County students use art to celebrate "each individual's worth"
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The four sheets along the bottom of this photo were winning submissions in the recent Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month coloring contest sponsored by the Local Advisory Council on Mental Health in Blaine County. Kindergarten through third grade students were invited to color the posters to heighten awareness about suicide. Older students completed drawings to be used to color in next year's coloring contest. The single drawing above the four will be the coloring sheet for next year's coloring contest.
The Local Advisory Council on Mental Health in Blaine County invited county students to participate in a coloring contest during Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month (September). The council is made up of mental health professionals and others concerned with the mental well-being of local residents. For the last few years the coloring contest has helped raise awareness among students about suicide, a malaise that claims 40,000 lives in the U.S. each year.
The contest gave students an opportunity to use art to "celebrate each student's individual worth!" Per the National Alliance on Ment...
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