New Hope Peninsula Ministries

OUR PROGRAMS HELP TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.IN 2023, MORE THAN 20% OF TEENS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED SUICIDE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH ASSOCIATION SURVEYED OVER 54,000 COLLEGE STUDENTS AND 77% REPORTED MODERATE TO SEVERE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS (ACHA, 2/15/2023). NEARLY 3 IN 5 TEEN GIRLS (57%) SAID THEY FELT "PERSISTENTLY SAD OR HOPELESS." SUICIDE CONTINUES TO BE THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 10-24 YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY, A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THE US, SO MANY STUDENTS SUFFER ALONE, INCREASING THEIR RISK OF SUICIDE. OUR 1024 MOVEMENT PROGRAMS ARE HELPING PREVENT SUICIDES AND IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BY CONNECTING STUDENTS TO PSYCHIATRISTS, ONLINE COUNSELORS, PEER MENTORS, FAITH COMMUNITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES. IN 2023, WE HAVE WORKED WITH TEENS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO WRITE OUR NEW BOOK, LIFELINE: HELP IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. THE BOOK WILL BE PUBLISHED IN SUMMER OF 2024, AND EDUCATES, EQUIPS AND EMPOWERS HURTING STUDENTS TO CONNECT WITH MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND SAFE PEOPLE TO HELP. OUR LIFELINES TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE EQUIPPING STUDENTS AT SCHOOL, COLLEGES AND CHURCHES TO RECOGNIZE AND REACH OUT TO PEERS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, THEN CONNECT HURTING PEERS TO LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, PEER SUPPORT GROUPS, CHURCHES, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ADDICTION RECOVERY PROGRAMS. OUR 1024 MOVEMENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM CONNECTS HURTING STUDENTS TO ONLINE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES INCLUDING CRISIS TEXT LINE, TALKSPACE, ONLINE PSYCHIATRISTS, AA RECOVERY GROUPS AND PEER MENTORS. WE GAVE AWAY 400 FREE BOOKS EDUCATING TEENS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS INCLUDING SHUT UP: SILENCE THE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS INSIDE YOUR HEAD AND GOD IS WHISPERING TO YOU. OUR OUTREACH THIS YEAR INCLUDED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS IN SCHOOLS, MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCES, COLLEGES,CHURCHES AND PARENT MEETINGS. WE HELPED ALIX PARTNERS GLOBAL CORPORATION HOST A MENTAL HEALTH VIRTUAL EVENT FOR EMPLOYEES GLOBALLY. NHPM PRESIDENT REV. CHRISTY PIERCE PROVIDED PASTORAL COUNSELING OVER 30 TEENS, YOUNG ADULTS AND PARENTS BY CONNECTING THEM TO PSYCHIATRISTS, THERAPISTS AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES. TARA RUMLER, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS SUCCESSFULLY GROWING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM WITH MORE FOLLOWERS AND SHE HAS HELPED LEAD OUR FUNDRAISING EVENTS, COLLEGE CAMPUS EVENTS AND STUDENT BOARD MEETINGS.