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03/24/2026

The South Bay Yacht Club is one of the Bay Area's hidden gems. This charming venue has been very generous to ARCC, always providing a welcoming place for us to hold meetings and get-togethers. If you are looking for something fun to do this weekend, consider bringing the family to their annual Chili Cook-Off & Art Show (and Boat Equipment Sale!). https://southbayyachtclub.org/events

03/19/2026

Are you interested in building a community and putting out some positivity? Maybe you would like to celebrate your birthday in a meaningful way or just feel like you're making a difference during these times of world chaos. If you'd like to support ARCC, you can now host a personal fundraiser via our new site that makes it super easy to set up your own page. Visit https://fundraise.givesmart.com/e/zRdmEg?vid=1o6pjm to get started today!

03/08/2026

Happy International Women's Day from ARCC!

03/08/2026

Friendly reminder that tonight you will spring your clocks forward for Daylight Savings time! Decades of studies have shown that sunlight has a powerful, and often positive, effect not only on mental health, but also on physical health and general well-being. Hooray for more sunlight!

03/06/2026

Times are scary and confusing for all of us, especially for youth in underresourced communities. Simply showing up for them to listen to their fears and hopes can make a big difference. It's what our caring staff members and volunteer mentors do every day at ARCC.

02/06/2026

Our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Summer Devi Mehta, who tragically took her own life this week. Please consider making a gift to The Trevor Project so that youth like Summer might get the caring support that they need before it is too late.

In Honor of Summer Devi Mehta

01/09/2026

It's important to your mental health to set yourself up to succeed and that can apply to a New Year's resolution, so here are some tips to help in that regard. Whether you're making resolutions now or anytime throughout the year, we are all for making changes for the better!
https://www.verywellmind.com/why-new-years-resolutions-fail-6823972

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/platonic-psychology/202512/why-new-years-resolutions-fail-the-missing-fourth-element

https://www.apa.org/topics/behavioral-health/new-year-resolutions

Many people make New Year's resolutions but few keep them. Learn the psychology behind why our resolutions fail and what we can do to meet our goals instead.

12/29/2025

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Email from Alum Rock Counseling Center, Inc. Your gift matters. There is still time to help Alum Rock Counseling Center (ARCC) continue to guide our community's children from the depths of fear, distr

12/21/2025

ARCC's offices will be closed from 12/22-12/26. If you need support, please know that you are not alone. You can reach out to the National Su***de and Crisis Line by phone at 800-273-8255 or text "BAY" or "RENEW" to 741741. Happy Holidays from our ARCC family to yours!

12/18/2025

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Email from Alum Rock Counseling Center, Inc. Please consider giving to ARCC this holiday season Dear Friends, Alum Rock Counseling Center has always filled a unique need in our community, where specia

12/15/2025

Our allcove Palo Alto program, which is a space for youth to find community support and advice or to just take a moment to pause, has recently faced funding challenges, but the youth and the community see the value of this resource in these troubling times and are fighting to save it. If you're interested in reading more, please follow this link: https://www.paloaltoonline.com/youth/2025/12/10/well-worth-it-palo-alto-students-rally-to-save-mental-health-center/

If you're interested in signing the petition (Community/Youth) to help save this program, please follow one of the links below (Community Petition for adult signatures, Youth Petition for youth signatures):
https://www.change.org/p/community-petition-protect-youth-mental-health-preserve-funding-for-allcove-palo-alto?recruiter=213121906&recruited_by_id=cea3fa40-9d8d-11e4-adf8-f36f5c86f8d9&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=copylink

https://www.change.org/p/youth-petition-save-allcove-palo-alto-we-need-our-mental-health-center-to-stay-open

During a busy school finals season, local high school senior Nico Fischer has something else on his mind. Amid another Palo Alto youth su***de cluster, he wants more people to know that mental health services are on the county's chopping block.

12/10/2025

Next week, ARCC's clinicians will be passing out 149 gifts generously provided by Family Giving Tree (FGT) as part of their Holiday Wish Drive to bring our clients ages 0-19 some much-needed cheer. Thanks to for their continuing partnership in this wonderful endeavor, and for everything else that they do for our community.