Mental Health Resource Center
Mental Health Resource Center provides a wide range of behavioral health services for adults, adolescents, children and families. During 2020, MHRC provided services to more than 10,000 people. MHRC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation based in Florida that provides a wide range of behavioral health and social services to the community. Included in MHRC’s service array are 24-hour emergency services; inpatient psychiatric services for children, adolescents and adults; and numerous outpatient services, including medication management, case management, counseling, supported housing, psychosocial rehabilitation, two programs for the homeless, and a therapeutic family program.
what are we crafting?
Item Requested | Craft Type | Quantity Requested | Quantity Still Needed |
|---|---|---|---|
Backpacks | Sew | 250 | 114 |
Bags for Kids | Sew | 250 | 161 |
Blankets: Teen | Sew | 150 | 15 |
project must-knows
How we are helping:
1) Pandemic Relief Masks - NEED FULLY MET! WOOHOO!
2) Blankets - We are helping them create blankets for the children's inpatient unit of their facility. These blankets will comfort the children while they are dealing with their mental health issues and away from their families. Please read our Project Overview Sheet for the important information on the requirements for the blankets they want.
3) Tote Bags & Backpacks - They need bags to give to adults and children patients when they are discharged from an inpatient hospital stay. They often have to leave the hospital with items in a paper bag and return to the streets or foster homes with their items. These bags will provide dignity and also provide them something to use long-term. Check out our project overview sheet for constructing bags or backpacks for MHRC.
blankets
Binding A Blanket with Martha Richmond
How to bind a blanket with Martha from Crafting Change
Receiving Blanket Tutorial
This technique is stellar, you will need to modify the blanket size for this project.
totes and backpacks
Project Overview Sheet MHRC Bags & Backpacks
Start here before you begin crafting bags or backpacks! Lots of info here!
Adult Drawstring Backpack Sewing Instructions
Project Overview Sheet & PATTERN for ADULT drawstring backpack
Adult Drawstring Backpack Quick Class
Adult Drawstring Backpack Quick Video with Kathy Lawrence
Adult Backpack Fabric & Cord Selection
Short video on how to choose fabric and cording for the adult drawstring backpack
shipping guidelines
Mental Health Resource Center urgently needs donations of masks, Please ship them as soon as you have them ready. All other donations can be shipped on an ongoing basis, when you have a box ready.
Mental Health Resource Center
Attn: Leah Guthrie
10550 Deerwood Park Blvd, Suite 600
Jacksonville, Florida 32256
If your box will cost you more than $15 to ship, please get a $15 UPS label from Give Back Box and ship up to 50 pounds and 108" in girth to Mental Health Resource Center here