Welcome to WellWeek, a Houston hospitality-led initiative to raise awareness about common medical problems: depression and anxiety.
One in five of us suffers from mental illness. Through conversation, we seek to eliminate the social prejudice that prevents many of our loved ones from seeking help.
Let’s Talk About It: Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Join Robert Hilliker from Ethos Wellness for mental health awareness training for food and beverage managers and staff, both front and back of house. Virtual, interactive, free to the industry. Moderated by industry leader Lindsay Rae Burleson of Two-Headed Dog.
Manager Training Session:
10:00 - 10:45 AM
Zoom link to join this session HERE.
Meeting ID: 833 4304 8089
Passcode: 874434
Staff Training Session:
11:00 - 11:45 AM
Zoom Link to join the meeting HERE
Meeting ID: 849 7952 5761
Passcode: 844653
WellWeek 2021
Sunday, October 3 - Saturday, October 16th, 2021
For a 3rd year, IHWSH invites our countries’ restaurants, bars, wine tasting rooms and cafes to join this effort to stimulate discussion around and funds for the treatment of mental illness. Participants showcase non-alcoholic beverages that rival the complexity of a cocktail in support of individuals whose healing requires abstention from alcohol, or desserts to remind us that many of our friends suffer from an illness which prevents them from sensing the sweetest parts of life.
Email info@wellweek.org for further information.
WellWeek Beneficiaries 2021
Mental Health Resources
Knowledge is a powerful tool - when our friends and loved ones need help, we want to help them find it. Here are some organizations who want to help:
Ethos Wellness at The Lovett Center
With our partnership with Ethos Wellness at Lovett Center, restaurant employees can enroll in one-on-one counseling for up to 12 weeks, free of charge, and receive assistance finding both psychiatric care or longer term therapy options, if needed. Register here.
Southern Smoke
A beneficiary of WellWeek 2018 and 2019, Southern Smoke is a local non-profit that provides emergency funding for hospitality industry employees, including support for mental health services. Free mental healthcare is now available to all Texas-based food and beverage employees and their children.
National Alliance on Mental Illness Greater Houston (NAMI)
The local chapter of the nation’s largest and oldest grassroots mental health organization, National Alliance on Mental Illness Greater Houston (NAMI), sponsors no-cost, evidence-based education programs, peer-facilitated support groups, community information and referral programs, and strategic advocacy efforts that enable families and individuals affected by mental illnesses to live healthy and fulfilling lives.
Legacy Community Health
Legacy Community Health is a federally qualified health center offering a full range of counseling and psychiatric services, including prescribing and managing medications, regardless of ability to pay. Legacy’s Behavioral Health providers conducted 88,646 patient visits in 2017, with 60% of visits for individuals younger than 19 years of age.
Shades of Blue Project
Founder Kay Matthews and the Shades of Blue Project is dedicated to helping minority women before, during and after childbirth with mental health advocacy, treatment and support.
The Montrose Center
Established in 1978, The Montrose Center provides sliding scale behavioral health services specifically designed for the LGBTQ and HIV positive communities who face disproportionate numbers of behavioral health issues in comparison to their heterosexual peers. Professional individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy is provided for issues impacting the target population uniquely and faced generally among other vulnerable populations.
Mental Health America of Greater Houston
Established in 1954 by philanthropist Ima Hogg, Mental Health America of Greater Houston is the area’s longest serving mental health education and advocacy organization. Publisher of The Guide, a free listing of mental health resources in Harris County that are low-cost and/or affordable.
Vecino
Vecino is a federally qualified health center providing services for adults, teens and children. Counseling professionals are bilingual (English and Spanish), licensed and experienced. Treatment options include individual, group, family and couples’ therapy.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance envisions wellness for people living with depression and bipolar disorder, and provides hope, help, support, and education to improve the lives of people who have mood disorders.
United Way Houston
United Way Houston has trained HELPLINE specialists who are good listeners, blending understanding and expertise to provide information and referrals drawn from a comprehensive database of social services, including mental health services. Dial 2-1-1, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in many languages.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
The National Suicide Prevention Hotline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
#BeThe1To
#BeThe1To National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s network of local crisis centers with suicide prevention resources for the public.
Hope and Healing Center
Hope and Healing Center is a comprehensive mental health resource dedicated to transforming lives and restoring hope through education, training, clinical services and research.
re: Mind
re: Mind is free and confidential support groups for individuals living with, or family and friends affected by, depression and bipolar disorders.
Crisis Text Line
Crisis Text Line serves anyone, in any type of crisis, providing access to free, 24/7 support and information via a medium people already use and trust: text.
Tales of the Cocktail
Tales of the Cocktail is a non-profit organization serving as a global leader in spirits education and a platform to tackle issues facing the industry. The Foundation aims to educate, advance, and support the hospitality industry through programs that benefit individuals and organizations in the community.
Chefs with Issues
Chefs with Issues is a forum for hospitality industry folk to share their experiences and resources in facing depression, anxiety, addiction, eating disorders and more.
Grant Gordon Foundation
In honor of Grant Gordon, the Grant Gordon Initiative For Chefs, Inc. was formed to award financial assistance to a Houston area chef or individual in the hospitality industry who has gone through a crisis or hardship.
Ben’s Friends
Ben’s Friends is a food & beverage industry support group offering hope, fellowship, and a path forward to professionals who struggle with substance abuse.