SCAT Wellness Center

04/02/2026

🌄✨ Happy Easter, San Carlos! ✨🌄

Hi friends! It’s me, just super excited for Easter weekend! 🐣🌈 I wanted to share something important from our San Carlos Apache Tribe Wellness Center so everyone knows what’s going on.

The Wellness Center will be closed on Friday, April 3rd and Monday, April 6th so our families can enjoy the Easter holiday. We’ll all be back on Tuesday at 8:00 AM ready to help our community again!

But guess what? Even when the building is closed, you’re never alone. If you or someone you care about needs support, you can still call our Life Is Precious team at (928) 475‑1500. You can also reach the 24‑Hour Crisis Line at 1‑844‑534‑4673 anytime. Someone is always there to help.

I hope everyone has a fun, safe, and peaceful Easter weekend. 🌸💛
Let’s take care of each other, just like our Elders teach us.

04/01/2026

Listen here, mija/mijo, come sit for a minute.
I see you carrying all that weight on your shoulders like you're trying to move a whole mountain by yourself. Look at me—it’s okay to not be okay. You don’t have to have that "everything’s fine" face on all the time, especially when your heart is feeling heavy or your mind is racing like a wild horse.
If you or anyone in the family is hitting a rough patch, or if the struggle with the spirits or the medicine is getting to be too much, you don't have to hide it. There’s no shame in needing a hand to pull you up.
We’ve got people who care, and help is right there for you. You can head over to the Wellness Center, or call dem at (928) 475-1500—they’ve got folks there who know our ways and are ready to listen. Don't just sit there in the dark, okay? Your life is precious to us
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04/01/2026

April marks the beginning of Stress Awareness Month—a powerful reminder that our minds and bodies carry more than we often acknowledge. Stress shows up in our sleep, our relationships, our energy, and even our sense of hope. But it also gives us an opportunity: a chance to pause, breathe, and reconnect with what keeps us grounded.

As a community, we know that stress doesn’t impact everyone the same way. Many of us carry generational responsibilities, cultural expectations, and daily pressures that can feel heavy. This month invites us to honor those realities with compassion—and to remember that caring for our emotional well‑being is not a luxury. It’s a form of strength.

Whether you’re navigating work stress, family challenges, health concerns, or simply the pace of everyday life, you deserve support. Small steps—like movement, connection, rest, or talking with someone you trust—can make a meaningful difference.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, you’re not alone. Resources and support can be found at the Wellness Center (928) 475‑1500.
Reaching out is a sign of courage, and we’re here to walk with you.

03/26/2026

💙 End Child Abuse & Sexual Assault Awareness Parade
Every Child. Every Community. Stronger Together.

Join us as we walk in unity to raise awareness, honor survivors, and strengthen the circle of protection around our children. Your presence matters, and together we can create a safer, stronger future for every child in our community.

📅 April 8th
⏰ 10:00 AM
📍 From Burdette Hall down San Carlos Ave to the corner of the San Carlos Wellness Center

💛 Who’s Invited to Walk With Us
- Schools & Youth Programs
- Tribal Departments
- Community Members
- Royalty & Pageant Titleholders
- Families, Elders & Friends

Let’s show up with love, solidarity, and purpose.

🌐 More info: www.scatwellnesscenter.com
📞 Wellness Center: 928‑475‑1500
📞 Sexual Assault Response Team: 928‑475‑7152
📣 Contact: Randee Kitcheyan

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03/24/2026

W2W Walk/Run Family — We Want to Hear From You!
A big thank you to every single one of you who showed up for our 2026 Wellness to Wellness Walk/Run. Whether you walked, ran, rolled, or cheered from the sidelines, you made this event powerful. Your energy, your laughter, your stories — that’s what makes this more than a walk. It makes it community.

To keep growing this event in a good way, we’re asking all participants to take our short 6‑question post‑event survey. It only takes a minute, and your feedback helps us make next year even stronger, safer, and more meaningful for everyone.

✨ Your voice shapes this event.
✨ Your experience matters.
✨ Your feedback helps us honor our community better each year.

📲 Tap the link https://forms.gle/zrXCrKZLEK8nZunA7
or scan the QR code to share your thoughts.
Thank you for walking this path with us — literally and figuratively. Let’s keep building wellness together. 🌿💛

03/24/2026

My children, come sit with me for a moment. In our Apache way, food has always been more than something to fill the belly. The old ones taught us that what we eat becomes part of our spirit, our strength, and even the way our thoughts move through the day. When we ate the foods our land gave us — corn, beans, squash, wild greens, berries, deer, acorn, and the water that ran clear from the mountains — our bodies stayed strong, our minds stayed steady, and our hearts stayed connected.

