Call to Action

Call to action

We have a problem in this city; in this country really. Our kids' lives are at risk. They are scared, they are unhappy, and they are running. The youth is the backbone of our society. They are our future. They need our help and they need our attention now. A Renewed Mind is here to help but we need your help first.

The youth and young adults we service have grave mental health and/or substance abuse concerns. Mental health and substance abuse is often stigmatized, leaving youth in a fragile state of mind. They need to know we care, and we need to give them hope. So this letter is to ask you to show that you care. There are a couple ways to do that. The first step is awareness. Substance abuse, mental health disorders, they can not be ignored. So let's open up a dialogue. Talk to people you know, make them aware of what's going on and how they too can help. Secondly show up, be visible in the community. Finally, we are a nonprofit agency and we need your donations. Your gift, whatever its size, can make a difference if we can all just pull together.

Let's talk about mental health for a moment. Let's go back to what it felt like when we were kids. Compare that to today's society. Is it any different for you? Imagine a motherless child, or a fatherless child? Imagine feeling so alone and not only helpless in this world but hopeless as well. We owe the youth a fighting chance in this world, a possibility of a better tomorrow. As adults, we often don't want to talk about our own emotions, let alone our mental health stability. Most of our development happens back in our youth; think back to some of the challenges you may have experienced or witnessed around you. Many of the youth we serve come from broken homes, generational poverty, and have been in and out of the legal system. Basically the kids we serve are the kids no one else wants to help, or are often in the back of the help line. Should they give up? Should we give up? We can't. Our parents, our schools, our legal systems, all do the best they can, but our kids need and deserve more. We- you have the chance to impact their development and their future now. Here's how. Get to know us. Talk with us about these problems. Remember us. Send us your kids. We can help and help is here.

Mental health disorders have no boundaries, cares none for race. The issues in our society keep affecting kids at younger and younger ages. We know that the economy, life, survival, it's all hard for us as adults. Imagine how hard it must feel for them. As adults we are supposed to have all the answers and as parents we can only do our best. Some families though, face issues none of us could foresee or even fathom. What do they do then? Well, help is here. In order for us to continue serving the community with the highest levels of quality results, we need your involvement, physically and financially. Think about it, your gift today can help a family receive support when they thought none existed.

Imagine the child that watched his/her own parents suffer from addiction and thought maybe that's just the way life is. A child that felt so desperate and so out of control that all they could do was chase the next high for a chance at escape. If you imagine the worst case scenario you can think of, doesn't it usually involve a child? These problems are real and not only is it a reality that our kids experiment with drugs, they also become addicted. They take risks that can cost them their childhoods, their futures, and even their lives. A mistake made shouldn't have to be lifelong when you are a kid. Drugs today are even more dangerous than what they used to be. Dealers have become more creative, more cost effective. There are so many chemical additives and stimulants out there and through desperation these kids are taking synthetic and crazy combinations just to find that next high. They are stealing their family's medications, and when that becomes too hard to find or too expensive, they go deeper into heavier drugs. Heroin is cheap now but it's still very deadly. Being a preteen, a teenager, or a young adult today is hard. Families have always had stress and pressures, but our kids stress levels are so elevated with families losing their jobs, housing