Twloha's founder, Jamie Tworkowski, put this whole thing in motion with a single story posted on myspace (originally). You can now find it here on twloha's website. After he posted that story about his friend Renee, he received many responses of people in similar situations or people who knew someone that needed help. And after a while, twloha became a non-profit organization. This started in 2006 and this provides an excellent look at just how much they have accomplished since then. One major acheivement was in 2011 when they were awarded $1 million from Chase at the American Giving Awards.
Twloha's mission statement:
To Write Love On Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. Twloha exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.
Twloha Links:
Official Website (my description here is very brief and summarized so I suggest going here to get a more in depth look at what the organization is about)
UChapters:
The UChapters program is a network of student organizations on college and university campuses that exists to embody the mission and vision of To Write Love on Her Arms. Through organized meetings and events, each chapter serves as a voice of inspiration and support for students and their surrounding communities.
Twloha-Wu is in it's fourth year as a student organization and we are continuously working on reaching out to as many people as possible. We cover a different mental health topic each month. Meetings vary from discussion based to speakers to community building activities to occasional potlucks. If you are interested, we meet Thursdays at 5 p.m. in the LLC Blair Room.
This is a photo of some members of twloha-wu with founder, Jamie Tworkowski this past summer at the UChapters conference. (Photo by: Molly Walter)
Twloha-Wu links
Sounds like your organization is going in the right direction to making a big difference for people! It's always a great feeling knowing that you've helped someone in need.
ReplyDeleteThis is such an important organization on campus. They are so influential in how mental health is viewed and talked about. They are a positive force and I hope they grow in the coming years!
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