These foods carried stories. They carried balance. They carried the wisdom of knowing when to eat, how much to eat, and how to listen to the body before it grew tired or heavy. Today, many of us are pulled toward fast foods, sugary drinks, and portions that leave us feeling slow in our minds and restless in our spirits. But we can return to the teachings. We can remember that every bite is a choice toward strength or struggle.

During National Nutrition Month, I want all my children — the little ones running around the yard, the teens finding their way, the adults carrying heavy loads, and the elders walking gently — to know this: your mind is connected to your plate. When you choose foods with color, fiber, and life, your thoughts become clearer. Your energy becomes steadier. Your mood becomes lighter. This is not a diet. This is remembering who we are.

Start small. Drink more water. Add one traditional food back into your week. Cook with your family. Share stories while you chop vegetables. Let food be the medicine our ancestors trusted.

We are Apache. We come from strength. And we can return to the foods that kept our people healthy for generations.

03/24/2026

Some days carry a quiet teaching, and today’s observance — National Each Person Is a Person of Worth Day — feels like one of those reminders our elders used to share when they’d say, “You came into this world with a purpose already inside you.” I’ve been thinking about how easy it is to forget our own worth when life gets heavy, when stress piles up, or when we feel like we’re carrying more than we can name. But this day invites us to slow down, breathe, and remember that every one of us has value that can’t be taken away.

For our mental health, that truth matters. When we feel worthy, we’re more likely to reach out for help, set boundaries, rest when we need to, and show kindness to ourselves. When we forget our worth, everything feels harder — relationships, work, even getting through the day. So I’m honoring this observance by reminding you the same way someone once reminded me: you matter, your story matters, and your healing matters. You don’t have to earn your worth. It’s already yours.

If today feels heavy, or if you just need someone to talk to, you’re not alone. Our community is stronger when we lift each other up, when we speak gently to ourselves, and when we remember that healing is something we deserve — not something we have to prove ourselves worthy of.

Resources and support can be found at the Wellness Center (928) 475‑1500.

03/24/2026

A birds eye view of the beginning of this year's W2W walk run thanks to Mr Stevens.

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03/20/2026

Eh, you’re still laying there? I know you watched that moon go down. Now come greet the sunrise with us instead of letting that couch claim you for another whole day.

It’s the morning of our Wellness 2 Wellness Walk | Run, and auntie is telling you straight:
Get up, stretch those legs, and go register. The table is open, your bib is waiting, and that cool morning air is ready to wake up your spirit.

🟦 Registration is happening right now — come get signed in and ready to move.
✨ On‑site registration is open, so no excuses today.

Come walk with the people, feel the land waking up, listen to the birds starting their day. You saw the moon set — now come watch the sun rise too, shí’į́į́.

🌄 Unplant yourself from that couch and come meet the morning with your relatives.
Your body will feel better, your mind will feel lighter, and auntie will be proud of you for choosing movement over scrolling.

📞 For more info: 928‑475‑1500

03/16/2026

03/16/2026

Alright relatives, here’s the path for this year’s W2W Walk/Run.”**

We’re starting right at the **northeast corner of the parking lot**, out front of the Peridot Wellness Center. From there, we’ll head **south along the east side of the parking lot**, following that edge straight into the **hospital housing compound**.

Once we’re inside the housing area, we’ll keep moving through and come out on the **southwest side**, where we’ll connect onto **Medicine Way**. From there, we hop onto the **sidewalk pathway** that leads toward the hospital signage and down toward the **Game & Fish recreation building**.

We’ll stay on that same sidewalk as we pass Game & Fish, then continue across the **Noline’s intersection**. Just keep following that path—nice and steady—all the way down to the **Rodeo Grounds intersection** and cross there.

After that crossing, we’ll pass the **Cultural Center**, head down the hill, and make our way toward the **Peridot Bridge**. At the end of that first bridge, look for the **opening in the fence**—that’s our connection point into the **Peridot farm fields**.

Once you step through that opening, that’s where the video picks up the rest of the route. From there, it’ll guide you all the way through the fields, across the river area, and on to the **finish line at the Skatepark.