Christin Peña is the Youth Self Advocacy Coordinator and YES Club Activities Coordinator. She has worked in many areas of the healthcare industry for more than 12 years. She began her career with the Department of Aging, helping patients with…
In the week before the June 10 Tony Awards, which celebrated excellence in Broadway theater, our world lost two well-known people, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, to suicide. Both were public figures, each a shining star in their respective worlds…
Found in the Newark Advocate on July 20, 2018 Reporter: Kate Dengg The YES club, an after school and summer program for local kids, has added a beautiful new addition to their building in downtown Newark. Over the week, about 20 kids from…
By Kate Dengg, Reporter Found in The Newark Advocate on July 18, 2018 Mental illness touches every community and people from all walks of life. Approximately one in five adults in the United States — 43.8 million people — experiences mental illness…
The U.S. Surgeon General released its first report of the Advisory Committee on Smoking in Health in 1964, which identified smoking as a cause of lung cancer and chronic bronchitis. Despite significant progress since that first Surgeon General’s report, issued…
Do you focus on fitness #4Mind4Body? Mental health is essential to everyone’s overall health and well-being, and mental illnesses are common and treatable. Remember, our heads are attached to our bodies and so…
NEWARK, OH (WCMH) - May is mental health awareness month and advocates in Licking County are hoping to reduce the stigma associated with suicide and addiction. Last year in the county, 35 people died from an unintentional opiate overdose and…
We had unusually warm temperatures in May, and now that June is here, we are well into the growing season. That means it’s a great time to visit one of Licking County’s farmers markets. By mid-June, vegetables like lettuce, spinach,…
The video shows a stark black background and a black table covered with hundreds of brilliantly clear, lopsided hand blown glass vessels. There is abject silence – is something wrong with the sound? Then the sound of dripping water begins and grows…
During the recent Addiction Forum, co-hosted by the Newark Advocate, participants from many local public and non-profit agencies, recovering addicts, family members impacted by addiction, and other concerned residents, met to discuss the impacts, causes, and solutions to Licking County’s…
