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Spokane students present youth-designed mental-health, food-security projects to Senate Human Services Committee
Summary
Students from On Track Academy told the Senate Human Services Committee about projects from Spokane’s Youth Wellness Zone—ranging from motivational sweatshirts and zines to forest-bathing data and a school food partnership—urging support and broader community partnerships.
Students from Spokane’s Youth Wellness Zone described projects aimed at supporting youth mental health and wellness during a work session of the Washington Senate Human Services Committee on Jan. 28.
The students, who attend On Track Academy and took a wellness elective funded through a 2024 legislative proviso, outlined place-based strategies including a fresh-food partnership with Second Harvest, motivational sweatshirts that list the suicide hotline, “zines” with local-resource QR codes, a tapestry and journal about living with ADHD, and a short study showing lower heart rate and blood pressure after supervised time in a local forest.
The students and Jenna Ray, director of Zone Spokane, told the committee the initiative is part of four youth wellness zones funded around the state (Yakima, Spokane, Parkland and Renton) and overseen for data…
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