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VolAware Street Fair 2009

On Wednesday, October 7th from 11am until 4:30pm, the 4th annual VolAware Street Fair will take place on the UC Plaza.  All students, staff and faculty are invited to attend!  There will be many representatives from campus and area mental health and wellness resources at the fair. In addition, we will have an inner child play center so that we can all remember the importance of play in our overall wellness.  We’ll also be offering several QPR training sessions for people to be trained to be QPR Suicide Prevention gatekeepers.  That’s not all.  We’ll also be promoting mental health screenings, having a “What Can I Do with A Major in the Helping Professions?” talk presented by Career Services, playing games like Mental Health Jeopardy and bean bag toss, having several art competitions, and partnering with T-Recs to offer several fitness/exercise classes.  It will be a fun and educational day. Please plan to join us.

The Interactive VolAware Street Fair includes:

    • Opportunities to meet mental health providers on campus and in the Knoxville community.
    • Interactive programming such as coping/life skills classes, yoga and wellness demonstrations, chair massages, RAD demonstrations, mental health jeopardy challenges, multi-cultural dance lessons, and meditation demonstrations.
    • An inner child play center including opportunities to remember what it was like to be a child and play with things such as finger paint, crafts, and Playdoh and have fun jumping on large inflatables.

QPR -- As part of event, we will also be providing training in QPR.  QPR is a training program aimed at suicide prevention.  The QPR-athon is open to everyone in the community.  We are trying to train as many people as possible!  QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) provides the life saving skills necessary to effectively and directly ask someone if they are suicidal, persuade them to get help and refer them to the appropriate professional.

Mental Health Screenings are be available and will be conducted by providers across the surrounding areas.  UT Students, Faculty, and Staff can click here to take a mental health screening online any time by clicking here.