This summer OPTIC resources is rolling out our Trauma Human-Informed community courses free to the community. With the rise in mental health needs among our community members and limited resources to work with, we strive to bridge the gap many of us find ourselves in, waiting for adequate care. We hope to provide necessary information that we have found to be the "prerequisite knowledge" needed to manage our complex human emotions and the sometimes uncontrollable response the nervous system creates to survive the world around us.

This summer OPTIC resources is rolling out our Trauma Human-Informed community courses free to the community. With the rise in mental health needs among our community members and limited resources to work with, we strive to bridge the gap many of us find ourselves in, waiting for adequate care. We hope to provide necessary information that we have found to be the "prerequisite knowledge" needed to manage our complex human emotions and the sometimes uncontrollable response the nervous system creates to survive the world around us.

This summer OPTIC resources is rolling out our Trauma Human-Informed community courses free to the community. With the rise in mental health needs among our community members and limited resources to work with, we strive to bridge the gap many of us find ourselves in, waiting for adequate care. We hope to provide necessary information that we have found to be the "prerequisite knowledge" needed to manage our complex human emotions and the sometimes uncontrollable response the nervous system creates to survive the world around us.

This summer OPTIC resources is rolling out our Trauma Human-Informed community courses free to the community. With the rise in mental health needs among our community members and limited resources to work with, we strive to bridge the gap many of us find ourselves in, waiting for adequate care. We hope to provide necessary information that we have found to be the "prerequisite knowledge" needed to manage our complex human emotions and the sometimes uncontrollable response the nervous system creates to survive the world around us.

Join us for an open house on June 24th from 5:00-7:00 to see what OPTIC Resources is all about!

It will be a fun time! We will have activities for kids and adults, helpful local resources, snacks and refreshments. Additionally, we will be hosting our first fundraiser!

Fundraiser: We will be selling fresh baked goods, handmade jewelry made by local youth as a means to process and cope through for mental health. And so much more!

Fifteen of our community’s Super Moms will be honored at this brunch style retreat where we will celebrate motherhood and mental health with some mimosas, games, and gifts! These lucky participants are nominated by their loved ones and chosen by our panel by May 1st.

Here is how you nominate: Send us a message on social media or at info@opticresources.org describing why you feel the nominee deserves special recognition. Please include the full name and contact information for both yourself and the person you are nominating.

Join us as we learn the impact of toxic stress and unresolved trauma and the limitations it can create in our interactions with others.This community training offers practical solutions on how to identify and resolve toxic stress and trauma.

Spring City Collective

444 Wisconsin Ave. Waukesha, WI 53186

**Contest**
We are asking the children and teens of our community to create a T-Shirt design that authentically expresses what conquering fear and inner healing look like. One winning design will not only win a T-shirt with their design on it, but it will also become TIME Volunteer's official T-shirt design worn by all the Volunteers!!

**Rules**
1. Submissions must be from children and teens K-12 age range.
2. Only 1 submission per child/teen.
3. No disrespectful or inappropriate content.
4. Upon submission you are giving OPTIC Resources the right to your child’s artwork so we may share and reproduce your thier artwork and if they win, the design will be worn in the community by Volunteers as their offical

Are you interested in learning more about us? Join us Monday, February 7th as we review our purpose, mission and goals for 2022. Whether you have experience in mental healthcare or not, you can be a valuable member of our volunteer team! We hope to see you there!

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We are currently looking for volunteers in the following areas:

• Marketing/Social Media

• Accounting/Bookkeeping

• Trauma-informed educators

• Research team members

• Grant writers

• Peer Educators