteer run and volunteers continue to be the heart of The Care Center. Become a V…

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Please join us for these important upcoming events:

Wednesday, January 24th, 5:30 pm
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH PROCLAMATION hosted by Youth Trust Project
https://www.facebook.com/events/165400357385909/

Tuesday, February 13th, 6 pm
SCREENING & PANEL: VERY YOUNG GIRLS co-sponsored by Youth Trust Project and Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity
https://www.facebook.com/events/126415268028441/

Interested in getting involved in the struggle to end human trafficking? Consider joining these local organizations:

Youth Trust Project
https://www.youthtrustproject.org/

LATTE - Lawrence Anti-Trafficking Taskforce and Education Association
https://latteassociation.org/

Wichita State University, Center for Combating Human Trafficking
http://combatinghumantrafficking.org/

The Sexual Trauma & Abuse Care Center
http://stacarecenter.org/

The Willow Domestic Violence Center
http://www.willowdvcenter.org/

StopGap, Inc.
http://www.stopgapinc.org/

Make a new year’s resolution to keep track of your mental health, and use this tracker as a guide!

Download The Mighty's Health Tracker You can download either a digital or printable version.

If you're not allergic to animals, this could be a great way to boost your mood AND get paid! 🐕🐈

*** WE'RE HIRING! ***
Thinking of embarking on a new, challenging, and rewarding career in the new year? Love pets AND people? Learn more about our open Community Programs Manager position and apply by January 7: http://bit.ly/YouCanWorkHere

(Benefits include countless chances to take selfies with cats!)

What's your take on this?

'Gaming disorder' may get classified as a mental health condition The World Health Organization might add "gaming disorder" to the list of mental health conditions.

We're already gearing up for World Semicolon Day 2018! Hundreds of tattoo shops are already on board to give free semicolon tattoos in cities all over the world. Germany, Asia, Canada and many more are expected to join in. World Semicolon Day is about Mental Health Awareness and inspiring the world to take action. It's not just punctuation, it's inspiring people to continue living. Keep writing... Your Story Isn't Over.

This is so exciting!! Looking forward to hearing success stories about this app!

This app gives new meaning and power to the phrase "You're not alone". The new, groundbreaking, and free Project Semicolon app will release in January 2018. Here are a few of its features:

Android and IOS available.

Worldwide support for anyone, in any language.

Build and join support groups for any mental illness.

Sophisticated search functionality allows you to find Mental Health Professionals and Survivors of any mental illness. You can then communicate with them via chat or video.

Maintain anonymity, site wide, using pixelate technology that protects your identity. This allows you to talk about your issues with like-minded individuals and support staff - without worry.

Build your own personal support system of people who understand your struggles.

When we say "You're not alone", we really mean it.

Have some Saturday inspiration from our parent organization. You got this! 🌻

It's safe to say this is a pretty relevant article for everyone right now! Thanks for sharing, CAPS!

Students offer strategies for surviving finals - The Daily Cougar Students all over the country are gathering around tables, uncapping their highlighters and undergoing the arduous task of studying for finals.

Take some time this week to chill out before the inevitable stress of finals. 😎 We'll be posting some resources throughout to help keep your mind healthy!

It's our Fall Stress Less Week! Want to join us in laughing more and stressing less? Go to www.StressLessWeek.org to learn more and find tons of helpful resources. 😎