Compeer Sarasota Launches Social Media to Reach Kids With a Message About the Value of Mental Health
Coconut Telegraph
SRQ DAILY
SATURDAY DEC 14, 2019 |
Compeer Sarasota is harnessing the power of the Internet with a three pronged launch of a new website, Facebook presence, and Instagram site - all for the purpose of offering youth as young as five, along with their parents and teachers the power of one-on-one mentorships for those with a diagnosed mental illness. On July 18, 2019, the Florida State Board of Education voted to require the public schools to provide students in grades six and above to take a minimum of five hours of mental health education annually. Proving its value immediately, the Facebook page Compeer Sarasota Youth reached over 1,500 Sarasota residents in the first 5 days, and the website compeersaratoyouth.org has delivered 2,500 pages of information since its launch. Supplying friendships with adult mentors are the key to Compeer’s youth program and social media is one more step to reaching young people and matching them to adult volunteers in the Sarasota area.
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