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Wellness Week with Herren

Monday, March 4th – Saturday, March 9th, 2024

What is Wellness Week with Herren?

Be You. Live Well.

Wellness Week With Herren is a nationwide event happening every year during the first full week of March. Chris Herren and the entire Herren Organization come together, with schools and communities across the country, to celebrate and participate in healthy activities to help prevent the misuse of substances, empower those affected by the disease of addiction and encourage overall well-being.

Get involved with your school, family, friends, community or workplace! Don’t forget to wear your purple to show your “BE YOU, LIVE WELL” spirit!

Thank you for an amazing Wellness Week With Herren 2023!

Mark your calendars for Wellness Week With Herren March 4-9, 2024!

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8 elements of wellness

Why Wellness?

Prevention. Wellness. Recovery.

Oftentimes, when we’re met with stress, we resort to unhealthy coping mechanisms – like drugs and alcohol. Wellness Week with Herren is all about practicing healthy ways of handling life’s challenges with the goal of the prevention and recovery of substance use disorder.

Wellness assists us in establishing boundaries, creating healthy habits and loving who we are. Practicing wellness allows us to take our own journey to create healthy, happy, fulfilling lives. This framework helps prevent the misuse of substances and helps those in recovery feel more grounded in their sobriety.

Overall physical, mental and social wellbeing help us live the amazing lives we deserve, free from the negative effects of substances. Wellness gives us tools to meet life’s challenges and joys substance-free and strengthen our “sense of self.”

Practice wellness, connect with your best self, and BE YOU, LIVE WELL!

We encourage you to show your spirit by wearing purple and join the Herren Organizations by participating in one or more wellness activities or events during the week.

Why Wellness?

Prevention. Wellness. Recovery.

Oftentimes, when we’re met with stress, we resort to unhealthy coping mechanisms – like drugs and alcohol. Wellness Week with Herren is all about practicing healthy ways of handling life’s challenges with the goal of the prevention and recovery of substance use disorder.

Wellness assists us in establishing boundaries, creating healthy habits and loving who we are. Practicing wellness allows us to take our own journey to create healthy, happy, fulfilling lives. This framework helps prevent the misuse of substances and helps those in recovery feel more grounded in their sobriety.

Overall physical, mental and social wellbeing help us live the amazing lives we deserve, free from the negative effects of substances. Wellness gives us tools to meet life’s challenges and joys substance-free and strengthen our “sense of self.”

Practice wellness, connect with your best self, and BE YOU, LIVE WELL!

We encourage you to show your spirit by wearing purple and join the Herren Organizations by participating in one or more wellness activities or events during the week.

8 elements of wellness

How to Participate

Join the Herren Organizations by committing to one or more wellness activities and/or events during the week of March 4th – 9th, 2024.

All activity sheets, discussion guides, social posts, and flyers are included in the downloadable toolkit.

  • I will wear purple and show my purple spirit!

    • Encourage your town to decorate buildings, mailboxes, etc. with purple ribbons and lights.
    • Organize a pep-rally at your school to show your purple spirit.
    • Decorate your school or office with wellness posters.

  • I will commit to participating in one or more wellness activities.

    • Wellness Bingo
    • Book List
    • Dinner Discussions

    • I AM Poster
    • SELf-care Action Plan
    • 20 Steps to Wellness

  • I will sign up for a First Day Film rental.

    • Day and time TBD. Learn more about the First Day Film.

  • I will commit to “Giving Back.”

    • Set up a collection site and give back to a local recovery house, sober living facility, or organization in your community.

  • I will commit to participating in one or more fitness-related activities.

    • Herren Fitness Challenge
    • Herren Peloton Ride (day and time TBD)
    • Host my own wellness run/walk

  • I will use/read Herren Project Substance Use Discussion Guides.

    • Age appropriate discussion guides for parents and educators to start the conversation about substance use with youth.

  • I will commit to sharing Wellness Week with Herren on my social media.

    • Share your participation in Wellness Week with Herren with us by using the hashtags #WWWH or #WWWH24 and tag Herren Project.

  • I will create my own Wellness Week with Herren activity and share with us.

    • Get creative! Create your own Wellness Week with Herren activity or event and share it with us on social media during the week.

Not able to participate in Wellness Week with Herren?
You can still show your commitment to wellness by supporting our work! Make a donation to Herren Project today.

Be You, Live Well

Join the Herren Organizations and commit to participating in one or more activities and/or events during the week. Whether you decorate your school or workplace purple or you host a wellness walk, there are many ways to get involved and spread the “BE YOU, LIVE WELL” message!

Register today to download the toolkit with everything you’ll need to get started!

Be You, Live Well

Join the Herren Organizations and commit to participating in one or more activities and/or events during the week. Whether you decorate your school or workplace purple or you host a wellness walk, there are many ways to get involved and spread the “BE YOU, LIVE WELL” message!

Register today to download the toolkit with everything you’ll need to get started!

Posters

Posters

Decorate your school, office or community with Wellness Week posters to encourage others to get involved too!

Wellness Week Gear

Banners, Stickers & Gear

Spread the message of wellness! Print your own Wellness Week with Herren banners, stickers and t-shirts!

