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So what’s this about the Tin Cup Challenge? The Tin Cup is our biggest (and only) fundraiser of the year. We get 100% of the designated donations, plus a matching grant from the Community Foundation of Teton Valley. Which is pretty sweet. This year your gift goes directly to the following initiatives: 🍋Supporting our Community …

[DRIGGS, Idaho, June 18th, 2024]—On Tuesday, June 18th, the Mental Health Coalition welcomed Amy Stahl, Select Health’s Regional Marketing Director for Idaho, to their office. Stahl visited the organization to present them with a $5,000 Select Health Award, a grant program recognizing organizations dedicated to enhancing health and well-being within their communities. Out of 187 …

From longer commute times to reduced business, we’ve all been impacted by the Teton Pass Closure in some way. It’s normal to feel a certain amount of stress around this significant change. You may: be more irritable; have trouble focusing; feel on edge, anxious, depressed, fearful, or angry; be remembering or thinking about other times …

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[DRIGGS, Idaho, May 29th, 2024]—The Mental Health Coalition of Teton Valley orchestrated a pivotal meeting between renowned suicidologist, Dr. Kent Corso, and Idaho State Representative Marco Erickson, a fervent advocate for mental health initiatives in Southeast Idaho. With a shared commitment to saving lives and enhancing mental health support systems, the meeting, held on Wednesday, …

Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! While I’m tempted to remind you just how dire the state of mental health is, I want to do something different this year. Especially because if you’ve been reading this column for a while, you’re hopefully at least somewhat familiar with the guiding statistics the Coalition uses to focus our …

Raise your hand if you’ve ever had some sort of physical injury. Most of you should be raising your hands. As I suspect the longer one lives in Teton Valley the more likely they are to experience a knee injury, a broken bone, or some other recreational-related accident.  Now, when you had that injury I …

As I get older, I find myself saying, “I can’t believe it’s already (fill in the blank of whatever month it is),” every month. Seriously though, can y’all believe it’s already time for Daylight Savings and Spring Break? All this thinking about time reminded me of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor’s work. She’s a Harvard-trained neuroscientist …