Youth Resource Fair at Central Library Saturday March 25

UTHSC Center for Youth Advocacy and Well-Being

and Benjamin L. Hooks Library to Host Youth Resource Fair

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Memphis, Tenn. (March XX, 2023) – The Center for Youth Advocacy and Well-Being at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, in collaboration with the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, is hosting a Youth Resource Fair free to the public on Saturday, March 25.

 

The Youth Resource Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library at 3030 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38111. The event will feature vendors, food, and activities, and provide information to parents, guardians, and youth (ages 21 and younger) on various programs and services that are available, including behavioral health services, volunteer opportunities, summer camp information, and other resources.

 

The Center for Youth Advocacy and Well-Being serves to increase awareness for better mental health services in the community for young people and their families, and to coordinate delivery of those services to ensure the community’s youth have a chance to succeed.

 

Contact Arnita Kimbro, youth resource support specialist in the Center for Youth Advocacy and Well-Being, at 901.448.4254 or amoore17@uthsc.edu for more information.

 

As Tennessee’s only public, statewide, academic health system, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to bring the benefits of the health sciences to the achievement and maintenance of human health through education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service, with a focus on the citizens of Tennessee and the region.