OWMH Fall Mental Health Vendor Fairs Continue Wednesday

October 8, 2024 / Events

In April 2024, the Office of Wellness and Mental Health (OWMH) hosted its inaugural Mental Health Provider Database (MHPD) Vendor Fair on all six campuses. The Vendor fairs were a success, and we are excited to host them once again, at each campus this month. Did you know that the OWMH maintains a database with over 200 licensed and certified wellness and mental health providers? The vendor fair provides an opportunity for registered vendors to come to campus, engage with students, faculty and staff, share information about their services and other valuable resources pertaining to accessing care. Invited vendors have practices that are geographically located near all six of our campuses and some offer virtual services for inclusion of our NOVA online students as well.

October is known for many wellness and mental health initiatives such as Emotional Wellness Month, Health Literacy Month, ADHD Awareness Month, Depression Awareness Month, Domestic Violence Month and Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness plus many more! This is a great way to kick off, highlight and discuss these various important wellness and mental health challenges that we all can potentially face. Knowing where to get connected to support is how we add to the goal of cultivating a culture of care and reduce the stigma associated with seeking wellness and mental health support.

The first week of October is Mental Illness Awareness Week, and October 10 is World Mental Health Day! In honor of this, we ask that you (1) share this announcement or flyer with at least three other individuals and (2) stop by your campus vendor fair and collect valuable information from our vendors!

Please email wellness@nvcc.edu if additional information is needed.

Flyer: Photo with a student walking across the Annandale Quad amidst beautiful fall leaves. Strip with green background and white text: Join us for Fall 2024 Mental Health Provider Database Vendor Fairs! Come and meet licensed and certified wellness and mental health professionals! Scheduled events: MEC, 6699 Springfield Ctr Dr., 22150, Thurs, Oct. 3, 11 a.m.-1p.m. , First floor Forum Alexandria, 5000 Dawes Ave., 22311, Wed., Oct. 9, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., AFA First Floor Lobby Manassas, 10950 Campus Dr., 20109, Thurs., Oct. 17, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. MP (Parish Hall) Main Lobby Loudoun, 21200 Campus Dr., Sterling, 20164, Tues., Oct. 22, 12 p.m. -2 p.m., LC Cafeteria Annandale, 8333 Little River Tnpk, 22003, Tues., Oct. 29, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. CA First Floor Lobby Woodbridge, 2645 College Dr., 22191, Wed., Oct. 30, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., WAS Cafeteria Horizontal line. Text: www dot nvcc dot edu, novamhproviders at nvcc dot edu, Instagram logo nvcc underscore wellnessmh

Submitted by:
Regina Sanders, Director of OWMH, RLSanders@nvcc.edu