Wellness in the Woods

Wellness in the Woods Everyone deserves support. Everyone is welcome. 🌿 Wellness in the Woods was started with a vision to foster and embrace acceptance of all life experiences.

🌳 Wellness in the Woods offers free, peer-led mental health & recovery support across MN 🌲 Virtual, inclusive, and accessible to all—built by people with lived experience. Jode Freyholtz-London, the founder has numerous lived experiences with emotional illness and trauma. Her vocational background and those on her staff will hold all persons with unconditional high regard. The organization will ad

vocate for mental, financial, spiritiual, physical, social, intellectual, vocational and environmental wellness services across all of Minnesota

Support does not always have to be big or dramatic to matter. 💚Sometimes support looks like:• checking in• listening wit...
05/23/2026

Support does not always have to be big or dramatic to matter. 💚

Sometimes support looks like:
• checking in
• listening without judgment
• sitting beside someone
• remembering to ask how they're doing
• continuing to show up

Small moments can help people feel less alone.

During Mental Health Awareness Month, we encourage everyone to practice compassion in the everyday moments that often matter most.

You belong here. 💚The Annual Tom London Memorial Walk is a space for connection, remembrance, support, and community. W...
05/23/2026

You belong here. 💚

The Annual Tom London Memorial Walk is a space for connection, remembrance, support, and community. Whether you are walking in honor of someone, supporting mental health recovery, fundraising with friends, or simply showing up because you believe people deserve support--there is room for you here.

No one has to participate perfectly to make a difference.

You can:
🌲Join a team
🌲Start your own
🌲Donate
🌲Share this post!
🌲Walk beside someone who needs connection

Every action helps strengthen peer-led mental health and recovery support across Minnesota.

👕 Walk shirts are available now for a limited time:
https://www.bonfire.com/tom-london-memorial-walk-2026-shirt/

🏆 Reminder: the top fundraising team that raises at least $750 will receive a $500 bonus prize courtesy of our Chief Executive Officer.

Join us May 30.

When we understand that mental health challenges can sometimes be connected to substance use and addition, the conversat...
05/22/2026

When we understand that mental health challenges can sometimes be connected to substance use and addition, the conversation changes. 💚

Instead of asking:
"What's wrong with you?"

we begin asking:
"How can I help you?"

That shift matters.

Compassion, understanding, and nonjudgmental support can make it easier for people to reach out, stay connected, and begin healing.

Learn more from SAMHSA:
http://www.samhsa.gov/find-support

Support grows when people show up together. 💚Every team created, every donation made, and every shared post helps streng...
05/22/2026

Support grows when people show up together. 💚

Every team created, every donation made, and every shared post helps strengthen peer-led mental health and recovery support across Minnesota.

The 2nd Annual Tom London Memorial Walk is not just about one day. It is about reminding people that community still exists--especially during the moments when life feels heavy.

There is still time to:
🌲 Start a fundraising team
🌲Join an existing team
🌲 Donate
🌲 Invite someone to walk with you
🌲Share the mission with your community

👕 Walk shirts are available now for a limited time:
https://www.bonfire.com/tom-london-memorial-walk-2026-shirt/

🏆 Reminder: the top fundraising team that raises at least $750 will receive a $500 bonus prize courtesy of our Chief Executive Officer.

Walk with us May 30.

The way we speak to people matters. 💚Especially during moments of transition, uncertainty, isolation, or rebuilding.Comp...
05/21/2026

The way we speak to people matters. 💚

Especially during moments of transition, uncertainty, isolation, or rebuilding.

Compassionate communication can help people feel safer, more supported, and more willing to reach out for help when they need it most.

Mental Health Awareness Month is not only about raising awareness--it is also about creating communities where people are treated with dignity, respect, and care.

Learn more from SAMHSA:
https://www.samhsa.gove/resource/ebp/permanent-supportive-housing-evidence-based-practices-ebp-kit

There is still time to make a difference. 💛You do not need a huge team or a massive fundraiser to help support peer-led ...
05/21/2026

There is still time to make a difference. 💛

You do not need a huge team or a massive fundraiser to help support peer-led mental health and recovery services in Minnesota.

