Mental Health Awareness Month
Community awareness, connection, and resources each May
Each May, CATCH observes Mental Health Awareness Month with programs, activities, resources, and community partnerships that make mental health easier to notice, name, and talk about.
Explore the annual campaigns below, including the 2026 theme, Good Days Built Together, and past community-awareness efforts.
Funding Partner
We’re grateful to the Northbrook Civic Foundation for helping make CATCH’s annual Mental Health Awareness Month programming possible. Their generous support has funded this initiative since 2022.
Good Days Built Together
Mental Health Awareness Month 2026
In 2026, CATCH invited families, students, and community members to explore how good days are built through connection, support, movement, play, learning, and community.
Throughout May, CATCH created opportunities to learn, connect, and feel supported, including a Lunch & Learn, GBN Boys Lacrosse events, a Mental Health Resource Fair, and community play activities.
Watch Our Student Inspired Video Series
Past Mental Health Awareness Month Campaigns
CATCHing CALM
Mental Health Awareness Month 2025
In 2025, CATCH invited the community to pause, recharge, and rediscover calm through events for caregivers, teens, and youth. The campaign focused on rest, play, and self-regulation as important parts of mental health and emotional wellness.
Campaign Video Series
Watch highlights from CATCH’s 2025 Mental Health Awareness Month campaign, which invited the community to pause, recharge, and explore calm as part of mental health and emotional wellness.
Popping Up for Mental Health
Mental Health Awareness Month 2024
In 2024, CATCH popped up throughout the community with practical tools and information to support mental health and well-being.
At Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South, CATCH shared sleep masks and tips to help students think about rest as part of emotional wellness. For elementary students, CATCH distributed pinwheels as a simple breathing tool for moments when emotions feel big or hard to manage.
Catch ‘Em Early
Mental Health Awareness Month 2023
In 2023, CATCH focused on helping parents recognize signs that a child may be struggling and start conversations about mental health.
A short video demonstrated simple ways to talk with children about their feelings, while local mental health professionals shared additional guidance through the CATCH Journal.
CATCH also invited local mental health professionals to share their insights by contributing to the CATCH Journal. Read their advice below.
Let’s Talk!
Mental Health Awareness Month 2022
In 2022, CATCH brought mental health conversations into everyday community spaces. Through conversation starters, family activities, mental health tools, and community events, we encouraged families to talk openly about emotional well-being and reminded people that no one has to navigate mental health challenges alone.
We partnered with local restaurants and business to share table tents for prompting discussions around mental health and free mental health tools for family to utilize at home.
We began our partnership with the GBN Boys Lacrosse Team by hosting the first annual Mental Health Resource Fair.
