More than 100 buildings across the nation lighting up green for Mental Health Month in May

Niagara Falls, stadiums, and bridges also lighting green to raise awareness

Alexandria, VA – This May more than 100 landmarks across the nation will be lit in green, the color of mental health awareness, to mark the beginning of Mental Health Month and encourage the public to learn about their well-being and take a mental health screening.

Half of Americans will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime, and 1 in 5 will experience a mental health condition in a given year. It is important that those experiencing early symptoms of a mental health condition know what to look for and get screened.

This year’s Mental Health Month theme is Look Around, Look Within. The campaign focuses on how mental health is impacted by surroundings, including housing, the home environment, neighborhoods and towns, and the outdoors and nature. Mental Health America (MHA) has a full downloadable toolkit of free educational resources to help people understand and change their surroundings in favor of their well-being.

Since 1949, MHA, its 141 affiliates, and countless others have observed May as Mental Health Month by reaching out to millions of people to spread the word that mental health is something everyone should care about. Mental Health Month is a time to raise awareness, educate the public about mental health conditions and the importance of prevention and early intervention, reduce the stigma that surrounds these conditions, and encourage screening. MHA offers free, anonymous, clinically validated screenings at MHAScreening.org.

Members of the public are asked to post photos of landmarks lighting up green on Instagram and tag @MentalHealthAmerica.

Don’t see your building on the list below but want to join us in lighting up green during May? Want to volunteer to photograph one of these landmarks for MHA? Email us at jzimmerman@mhanational.org.

ALABAMA

  • Alabama A&M University Event Center (Huntsville) – May 10-31

ARIZONA

  • Eloy Water Tower (Eloy) – May 1-3 
  • Gilbert Water Tower (Gilbert) – May 1
  • Glendale City Hall (Glendale) – all month

CALIFORNIA

  • Behavioral Wellness Adult Outpatient Clinic, Calle Real (Santa Barbara) – all month 
  • Behavioral Wellness Carmen Lane Building (Santa Maria) – all month 
  • Behavioral Wellness Casa Del Mural (Santa Barbara) – all month Behavioral Wellness Del La Vina Building (Santa Barbara) – all month 
  • Behavioral Wellness La Morada Building (Santa Barbara) – all month 
  • Behavioral Wellness Lompoc Children's Clinic (Lompoc) – all month 
  • Behavioral Wellness Skyway Building (Santa Maria) – all month
  • Collins Electrical Company, Inc. (Stockton) – all month 
  • Communify (Santa Maria) – all month 
  • Communify I Center (Lompoc) – all month 
  • Communify Toddler Center (Lompoc) – all month 
  • Family Service Agency, West Chestnut (Lompoc) – all month 
  • Family Service Agency, South B Street (Lompoc) – all month 
  • Family Service Agency, West Chestnut (Lompoc) – all month 
  • Family Service Agency, West Gutierrez Street (Santa Barbara) – all month 
  • Foodbank Sharehouse Administration Center (Goleta) – all month 
  • Isla Vista Community Center (Del Mar) – all month 
  • Isla Vista Community Center (Isla Vista) – all month 
  • Levi’s Stadium (Santa Clara) – May 12 (8-10 p.m. PT) 
  • Lompoc Veterans Memorial Building (Lompoc) – all month 
  • Mental Wellness Center (Santa Barbara) – all month
  • Moreno Valley M (Moreno Valley) – May 4 
  • PathPoint, Laguna Street (Santa Barbara) – all month 
  • PathPoint, Professional Parkway (Santa Maria) – all month 
  • PathPoint, West Haley Street (Santa Barbara) – all month 
  • Sails Pavilion (San Diego) – May 9 
  • Santa Barbara County Agnes Building (Santa Maria) – all month 
  • Santa Barbara County Behavioral Wellness Building #3 (Santa Barbara) – all month 
  • Santa Barbara County Courthouse (Santa Barbara) – all month 
  • Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office Headquarters (Santa Barbara) – all month 
  • Santa Maria Administration Building (Santa Maria) – all month 
  • Santa Maria Agnes Building (Lompoc) – all month 
  • Santa Maria Valley Youth & Family Center (Santa Maria) – all month 
  • SBC Behavioral Wellness Children's Clinic (Santa Barbara) – all month 
  • SBC Lompoc Administration Building (Lompoc) – all month 
  • SBC Office of Emergency Management (Santa Barbara) – all month 
  • Zona Seca (Santa Barbara) – all month

CANADA/U.S.

