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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Kaitlin Washburn

Hundreds of boxes filled with mental health support, resources assembled for CPS students

Ali Borowsky, founder of Find Your Anchor boxes, puts together a box at a mental health equity event at Senn High School at 5900 N. Glenwood Ave. on the North Side, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times (Anthony Vazquez, Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Volunteers gathered at Nicholas Senn High School Monday to assemble boxes filled with items aimed at improving students’ mental health.

The boxes contain lists of resources including suicide hotline numbers; a “you are so incredibly loved” wrist band; statistics about depression and suicide; a deck of cards with 52 reasons to live; and a handwritten message reminding the box owner they are loved and not alone.

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