{"id":624545,"date":"2026-10-08T17:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/624545\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T17:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:12:14","slug":"mental-health-hero-awards-to-honor-chattanooga-leaders-making-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/624545\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Hero Awards to honor Chattanooga leaders making a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHATTANOOGA \u2014 The inaugural Mental Health Hero Awards will be held this month at the Westin, recognizing people and organizations making a difference in mental health across Chattanooga. <\/p>\n<p>The event is being hosted by the AIM Center, a nonprofit that serves adults living with serious mental illness and focuses on mental health recovery. <\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Mental Health Hero Awards to honor Chattanooga leaders making a difference\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/62c2dd53-cbdd-4646-8dd7-2c2b018678d1-MentalHealthHeroAwardsINTERVIEW.00_03_26_47.Still002.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mental Health Hero Awards to honor Chattanooga leaders making a difference<\/p>\n<p>The awards include 10 categories recognizing a range of contributions, including health care, advocacy, youth work and a lifetime achievement award. <\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the event is designed to recognize people whose work is often done behind the scenes while helping reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness. <\/p>\n<p>The AIM Center also provides a community-based place where people can work toward independence, employment, housing and other personal goals while connecting with others experiencing similar challenges. <\/p>\n<p>Organizers encourage people struggling with their mental health to seek support and emphasize that recovery can be a shared process and that people do not have to face those challenges alone. <\/p>\n<p>Nominees and award recipients are being highlighted on the AIM Center&#8217;s website and social media pages ahead of the ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHATTANOOGA \u2014 The inaugural Mental Health Hero Awards will be held this month at the Westin, recognizing people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-624545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}