ARTA Mental Wellness Challenge BINGO
ARTA takes pride in promoting a healthy, active,
and enhanced quality of life to our members.
Wellness is one of ARTA’s strategic goals and
we do our best to provide members with tools
to implement wellness into their daily lives.
Physical wellness and being active is a big part of
maintaining a healthy lifestyle; mental wellness
is important for our overall health as it influences
how we think, feel, and make decisions in our daily
life. Mental wellness awareness can sometimes
be overshadowed by physical wellness concerns;
however, being mentally fit is a huge part of
staying healthy.
According to the World Health Organization,
mental wellness is defined as “a state of well-being
in which the individual realizes his or her own
abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life,
can work and fruitfully make a contribution to his
or her community.” If you take care of your mental
wellness, you benefit from having a healthy state
of mind, and your friends, family, and community
will also benefit. Being mentally well will give you
a zest for living and the ability to live a happy life
and bounce back from adversity.
Please submit your BINGO card by November 30 th , 2020.
Stay well and good luck!
ARTA knows that our members’ mental health
is important and would like to introduce mental
health activities you can do to flex your mental
wellness muscles. On the back of this page you will
see a wellness BINGO sheet with suggested mental
wellness activities. We hope to inspire you to try
new skills to boost your mental wellness.
HOW IT WORKS
Once you have completed a mental wellness
exercise on the bingo card, cross it off and move on
to the next exercise. For every completed “bingo”
(a line across, down, or diagonal) you will receive
one entry into a draw (up to a maximum of three
entries). If you get a “blackout,” you will get five
entries! Each entry will give you the chance to win
some great prizes including ARTA gear from the
ARTA apparel store. The bingo card can be found
online at arta.net/BINGO if you would like to
download a copy.
You can submit your BINGO card by emailing a
picture or scanning your card to
jhope@arta.net.
81%
of Canadians are more
aware of mental health issues
compared to five years ago
94%
of seniors in Canada who
experience mental health
problems have chronic
physical conditions
Being socially connected
and challenging your brain
can reduce the overall
dementia burden by
35%
Running for 15 minutes a day
or walking for an hour reduces
the risk of major depression by
26%
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Find out more about Canadian
seniors and mental health at:
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