The Student Health Services department took over the LAC quad with Wellness Fest with activities like Yoga to encourage exercising for students and hosted a wide range of local health and wellness providers.
This is the second year Long Beach City College is hosting the Wellness Fest, an event on campus that connects students to a variety of resources from mental health services, support groups and even information to help students with substance abuse.
“This is one of our favorite events on campus, we enjoy connecting students to resources on and off campus and sharing tools to help you destress,” Director of student health Deborah Miller Calvert stated.
A Power 106 booth was in partnership with LBCC’s mental health department and strove to promote awareness about the issues of mental health.
In the past, Power 106 has teamed up with the mental health department to host an art gallery where they provided music and entertainment.
The radio station also brought a “What is your why” board to campus where students could write what motivates them on it.
Power 106 employee Jessica Rios said that Power 106 wanted to spread an accumulation of positivity.
LBCC student Daja Dauer attended the event to explore LBCC’s resources and activities.
“My motivation to wake up in the morning is my kids and my husband,” Dauer said.
A wellness group called Mental Health America of Los Angeles is a peer support group that helps young individuals with mental health needs. Their services include housing services, mental health services and linkage to substance abuse services.
LBCC staff members also made it a key point to highlight other events going on around campus.
The wellness fest hosted a “Movies for mental health” event, located in building T. Three to four movies were shown and all films featured characters experiencing different mental illnesses.
Two to three mental health experts were present to answer questions students may have had about mental health.
Students were able to eat for free with the “Better Breakfast Day” event where food was provided by the Healthy Viking Initiative. They gave out healthy food in an effort to promote healthier eating toward students as well as provide free food for low income students.
For more information about mental health, the LBCC Mental Health Services department can be reached at (562) 938-3987.