Wellness Week Activities

Activities & Events

Commit to participating in one or more activities and/or events during the week. All activity sheets, discussion guides, social posts and flyers are included in the toolkit.

2023 Community Partners

Become a community partner and share the “BE YOU, LIVE WELL” message with your community. Commit to participating in one or more activities and/or events during the week and stand with the Herren Organizations to spread the message of wellness and prevention across the country.

2023 Community Partners

Become a community partner and share the “BE YOU, LIVE WELL” message with your community. Commit to participating in one or more activities and/or events during the week  and stand with the Herren Organizations to spread the message of wellness and prevention across the country.

Portsmouth Prevention Coalition
Newport County Prevention Coalition Wellness Week with Herren Community Partner
Rock to Recovery
Worcester DA
The Decisions We Make
Substance Free Athletics Logo
Middletown Prevention Coalition Wellness Week with Herren Communuity Partner
Middletown Prevention Coalition Wellness Week with Herren Communuity Partner
Peace Love Wellness Week with Herren Community Partner
The Family Dinner Project Wellness Week with Herren Community Partner
Stop Tigard Logo
The YMCA
Step One Halfway House
Wake Monarch Academy
Mobilize Recovery logo
Southeastern Technical Institute Logo
Highland Park High School
Worcester Railers L:ogo
Tigard Logo
Community Living Above Logo
Tigard School
This Week in Worcester Logo
Tigard Community Coalition logo
Lincoln County Unite for Youth logo
Dayton High School Logo
Charlton Middle School logo
Cedar House School Logo
Integrative Healthcare Solutions
South High School Logo
Pier Recovery Services Logo
Pell Elementary Logo
Amarillo ISD Counseling Logo
Mechanicville City School District Logo
Haverhill High School Logo
Tualatin Together Logo
Oaks Recovery Logo
New Hartford CSD Perry Jr. High Logo
Amos House Logo
Redwood Elementary School Logo
Tantasqua Regional High School Logo
The Greene School Logo
Westford Academy Logo
Worcester Technical High School Logo
Mountview Middle School Logo
Mills Godwin High School Logo
Melville Elementary School Logo
Laurel High School Logo
John A Holmes High School Logo
Howard Hathaway School Logo
Haddon Township High School Logo
Amityville High School Logo
Duffin Media Logo
Next Chance Recovery Logo
Talbot Goes Purple Logo
Zero Dark Thirty Coffee Logo
Wild Flow Barre Yoga Logo
The Affinity House Logo
The Recovery Guide Logo
Speedcraft Nissan Logo
Southern Maine Community College Logo
Speedcraft Acura Logo
Sober 4 Life Logo
NJ Reentry Corporation Logo
New Roots Logo
Restoration Recovery Logo
Oregon Moms for Addiction Recovery Logo
Lifeline for Recovery Logo
Kingdom Builders Logo
Glorious Recovery Foundation Logo
Elevate Recovery Homes Logo
East Coast Recovery Center Logo
719 Practical Solutions LLC Logo
The Right Path logo
The Phoenix Logo
Serenity Recovery Connection Logo
One Shared Spirit Logo
New Season Treatment Center Logo
Sims Academy Logo
Potomac Highlands Guild Logo
One Health Logo
Indiana University Logo
Evansville Comprenhensive Treatment Center Logo
Catawba Indian Nation Logo
Cove Behavioral Health Logo
CASA Trinity Logo
Cable Mountain Lodge Logo
Calvert County Health Department Logo
Brisan Recovery Support Services Logo
Peabody Veterans Memorial High School Logo
Rockland Recovery Treatment Center Logo
BridgeWay House Logo
Mt Zion High School Logo
Moon Run VFD Logo
Area Substance Alcohol Abuse Prevention Logo
Bubbies Place Logo
Hope for Recovery Logo
Mount Saint Joseph Logo
Pennsylania Recovery Center Logo
Pinnacle Treatment Center Logo
Crush Fitness Studio
Will's Place
Long Beach High School
Boston Bull Dogs Running Club
Dragonolia
Prairie Central High School
Thriving United
Whole Again Counseling + Wellness
Ocean State Community Wellness
Brightview
Colonial House Outpatient Services
Ridgeview Adventure Therapy and Counseling Services, PLLC
Pen Friends Inc.
Newport Partnership For Families
Recovery Road Runners

Our First Annual Wellness Week with Herren

Coming Together to Live Well and Be You

Together, with thousands across the country, we celebrated wellness and recovery and the power of being you from March 2 - March 7, 2020.

We incorporated wellness in our daily lives through educational blogs and healthy activities like the Herren Fitness Challenge. We partnered with organizations like The Family Dinner Project to start the conversation around wellness. We celebrated recovery with our alumni and other across the country through Recovery Rocks.

It was a full week of positive events and activities to prevent the misuse of substances, empower those affected by the disease of addiction and encourage overall wellbeing.

We invite you to celebrate Wellness Week With Herren with us Monday, March 4th - Saturday, March 9th, 2024.

A Look Back at 2020

“Wellness starts within each of us. It is a choice to live and be better." - Chris Herren

“Wellness starts within each of us. It is a choice to live and be better." - Chris Herren

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