Awareness Events

We organize awareness events to cultivate a better understanding of mental health challenges amongst people and their families.

Therapeutic Tools

We create therapeutic tools to help children develop their emotional intellegience and become more comfortable in their own skin.

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Educational Resources

We introduce parents and parents-to-be to holistic healing options as a preventative and supplemental resource. 

Mental Health Awareness

It is time to bring talk about mental health issues to the forefront and leave the stigma behind. Teen suicide is on the rise, we are all in this together. There is an urgency to find solutions and bring about change.

The more comfortable parents become about discussing openly the mental health challenges their children are facing, the easier it will become to open up pathways to help.

​ELF is committed to promoting May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and encouraging people to come together and celebrate it in same way as October is celebrated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Therapeutic Tools

"The Power of Piggie Bear," is ELF’s first therapeutic tool, created to improve the mental health and wellness of young children by developing their emotional intelligence. The Piggie Bear character teaches children self-care techniques for dealing effectively with their emotions.

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“Piggie Bear is an adorable character that helps teach young children that we are all unique. Piggie Bear identifies and encourages acceptance of a range of emotions as well as demonstrates ways to breathe and express those emotions. Every child should have a Piggie Bear to love.” – Adrienne Matros, Psy.D.

Major League Baseball

Since 2017, ELF has been hosting awareness events at Major League Baseball games in the month of May. Starting locally at Angel Stadium in Los Angeles and Petco Park in San Diego, ELF expanded national and organized similar events at Yankees Stadium in New York and at a SunTrust Park in Atlanta.
Come join us at one of our events next spring! All the information will be posted on our events page.

Book Donations

Through crowdfunding, in 2018, ELF was able to raised $6000 so that “The Power of Piggie Bear”, A Piggie Bear® book can be donated to kindergarten classes at schools throughout Orange County.

ELF’s grand vision is to have “The Power of Piggie Bear”, distributed to countries throughout the world. The book has already been translated into Spanish and French, German and Hebrew are on the way.
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We have also created a teaching guide to help teachers and counselors maximize the use of the book with the children in their care.

High-5 Events

We hosted a our first High-5-A-Thon at Laguna Beach High School in 2016. After such a warm response from the community, we organized another event at Dana Hills High School in 2017. Our third High-5 carnival, in 2018, was an even bigger success and was officially sponsored by the city of Laguna Niguel.
These events provided over 700 people with access to local support groups and holistic healing options. They were also fun days filled with entertainment, games, raffles, and live music.

Achievements

In 2016, as a direct result of the advocacy of the Extraordinary Lives Foundation, 21 cities in Orange County, CA proclaimed May as National Mental Health Awareness month.
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We received two Congressional Awards in 2018 in recognition of our advocacy and support of mental health awareness.