Washington Prime Group Partners with Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s On Our Sleeves® Movement to Bring Awareness to Chi...
September 29 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
- Washington Prime Group’s KidX Clubs® across the country will
share free virtual resources to help families navigate important
discussions around mental health
Mental health disorders are the leading cause of disability in
adolescents, with one in five children living with a serious mental
illness that interferes with everyday life. This fall, Washington
Prime Group Inc. (NYSE: WPG) is supporting the On Our Sleeves®
movement, backed by the experts at Nationwide Children’s Hospital,
to share important mental health resources with families and
children, while encouraging broader conversations about children’s
mental health.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s On Our Sleeves is a movement to
transform children’s mental health through education, advocacy and
research. Kids don’t wear their thoughts on their sleeves, so there
is an unprecedented need for evidence-informed mental health
resources and support for children. The mission of On Our Sleeves
is to provide every community in America with free resources
necessary for breaking child mental health stigmas and educating
families and advocates – because no child or family should struggle
alone.
The rate of youth suicide has increased by 58 percent in the
past decade and has become the leading cause of death in youth ages
10-19. Washington Prime Group town centers are a source of support
for families and children who may be struggling with mental health
illness. Early intervention can, and does, save lives. The goal of
this partnership is to break the stigma around mental illness,
while providing valuable resources to communities across the
country.
Starting in September, nearly 100 Washington Prime Group KidX
Clubs® across the country will share weekly emails with resources
and activities created by the behavioral health experts at
Nationwide Children’s Hospital to help educate families and
children on important mental health and wellness topics. Messaging
will center on relevant themes including:
- Back to school;
- Mental Health Awareness Week (Oct. 4-10);
- Bullying awareness;
- Gratitude and kindness; and
- Holiday stress.
“Childhood mental health is an often overlooked and vastly
underfunded component of pediatric health and research,” said Niki
Shafer, Senior Vice President of Outreach, Nationwide Children’s
Hospital. “Thanks to our collaboration with Washington Prime Group
and their KidX Club® program, we are continuing these meaningful
conversations and providing free educational resources to families
everywhere.”
To learn more about On Our Sleeves and to join the movement,
please visit www.OnOurSleeves.org.
About Washington Prime Group
Washington Prime Group: National footprint with local flavor.
With about 100 town centers throughout the US, we’re as American as
apple pie. As a matter of fact, we are also as American as deep
dish pizza in Chicago, Hawaiian poke salad, vegan spring rolls in
Malibu, El Paso Tex-Mex, Maryland crab cakes, kimchi in Orange
County, Memphis barbeque and a Kansas City porterhouse. Our well
regarded infrastructure, from Hawaii to Connecticut, and pretty
much everywhere else in between, allows our tenant and sponsor
partners to benefit from the operating efficacy and economies of
scale at a large national real estate company, alongside local
management who possess comprehensive knowledge of the specific
locale within which they reside. Washington Prime Group® is a
registered trademark of the Company. Learn more at
www.washingtonprime.com.
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Kimberly Flaherty, Senior Director, Public Relations,
614.887.5715 or Kimberly.Flaherty@washingtonprime.com
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