connect and keep well

Friends & Community

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Being involved in your community, socializing with others, and staying active aren’t just fun—they’re essential for mental health and overall wellness. Meaningful connections reduce stress, boost mood, and create a sense of belonging. Physical activity energizes the body and mind, while social engagement strengthens resilience and supports emotional balance. Invest in yourself—get involved, move more, and connect often with others and in places that welcome your presence. Your well-being starts here.

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    Disabilities

    Disability is part of human diversity represented across race, ethnicities, gender, sexuality, age, and cultures. Still, people with disabilities often face isolation and challenges to social integration that hurt mental health. We know that when communities prioritize accessibility, share information we can foster greater social integration, opportunities, and healthier lives for our residents with disabilities have better mental health and more opportunities. Click the link below to explore local resources.
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    Faith

    Faith groups support mental health by offering social connection, meaning, and community resources that reduce isolation and build resilience. Clergy and organization leaders often act as trusted first contacts, giving counsel, referrals, and faith-based coping that fit your beliefs and values. Follow the link below to explore local faith-based communities and share your thoughts on what we may want to add to our list.
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    LGBTQIA+

    For LGBTQIA people of color, finding community and culturally aware resources are vital for mental health. Those connections provide affirmation, shared experience, and practical support that can lessen isolation, stress from discrimination, and trauma. In Centre County, though, these supports can be hard to find: community spaces may be few or feel unsafe or unwelcoming, and racial microaggressions and invisibility make it even harder to get care. Thrive Cooperative wants to facilitate your connections to the support and care you need. Please check out the list of resources that we continue to build and share your thoughts on those we can add.
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    Neurodiversity

    Recognizing neurodiversity improves health for communities of color by encouraging culturally aware care, cutting misdiagnoses, and providing supports that fit different thinking and sensory needs. When recognize and understand neurodiversity we can reduce cultural barriers, combat stigma, and the people we love and care for get earlier help, better care, and more social and economic opportunities. Follow the link below to learn more about neurodiversity and available resources for neurodivergent people in our community. We welcome your recommendations on additional resources that will help us to add to our list!
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    Adults & Seniors

    Are you an older adult? Being active, social, and involved in volunteering, learning, and hobbies is vital for your health. Regular activity keeps you mobile and lowers chronic disease risk. Social connections fight loneliness and depression. Volunteering gives purpose and helps the community. Learning and hobbies boost the mind and make life more enjoyable. Together, these things help you stay independent, joyful, and improve quality of life.

    Click below for our list of online sites that will connect you to volunteer, learning, and recreational-related places, people, and activities in Centre County.

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    Children & Youth

    A list of local schools and kid-friendly recreational resources that are recommended by community members.

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