- Making the holidays special for over 50 years.
The Holiday Gift Lift program provides new essential items to adults who might not otherwise receive a gift over the holiday season.
Eligible recipients include:
Our community helps us serve approximately 400 people per year through the Holiday Gift Lift program. Please help us continue to brighten the holiday season for those in need this year.
Please help by donating a new unwrapped gift or by making a cash donation. All contributions are tax-deductible. For more information, please contact the MHA office.
Gift Suggestions
Large (xl - xxl) adult sizes please.
Only new unwrapped gifts are accepted.
Cash donations are also needed. 100% of all cash donations designated for the Holiday Gift Lift program go directly toward the purchase of gifts.
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Vacations and sporting events are great but they aren't the only way to spend quality time together. Volunteering as a family also is a wonderful way to have fun and enjoy each other’s company, all while making your community a kinder, better place. Here are some tips for summer volunteering:
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It’s Risky Business
Under what conditions is it wise or unwise to disclose personal information when you’re facing a difficult mental health challenge?
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What's called emotional regulation refers to the process by which a person recognizes their emotional upset and can satisfy their emotional need without having to upset others. Parents who never allow kids to become self-aware of uncomfortable emotional feelings or to learn how to comfort and help themselves, instead always doing this for them, interfere with their need to learn how to regulate their own emotions.
Emotional regulation is key to good mental health and lifelong happiness
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The Trevor Project survey provides insight into how LGBTQ+ kids want to be reached in times of crisis. Seventy-six percent of the youth prefer digital means of accessing help.
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According to the Mayo Clinic Health System, volunteering helps people and changes lives. Volunteering decreases the risk of depression, especially for those 65 and older, when social interaction and supportive relationships are most needed.