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By: Aaron Parker, Emily McLeod, Jack Dowless, & Zack Thorpe
What was done?
◦ Why look to these things?
◦ This was a project with two main objectives
◦ Recognize that everyone struggles with various things in
life, whether it be physical, emotional, or mental. Taking
◦ To give awareness to those who struggle with
time to tell people there are those who can help them
mental illness and personal issues
with anything they might be going through
◦ To recognize and give thanks to those who give their
◦ To give thanks to those within the Counseling
time to everyone on campus who needs them.
and Phycological services for all the hard work
they do ◦ The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention lists
suicide as the leading cause of death in college students.
How did we come up with the idea?
◦ We set up a table out in the UC lawn with 8 thank ◦ Many who came to sign cards was not aware of the
you cards and asked people to sign them and tell CAPS services that are on campus. However, after
them about who they were for being told, many were very empathetic and some
asked if there was more they could do.
◦ The main phrase said was (if they said yes to signing
a card), "CAPS, the Counseling and Phycological ◦ Some knew who they were and some of those
services that are located here on campus in the people used the CAPS services and were very
Bird Building. They've done so much for us with the thankful for it. I (Aaron) even had one person stick
current events of this semester and we just want to around and tell others about what great people
say "thank you" for all that they've done." they have working in CAPS.
◦ Common Purpose- We all shared a vision to bring CAPS into conversations with students. We all talked
to people that day and explained what CAPS was and how they can help them with their mental health.
We all just wanted to let students know that someone was on their side ready to listen.
The Outcome