Stress Less Fest

Join us for a fun, interactive and informative wellness-focused day featuring:

1. Make your own Terrarium by Mindfulness Room (From 2:00 to 2:45 p.m. & 3:00 to 3:45 p.m. in Mckenna and Peter, CUC, 2nd floor): During this event you will immerse into a magical world of plants. Lindsay Thompson, owner of Ruby Flora Plant Shop, will walk you through step by step on how to pick and build a terrarium perfect for your living space and style. All supplies will be provided.

Note: There will be two terrarium making sessions. The capacity is 25 people for each session and the registration is on the first come first served basis.

2. Choose to Reuse: No-sew Tote Bag Make and Take by CMU Green Practices (From 1 to 4p.m. in Connan, CUC, 1st floor): Have an old t-shirt you no longer want? Repurpose it into a tote bag! No sewing skills? No problem! We'll show you how to transform an old tshirt into a bag without any sewing skills required. Bring your own shirt or use one of ours.

3. Create & Connect by Lean on Me (From 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Pake, CUC, 2nd floor): Step into a world of artistic camarderie at the "Create & Connect" event! Join us for an unforgettable day filled with crafty conversations as well as arts and crafts sessions, including button and candle making, painting, and origami.

4. Fast Friends by Peer Health Advocates (From 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Dowd, CUC, 2nd floor): Meet your Peer Health Advocates by engaging one-on-one in a surprise connective activity. Rotate PHAs and activities every 5-10 minutes.

5. Board Game Room by Here For You and Board Games Club (From 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Andy's Alcove, Next to Tartan Ink, CUC, Lower Level): Board gaming is not only an engagement with playful stories but also a social action to travel to a fictional world with friends or strangers! Isn't the essence of life just to experience and to play around? Join Here For You and CMU Board Game Club for an immersive dive into the games and have fun!

6. Hygge Hideaway by Wellness Initiatives and Here For You (From 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Connan, 1st floor, CUC): Hygge, pronounced "hoo-guh", is a Danish term that has no direct translation in English, though 'cozy' comes close. And winter is the most hygge time of the year. Come and experience some coziness and comfort in warm soup, hot chocolate, candles, conversations, a fireplace, snow-flake making, notes of encouragement and community
Note: Soup station and hot chocolate bar will be set up from 1 to 4:00 p.m. or until supplies last. Don't forget to bring your own hot chocolate mug!

7. Improv Comedy with Goob City (From 3 to 4 p.m. in Connan, CUC, 1st floor): Join Goob City! a team made up of students from Steel City Improv Theater for a quick performance. Stick around to learn some improv games!

See you at the fest

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Co-hosted with: SLICE Office, Here For You, Lean On Me at CMU, CMU Green Practices, Peer Health Advocates, Mindfulness Room Team (OWNER)

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