To celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month, MESH Helps is launching its first national Play for Resilience™ initiative, bringing resilience-building play experiences directly to families through community-based activations across the country. MESH Helps is an organization that launched in October 2022 to address the growing concern of kids’ mental health in an increasingly challenging world.
From May 1-8, families visiting more than 450 Chuck E. Cheese locations across the United States will experience how play builds resilience. Curated video messaging will be featured on screens every hour, highlighting the importance of social-emotional development through play.
Additionally, throughout May, MESH Helps resources and MESH-Accredited products will be featured in approximately 300 American Library Association member libraries nationwide, expanding access to resilience-building play in local communities helping librarians and caregivers discover tools that support emotional growth, storytelling, problem-solving, and connection. MESH Accreditation is a distinction recognizing products that help children develop coping skills, confidence, communication, and emotional understanding through play.
I received the following fun toys:
- Plus-Plus
- Mindware
- Magna-Tiles
- The Calm Caterpillar
- Jelly Blox from Goliathgo
- Shashibo from Fun in Motion
- Invent kit from Makedo
- Refillable Cup from Chuck E. Cheese
Thank you to @chuckecheese, @funinmotiontoys @goliathgamesus, @magnatiles, @makedo, @mindwaretoys, @plusplususa, @smarttoysandgames @thecalmcaterpillar
Visit your local library to see Play for Resilience in action in your community! Find a list of participating libraries at MESHhelps.org.
Self Disclosure: I participated in a nationwide initiative from MESH Helps (Play for Resilience). I received free MESH-Accredited products.
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