Tampa Jewish Family Services

• This project is designed to use the concepts of Positive Psychology to provide 4 virtual Soaringwords workshops to help the Tampa Bay community in coping with stress, depression, and anxiety. The goal is to bolster mental health through optimism and resiliency.

• The project will address the mental health struggles faced by many individuals in our community. By using the principles of Positive Psychology, we will be able to continue our community outreach, thereby, providing vulnerable Tampa Bay area residents the skills they need to experience compassion, resilience, meaning, altruism, and hope in the face of everyday hardships and mental health challenges. This program is even more essential during this COVID -19 world that we live in, which has only heightened levels of stress, anxiety, and depression.

• We will provide 4 Soaringwords' Positive Psychology virtual interactive programs, along with a personal workbook for each workshop and the opportunity for participants to "pay it forward" by creating a project for hospitalized children at St. Joseph's Hospital.

  Granted: $10,000