LENEXA, KAN. — Hostess Manufacturers Inc. is partnering with the Nationwide Alliance on Psychological Sickness (NAMI) to advertise psychological well being consciousness. The corporate is endeavor NAMI’s StigmaFree office program, which seeks to offer help and sources each within the office and in communities the place Hostess operates.
With the assistance of NAMI, Hostess will overview and replace its firm psychological well being sources and discover methods to attach workers to those sources. As well as, the corporate is offering all workers with pointers on talk about psychological well being within the office with out inciting disgrace or stigma.
“At Hostess, our mission is to encourage moments of pleasure by placing our hearts into every little thing we do,” mentioned Andy Callahan, chief govt officer of Hostess Manufacturers. “As the corporate that’s all about sparking pleasure, we acknowledge that psychological and emotional well-being is crucial to happiness. It’s crucial to us that we reveal the significance of worker psychological well being and prioritize a StigmaFree office. We’re enthusiastic about our nationwide partnership with NAMI and the chance we have now to do our half to make pleasure potential within the communities we serve by creating consciousness, decreasing stigma and growing belonging.”
Hostess is sponsoring three NAMIWalks this fall in numerous cities the place it operates to encourage workers, family and friends to assist increase consciousness and cash for NAMI’s free psychological well being applications in these communities. The walks, which could be attended just about, will happen on the following places, dates and instances (CDT):
- Chicago, Sept. 17 from 12-4 p.m. in Jackson Park
- Larger Indianapolis, Oct. 8 at 9 a.m. in OptiPark Indy
- Larger Kansas Metropolis, Oct. 15 from 8-11 a.m. in Macken Park
“NAMI is thrilled to welcome Hostess as our nationwide companion in making a StigmaFreeoffice and as a premier sponsor of our NAMIWalks occasions in Chicago, Indianapolis and Kansas Metropolis this fall,” mentioned Jessica Edwards, chief improvement officer at NAMI. “Hostess workers throughout the nation are embracing NAMI’s StigmaFreeoffice strategy and they’re now supporting NAMIWalks as volunteers and fundraisers.”
