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11/05/2025

COMMUNITY CALL: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 💚

We’re packing fresh food boxes for our neighbors and we need your hands + hearts! Come help us make sure everyone has access to fresh, real food.

🗓 Monday, Nov 10th @ 8:00 AM
📍 Montgomery Curb Market — 1004 Madison Avenue

Bring a friend, wear comfy shoes, and be ready to spread love through good food. We would truly appreciate your help. 💚

Comment “I’m in” or DM to let us know you’ll be stopping by. Let’s show up for each other, Montgomery!

11/03/2025

Brain scans reveal depression isn’t just a chemical imbalance

For years the world was told depression comes from “low serotonin.” A simple chemical switch in the brain. But new brain imaging research is rewriting the story. Scientists are now seeing depression not as one broken molecule but as a complex shift in brain circuits emotions stress response systems and even inflammation. The brain is not just missing a chemical. It is struggling to process the world.

Modern scans show changes in how brain regions talk to each other. Circuits tied to emotion memory and motivation can go quiet or misfire. Chronic stress can physically reshape neural pathways. Trauma can leave fingerprints deep in the mind. Depression is not a flaw in your personality and it is not a single chemical error. It is the brain adapting to pain overload stress and life experiences in ways we are only beginning to understand.

This changes something important. If depression is complex healing can be too. Medication may still help but it is not the only answer. Therapy lifestyle shifts purpose social support and trauma work all matter. You are not broken and you are not simple. Your brain is powerful and layered and every pathway that changed can be rebuilt in time.

Science is catching up to something people with depression always knew. It is real it is deep and it deserves understanding not blame.

10/31/2025

10/18/2025

We’ve been working hard to make this year’s Fall Festival one to remember! Join us for a fun-filled day with games, food, music, and activities for the whole family! 💙❤️

🎟️ Get your wristbands early!

https://www.givebacks.com/causes/811f9627-3fa9-486b-aa3e-052f01a5075c/shop/items/e5f6ffb6e5

🍬 We’re also collecting candy and small prizes to make the festival extra exciting for our children. PLEASE MESSAGE IF YOU CAN DONATE!

Let’s make this a fantastic celebration for our students and families! (Vendors posted in comments)