Wake County schools mental health | Green Level High hosts 2nd annual mental health awareness game

CARY, N.C. (WTVD) — Tonight Green Level High School hosts their second annual mental health awareness game.

Tonight’s homecoming game will be a blackout with students teachers and guests wearing black NAMI t-shirts.

They are National Alliance on Mental illness shirts bringing awareness to the need for resources in schools.

This is an initiative started by students last year.

“I just know if some if one person can be helped by this, you know, it’s important. I know there are people who struggle, so even just getting one person to help,” said senior student organizer Jackson Evans.

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for North Carolina youth ages 10-18.

The students at Green Level have taken the initiative to highlight this because they say they want to be there for the fellow students and change the narrative.

Coach Ben Woolf says seeing his players take care and leadership on such an important issue is creating change.

He explained to us why it’s important to highlight this issue.

“Just having the kids feel like somebody is there to support them regardless of who it is, where it is in the building. I mean, our admins great. You know, they’ll come on and talk about all these things. You know, if you need help, find someone to go talk to an adult, go talk to a friend. That friend can get you to where you need to get to,” he said.

The game starts at 7 and for more information you can click here.

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