Mental Health Heroes
Trillium Family Services Announces Opening of 2023 Mental Health Heroes Award Nominations!
Mental Health Awareness Month happens each year in May. Since 2015, Keep Oregon Well launched an month-long celebration of the people, nonprofits, community groups and business leaders who have helped pave the way for mental and behavioral healthcare to thrive in Oregon and the Pacific NW.
Each year in May we unveil all of the heroes at Trillium’s Heroes Experience event. This year’s event was simultaneously held at the Stoller Winery in Dayton, OR, the Old School at Trillium’s Corvallis, OR campus and at the Stoller Tasting Room in Bend, OR. Many current and previous honorees are in attendance at the event. This process is truly community-driven, with open nominations taking place annually in February. We call upon the broader community to tell us about who have been the heroes in their lives, in their organizations, and in our state. For this project, “Heroes” is defined as any person or group which has helped to reduce stigma, advance the mental and behavioral healthcare field, and make Oregon and the Pacific NW a safer, more supportive place to live through their service, sacrifice, risk, inspiration, and example.
In the end, our goal is to showcase Oregon’s rich history, highlight the diversity of experience it has taken to get us from there to here, and honor those who have bravely paved the way for mental and behavioral healthcare and awareness in our state. From teachers to politicians, therapists to clients, children to seniors, we find heroism everywhere we look. This is our chance to tell their stories and celebrate people who might otherwise be overlooked.
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