Enjoy a poetry night, mental health panel, and terrarium at “Mental Health MADness” on May 3rd. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to The Gray Matters Collective.
BETTENDORF, Iowa — May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and MAD Therapy is teaming up with Coffee Apothecary to bring you an evening of drinks, thought-provoking poetry, mental health discussion, and a piece of nature to take home To do.
Mental Health MADness will be held at Coffee Apothecary, 2571 53rd Ave., Bettendorf, on Friday, May 3rd from 4:30pm to 6:30pm.
Everyone is invited to this free event, but pre-purchased tickets are required for the terrarium portion of the evening. It costs $25 and can be purchased here.
A portion of ticket and drink sales will be donated to The Gray Matters Collective, a Quad Cities organization working to bring mental health to the forefront of conversations and policy.
Organizers say it will be a celebration of connection, community, creativity and mental health. The agenda is as follows.
- 4:30 – 4:45: Spoken words with thunderous rhetoric
- 4:45 – 5:45: Panel discussion on mental health
- 5:45 – 6:30: Create your own terrarium
You can also view the event’s Facebook page here.
MAD Therapy was founded in 2018. According to its website, its mission is to create a safe space for living authentically and exploring difficult topics through therapy and online blogging.
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