  • Niagara Falls – May 1 (at 10 p.m. ET)

COLORADO

  • Empower Field at Mile High (Denver) – May 8-12

CONNECTICUT

  • Beehive Bridge (New Britain) – May 1-8
  • Carter Mario Law Firm (Milford) – May 1-8 
  • Stamford Health (Stamford) – TBD 
  • The Hartford Corporate Office Headquarters (Hartford) – May 1-8

FLORIDA

  • Brorein Street Bridge (Tampa) – May 1 and 8 
  • City Hall (Panama City Beach) – all month 
  • Curtis Hixton Park, palm trees and Louver Fountain (Tampa) – May 1 and 8 
  • Fortune Street Bridge (Tampa) – May 1 and 8 
  • Hard Rock Stadium (Miami) – May 10 
  • Kennedy Boulevard Bridge (Tampa) – May 1 and 8 
  • Old City Hall (Tampa) – May 1 and 8 
  • Platt Street Bridge (Tampa) – May 1 and 8 
  • Sunshine Skyway Bridge (Tampa) – last week of May 
  • Tampa Riverwalk (Tampa) – May 1 and 8 
  • The Wheel at ICON Park (Orlando) – May 1

GEORGIA

  • Green Street (Gainesville) – various dates
  • Mercedes Benz Stadium (Atlanta) – May 1

ILLINOIS

  • The Wrigley Building – May 2

INDIANA

  • AES Indiana (Indianapolis) – May 2 
  • Dr. MLK Jr. Memorial Bridge (Fort Wayne) – May 1
  • Monument Circle (Indianapolis) – May 10-16

IOWA

  • Alliant Energy Tower (Cedar Rapids) – May 6-14 
  • Davenport Skybridge (Davenport) – May 1-9

KANSAS

  • Johnson County Mental Health Center's Recovery Place (Shawnee) – all month 

KENTUCKY

  • Carson Center (Paducah) – May 12 
  • City Center (Lexington) – May 12 
  • Helix Garage (Lexington) – May 1-5

LOUISIANA

  • Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge) – May 4

MAINE

  • Penobscot Job Corps Center (Bangor) – all month

MARYLAND

  • Arundel Center (Annapolis) – all month
  • City of Annapolis City Hall (Annapolis) – all month
  • Harford County Department of Community Services (Bel Air) – May 1-7 
  • J. Kent McKnew Family Medical Center (Parole) – all month
  • Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center (Parole) – all month
  • Sheppard Pratt (Baltimore) – May 1-7 
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (Glen Burnie) – May 1-5
  • University of Maryland School of Social Work (Baltimore) – May 1-7

MASSACHUSETTS

  • Boston City Hall (Boston) – May 1 
  • Fore River Bridge (Quincy/Weymouth) – May 1 
  • Gillette Stadium (Foxborough) – May 2
  • Kenneth F. Burns Memorial Bridge (Worchester) – May 1 
  • Longfellow Bridge (Boston) – May 1
  • Mass General Brigham, Assembly Row (Somerville) – May 11 
  • Melrose City Hall (Melrose) – May 1 
  • MiraVista Behavioral Health Center (Holyoke) – May 1
  • UMass Chan Medical School Sherman Center (Worcester) – all month 
  • Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge (Boston) – May 1

MICHIGAN

  • McKay Tower (Grand Rapids) – April 28-May 1
  • Memorial Healthcare (Owosso) – all month