One donation matters.
One shared post matters.
One person deciding to show up matters.

The 2nd Annual Tom London Memorial Walk is almost here, and every step we take together helps remind people that support, connection, and community still exist.

👕 Walk shirts are available now for a limited time:
https://www.bonfire.com/tom-london-memorial-walk-2026-shirt/

🏆 Reminder: the top fundraising team that raises at least $750 will receive a $500 bonus prize courtesy of our Chief Executive Officer.

Join us May 30. There's still room for you here.

There's still time to be part of something meaningful. 💛The 2nd Annual Tom London Memorial Walk is almost here, and ever...
05/20/2026

There's still time to be part of something meaningful. 💛

The 2nd Annual Tom London Memorial Walk is almost here, and every donation, share, team signup, and conversation helps strengthen peer support across Minnesota.

This walk supports real people:
🌲 People looking for connection
🌲 People navigating mental health and substance use challenges
🌲 People trying not to feel alone

You do not need to raise hundreds of dollars to make a difference. Small actions matter. Inviting one person matters. Showing up matters.

👕 Walk shirts are also available now for a limited time:
https://www.bonfire.com/tom-london-memorial-walk-2026-shirt/

🏆 Reminder: the top fundraising team that raises at least $750 will receive a $500 bonus prize courtesy of our Chief Executive Officer.

Walk with us on May 30.

Mental health touches every one of us--either directly or through someone we care about. 💚The conversations we have matt...
05/19/2026

Mental health touches every one of us--either directly or through someone we care about. 💚

The conversations we have matter.

The words we choose matter.

The way we respond when someone opens up can shape whether they feel safe, supported, and understood.

This Mental Health Awareness Month, let's continue building communities where people are treated with compassion, dignity, and care.

Learn more from SAMHSA:
https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health/what-is-mental-health/facts

It is easy to believe that making a difference requires something huge. 💚The truth is, communities are built through sma...
05/19/2026

It is easy to believe that making a difference requires something huge. 💚

The truth is, communities are built through small actions repeated over time.

One donation.
One conversation.
One person deciding to show up.

Every step taken during the 2nd Annual Tom London Memorial Walk helps support peer-led mental health and substance use recovery services across Minnesota. 🌲

You do not have to do everything to matter. You just have to start.

Join the walk:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/peer-to-peer/2026-tom-london-memorial-walk

Fundraising toolkit:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pa7qm8r3TuvVXWnXrTIyHU6XP0UCSfYv?usp=sharing

When we reduce people to diagnoses, labels, or assumptions, we miss the full human being in front of us. 💚Every person c...
05/18/2026

When we reduce people to diagnoses, labels, or assumptions, we miss the full human being in front of us. 💚

Every person carries a story, strengths, relationships, struggles, hopes, and experiences that deserve compassion and understanding.

Supportive conversations begin when we focus on the person first.

Mental health awareness is not only about recognizing challenges. It is also about creating spaces where people feel respected, heard, and valued as whole people. 🌲

Everyone comes to the 2nd Annual Tom London Memorial Walk carrying a different story. 💚Some walk in memory of someone th...
05/18/2026

Everyone comes to the 2nd Annual Tom London Memorial Walk carrying a different story. 💚

Some walk in memory of someone they lost.
Some walk for recovery.
Some walk for hope.
Some walk to support a friend, family member, or community.
Some walk because they know what it feels like to need support themselves.

Every reason matters. Every story belongs here. 🌲

Join us on May 30 in Eagan, as we walk together to support peer-led mental health and substance use recovery services across Minnesota.

Learn more or join the walk:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/peer-to-peer/2026-tom-london-memorial-walk

Walk shirt preorder:
https://www.bonfire.com/tom-london-memorial-walk-2026-shirt/

Address

738 3rd Avenue NW
Eagle Bend, MN
56446

Telephone

+18448439489

Website

http://mnwitw.org/

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