Pajama Fun Run/Walk team link arms.
By JOSEPH WADSWORTH
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — Counseling & Family Services hosted a Pajama Fun Run/Walk Tuesday, May 14.
Krissy Broncho CFS Manager/Clinical Coordinator spoke before the run explaining that May is Mental Health month and wanted to let everybody know that we can support one another.
“People do get severe mental illnesses and they do need to be treated. They shouldn’t be afraid to go to the Counseling & Family Services building, mental health is not something scary,” said Broncho. “It is just something we learn how to manage.”
PJ Fun Run/Walk team moving side by side.
Tribal Health Director Ann Lindroth-Jim said just to remember that we have so many services out here in Fort Hall and she wanted to acknowledge Counseling & Family Services because they do a lot of activities and do provide for the community. She thanked the participants for being in attendance with friends and family. She said if you have any more questions please get a hold of the staff because that’s what we are here for.
The Pajama Fun runners and walkers that participated each had a team of four. It was a 2 mile route with four stations, the first being Physical where teams did a team owl dance. Second was a Mental challenge, teams had to do a 20 second Yoga Tree pose. Third was an Emotional challenge was to give other team members a hug or themself a hug. The last challenge was Spiritual — all teams had to write on a banner, three reasons for living.
The was a total of 42 participants that registered and there was six teams.