MINNESOTA

  • 35W Bridge (Minneapolis) – May 4 
  • 100 & 111 Washington Square (Minneapolis) – May 1 
  • Capella Tower (Minneapolis) – May 5 
  • Four Seasons (Minneapolis) – May 5
  • Glencoe Regional Health (Glencoe) – all month 
  • IDS Center (Minneapolis) – May 5
  • Le Sueur County Government Center (Le Center) – all month 
  • Louisiana Avenue and Highway 7 Bridge (St. Louis Park) – May 1 
  • Lowry Avenue Bridge (Minneapolis) – May 1-14 
  • Nicollet Mall (Minneapolis) – May 5
  • Sperry Tower (Eagan) – May 3 
  • Target Corporation (Minneapolis) – May 5
  • Target Field (Minneapolis) – May 5
  • The France Avenue Lights (Edina) – May 1-14 
  • US Bancorp Center (Minneapolis) – May 5
  • US Bank Stadium (Minneapolis) – May 5
  • Washington Square (Minneapolis) – May 5

MISSOURI

  • Heartland Behavioral Health (Nevada) – all month
  • Raymore City Hall (Raymore) – all month

MONTANA

  • Beaverhead County Courthouse Clock Tower (Dillon) – all month

NEBRASKA

  • Bellevue University (Bellevue) – May 8 
  • Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge (Omaha) – May 1 
  • Bridges Trust (Omaha) – May 1 
  • Do Space Omaha (Omaha) – May 1 
  • Rose Theatre (Omaha) – May 1 
  • University of Nebraska Omaha Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (Omaha) – May 1

NEW HAMPSHIRE

  • Lakes Region Mental Health Center (Laconia) – all month 
  • Melcher & Prescott Insurance (Laconia) – all month 
  • The Belknap Mill (Laconia) – May 8-31

NEW JERSEY

  • Johnson & Johnson Corporate Office (New Brunswick) – all month

NEW YORK

  • Endwell Family Physicians (Endwell) – all month
  • Hempstead Town Hall (Hempstead) – May 1
  • Nassau County Executive Building (Mineola) – May 1
  • Whitesboro Middle School (Whitesboro) – all month

NORTH CAROLINA

  • Crown Coliseum (Fayetteville) – May 1-5 
  • Wells Fargo’s Duke Energy Center (Charlotte) – May 11

NORTH DAKOTA

  • Fargo City Hall (Fargo) – May 1-2

OHIO

  • Miami County Ohio Courthouse (Troy) – each weekend
  • Paycor Stadium (Cincinnati) – May 1 
  • Terminal Tower (Cleveland) – May 1

OKLAHOMA

  • Skydance Bridge (Oklahoma City) – May 1

PENNSYLVANIA

  • Cira Centre (Philadelphia) – May 4-6
  • Chester County Historic Courthouse (West Chester) – May 22-28
  • One Oxford Centre (Pittsburgh) – May 1
  • Pennsylvania State Capitol (Harrisburg) – May 1  
  • Pyramid Club (Philadelphia) – May 1

RHODE ISLAND

  • Sakonnet River Bridge (Tiverton) – May 1

SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Pee Dee Mental Health Center (Florence) – May 1
  • Wofford College (Spartanburg) – May 8-14

TENNESSEE

  • East Tennessee Behavioral Health (Knoxville) – May 1 
  • Knoxville Convention Center (Knoxville) – TBD 
  • Korean Veterans Memorial Bridge (Nashville) – May 10 
  • Nissan Stadium (Nashville) – May 12

TEXAS

  • AT&T Building (Dallas) – May 1 
  • Bank of America Plaza (Dallas) – May 1 
  • The Hunt Oil Building (Dallas) – May 1
  • Marriott Rivercenter (San Antonio) – May 1 
  • Region One Education Service Center (Edinburg) – all month 
  • Reunion Tower (Dallas) – May 1 
  • Sperry Tower (Eagan) – May 3

WASHINGTON

  • Amazon Sphere's (Seattle) – May 11
  • Columbia Center (Seattle) – May 1

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About Mental Health America

Mental Health America (MHA) is the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and promoting the overall mental health of all. MHA’s work is driven by its commitment to promote mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including prevention services for all; early identification and intervention for those at risk; integrated care, services, and supports for those who need them; with recovery as the goal. Learn more at MHAnational.org.