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Mayor proclaims May as Mental Health Awareness Month, honors local advocate Ally Grace Broadhead
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Mayor Alex Wyatt proclaimed May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Homewood and honored Ally Grace Broadhead for her advocacy and work with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Mayor Alex Wyatt read a proclamation at the May 12 Homewood City Council meeting designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Homewood and recognized Ally Grace Broadhead for her work on mental health awareness and suicide-prevention programs.
The proclamation recounted Broadhead’s advocacy history, saying she founded the Homewood High School Kindness Club and created the Keeping Kindness Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and described her role in bringing the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s "Out of Darkness" campaign walk to the community. The mayor noted Broadhead’s advocacy began after a personal incident involving a friend at age 12 and credited her efforts with raising awareness and connecting young people to resources.
Ally Grace Broadhead spoke briefly at the podium, saying, "I do just wanna say thank you so much for just having the big honor of being able to share something that I'm very passionate about with the city of Homewood ... the fact that we can build a community with it, it's amazing. So thank you." The council presented the proclamation and the mayor called on citizens, schools and organizations to observe the month with programs to foster awareness and support.
