Wauwatosa, WI - (Wisco Valley Newswire) April 30, 2024 - Moms Mental Initiative brings together the community at its Summer Social June 1, 2024 from 9am to 12pm at Jacobus Park in Wauwatosa. This fundraising event unites our community to celebrate the strength of our mamas and the immeasurable power of togetherness. One in five birthing people experiences a perinatal mental health condition, like postpartum depression. Join us as we honor those who have walked through a perinatal mental health journey and forge ahead in the work to support the ones who will travel the path in the future.
Perinatal mental health conditions are the #1 complication of childbirth, and the leading cause of death for perinatal people as a contributing factor to suicide and overdose. The effects of untreated postpartum depression and anxiety have been associated with impaired mother-infant bonding and long-term negative effects on child development.
Funds raised from this event will allow Moms Mental Health Initiative to continue offering hope and help to perinatal people struggling in Southeast Wisconsin and Dane County. Since 2016, MMHI has supported more than one thousand moms through three key programs; information sharing, resource brokering and peer support. Every dollar raised at the social stays in our community to ensure that moms and birthing people receive the help they need to feel better as they navigate perinatal mental health conditions.
About Moms Mental Health Initiative:
Since 2016, Moms Mental Health Initiative (MMHI) has helped more than 1,000 Southeast Wisconsin and Dane County moms and birthing people connect with effective perinatal mental health care in a complicated mental healthcare system. The organization connects those struggling with perinatal mental health conditions to evidence-based treatment, peer support and information throughout pregnancy and up to two years postpartum. It also builds a community better equipped to support perinatal people through education and advocacy. Learn more: www.momsmentalhealthinitiative.org/
Media Contact: Casey White | casey@mmhimke.org
