This morning, we introduced our inaugural Youth Advisory Board over on Instagram. Meet Laini, Pratiyush, Lakita, Sydney, Talia, Devin and Aliza—seven young changemakers dedicated to making the world of youth mental health a better and brighter one.

When we asked them what message they felt was most important on this Giving Tuesday to convey to you, the Hopebound family, they wanted you to hear this: with everything at stake and youth mental health hanging in the balance, the cost of doing nothing is too great to bear. We must do more.

And we get it—while we’re all winding down, taking stock of our year, perhaps even licking our wounds a little bit at what didn’t go our way, and the last thing we want to hear is “do more,” but one thing is for sure…

The Cost of Doing Nothing is too great.

If we did nothing, that would have meant dozens of clinicians across Georgia and New Jersey, would have never gotten the opportunity to work alongside Hopebound to get their internship hours.

That would have meant hundreds of youth in high need of mental health support would have never been seen.

It means thousands of therapy sessions, nearly 4000 in only four years, would have never happened.

That’s why we’re asking you to join us in #doingmore this Giving Tuesday by donating to Hopebound, so that we can continue to show up for the most marginalized of us. Whether it’s $5 or $5000, every contribution gets us closer to the future we all envision for the next generation.

Hopebound Giving Tuesday '24 Campaign

By Hopebound Mental Health

Hopebound Giving Tuesday '24 Campaign

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