This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week, and World Mental Health Day is Friday. It’s a helpful reminder, but the truth is West Virginians don’t wait for a calendar to do the right thing. We check on our neighbors. We bring a casserole, and we bring a phone number. We don’t look away when someone’s struggling. We lean in. That’s who we are and how we live.

Over the past year, National Alliance of Mental Illness' work in West Virginia has expanded with that same spirit. We’ve grown education and peer support, so families have somewhere to turn. We’ve built new partnerships with universities and college campuses, providers and community leaders so people can move from “I need help” to “I’m getting help.” We’ve aligned with local groups that know their counties and communities best, becaus

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