“Flourish Through Wellness” will be Severn River Middle School’s first wellness event. The “Flourish Through Wellness,” event falls during Mental Health Awareness Month, which is celebrated in May and will highlight mental health by raising proceeds for “Mental Health America,” Mental Health Month Vendors and visitors will also be invited to wear green, the national color of mental health acceptance, representing hope, strength, support, and encouragement for people who live with mental illness.

The “Flourish Through Wellness,” event will host a variety of wellness vendors who will represent the five domains of flourishing: mental and physical health, happiness and life satisfaction, meaning and purpose, character and virtue, and close social relationships. Visitors will have the opportunity to listen to our Keynote speaker, Kristine E. Larson, Ed.D, Assistant Professor of Special Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore and Founder & Chair of the Teacher Education for Flourishing Collaborative Teacher Education for Flourishing Collaborative They will also be able to participate in a yoga and/or a meditation class that will support clearing and calming the mind.