(uplifting music) - North Davis Project Illumination, Mental Health for Families, free community event is going to focus on what we can do to support our mental health and wellbeing, especially for youth.

Stephanie Carbajal is here to tell us more about it.

Hi, Stephanie, thanks for being here.

So first, tell us a little more about Project Illumination and kind of why you got involved.

- Yeah, so North Davis Project Illumination is a non-profit organization that puts on a free community event every fall.

And it's basically to support our youth and our families to find what their spark is, to find the joy and the happiness in their lives that can help them overcome the challenges and difficulties of mental health challenges.

- Yeah, and I mean, it's especially important now, because as I understand, mental health issues among youth are rising since Covid.

- Absolutely, so I'm a marriage and family therapist.

I've been practicing in Davis County for about 15 years now.

And over the last few years, especially because of Covid, it's really, teenagers have been dealing with more depression, anxiety, and other challenges, and we really just wanna help them know that they are supported and loved and that there are so many resources out there for them.

- Ah, that's great.

So talk more about the event.

What do you have happening at that?

- So Illumination is held in Syracuse, Utah at Founders Park, and it's on September 9th from 5:00 to 9:30.

It includes a Hope Walk.

We have awesome, awesome activity booths that youth from the community, from our high schools and community, youth community groups that are coming together to do different events or different activities that will help children and youth learn how to support their mental wellness.

We're gonna have food trucks.

We have a keynote speaker as well as a guest musical artist that's coming, and then we have the very best firework show you've ever seen at the end.

- Great, great.

Well thank you for the work you're doing and thanks for being here.

- Thank you.

- And if you would like to know more about that upcoming free event, it's called the North Davis Project Illumination, Mental Health for Families.

It's September 9th from 5:00 to 9:30 at Founders Park in Syracuse.

Go to projectillumination.org, projectillumination.org.

I'm Mary Dickson, thanks for watching Contact.

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