Be Strong and the Never Alone Campaign keep advancing efforts to link students, parents, guardians, school personnel, foundations, and business allies in closing care gaps for youth.

As schools nationwide shut down for summer, numerous young individuals lose routine entry to vital supports that function as key lifelines year-round.

To address this seasonal shortfall, Be Strong broadens availability of assistance, guidance, and compassion via the Be Strong App, fresh care alliances, peer leadership programs, and the debut of Season Two in the Never Alone Series.

For over ten years, Be Strong has focused on bolstering mental, emotional, and relational wellness by eliminating obstacles to aid and linking people to prompt help, reliable tools, and sustained support. With an expanding web of allies, schools, neighborhoods, and medical providers, the group works to guide individuals toward solutions during tough times.

Calls for dependable assistance keep rising.

During the opening four months of 2026, over 15,700 people reached out for aid through Be Strong tools, and needs for guidance and care are climbing nationwide.

Driving this mission is the Be Strong App, a fresh navigation platform that joins individuals and households to quick help, reliable guidance, and continued care. Offered free of charge, the app lets users pinpoint needs and tap into options from mental health aid and crisis response to food support, housing options, medical navigation, financial relief, and further key services.

Ready at any time and place, the Be Strong App bridges the space between spotting an issue and locating workable answers, so individuals and families gain support ahead of problems escalating.

"Be Strong places mental health tools right in a young person's grasp. Teens facing mental health hurdles encounter major blocks to care, such as steep costs, limited spots, and shortages of culturally attuned options. Delivering resources straight to adolescents and their caregivers can shift the game, reaching youth early along their mental health risk path and securing faster care that lowers dangers and preserves lives." - Dr. Pamela Morris-Perez, Professor of Applied Psychology at NYU and Be Strong Advisory Board Member

Over one recent weekend, the Be Strong crew examined notes from people and families nationwide who found the group while seeking aid.

The inquiries showed striking similarities.

"Without insurance I am struggling to find any help."

"Nothing is free. What's the catch?"

"Is it legitimate or are you running some kind of a scam?"

"Do you have help for neurodivergent people?"

"My daughter is uninsured and low income and needs help."

"My son sent me this. Do y'all offer help for dads too?"

"How do we know this can't be used against us later?"

"I live in a state where there is a shortage of mental healthcare providers."

These notes highlight that the issue goes beyond missing services. People seek support they can trust, afford, reach, and manage.

One note summed up the situation in a manner that lingers with the team:

"I'm glad to know there was something pure and real in this crazy painful attempt to get help."

For Be Strong, that note acts as both a prompt and a duty. Behind each ask stands a person seeking ties, empathy, and a way ahead. Broadening access to aid goes beyond programs. It means that when someone reaches out, they meet reliable tools, genuine support, and real staff ready to guide their next move.

One key way the group advances these talks is the Never Alone Campaign and Never Alone Series, a discussion-led podcast and video effort aimed at normalizing help-seeking, promoting ties, and showcasing resilience tales.

Be Strong is pleased to unveil the launch of Season Two of the Never Alone Series, hosted by Jesula Jeannot and Ashleigh Cromer.

Found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube, the series delves into themes like mental health, resilience, leadership, relationships, identity, purpose, healing, and the quiet struggles many face. Through honest chats with advocates, leaders, creators, and changemakers, the series underscores that seeking help signals strength.

Season Two of the Never Alone Series gains strength from Logitech G, aiding the spread of talks that build resilience, encourage ties, and remind individuals and families that support exists and they are never alone. Via genuine stories and common goals, the alliance widens the reach of messages urging people to seek aid, gain care, and advance.

Erin Chin, Global Head of Brand Marketing at Logitech G and Be Strong Advisory Board Member, noted, "Real connection starts when we cease facing our issues alone. Logitech G stands firmly behind Be Strong's aim of forming resilient, supportive groups. Through Season Two of the Never Alone series, we are glad to boost the voices of changemakers, creators, and advocates who normalize mental health talks. Our alliance rests on a common aim: making sure everyone, everywhere, knows they have a community beside them and a clear route to trusted care."

The group's dedication to ongoing care gains further backing through its tie with BetterHelp, which helps link people to professional aid and cuts barriers that often block access to care.

United, Be Strong and BetterHelp turn moments of difficulty into chances for healing by ensuring people can reach trusted care, professional guidance, and a forward path when needed most. For many, the hurdle is not spotting the need for help. The hurdle is knowing where to locate it, how to gain it, and if it will be present when they seek it.

"We are proud to team with Be Strong to link more individuals to the aid they require and confirm they need not tackle life's hurdles solo. Our State of Stigma report found that nearly half (47%) of Gen Z adults feel pushed to manage their mental health issues alone instead of pursuing professional aid. That is why alliances like this count. They help remove care blocks by ensuring more young people know where to turn and can reach trusted, professional support when they need it most." - Ciara Kelly, Program Manager of Social Impact, BetterHelp.

Be Strong's work to fortify communities also draws support from groups invested in lasting wellness and resilience. Among them stands Hormel Foods and the Hormel Charitable Trust, whose backing continues to aid communities by widening resource access, empowering youth, and building chances for connection, leadership, and support in the areas they serve.

As Be Strong keeps broadening access to support and care, the group is also set to launch the first Never Alone Workplace Impact Awards, honoring corporations, nonprofit groups, and mission-focused leaders that foster cultures where staff and their loved ones feel supported, connected, and never alone.

As workplace doubt, burnout, stress, loneliness, and mental health issues keep affecting groups nationwide, the Never Alone Workplace Impact Awards will spotlight fresh methods for employee wellness, human ties, support access, and workplace culture.

The awards will pair with the Never Alone Leadership Series, featuring talks with executives, nonprofit heads, and changemakers who advance workplace wellness while showing that investing in people is vital for healthy groups and thriving communities.

"Strong communities arise through connection, care, and a shared pledge to one another's wellness. Honoring groups and leaders that prioritize mental, emotional, and relational health not only celebrates their guidance. It strengthens the notion that building spaces where people feel backed and valued is a shared duty. When we invest in people, we fortify workplaces, families, and communities, ensuring more individuals know they are never alone." - Ambrosia Long, Third-Party Brand Partnerships, National Geographic and Be Strong Advisory Board Member.

The Never Alone Workplace Impact Awards and Leadership Series will wrap up around Giving Tuesday, celebrating groups that move past awareness and act to bolster mental, emotional, and relational health in clear and trackable ways.

Be Strong calls on corporations, foundations, donor-advised fund holders, healthcare providers, schools, nonprofit groups, and community leaders to join this expanding effort by broadening access to support, care, and connection; sharing the Be Strong App with staff, families, students, and communities; backing peer leadership and resilience programs; investing in fresh solutions that help people handle issues before they grow; and partnering to keep reliable tools and care paths open for those seeking aid.

Whether through strategic ties, business involvement, direct gifts, or donor-advised fund grants, every contribution helps build access to help, support, and care.

School may pause, but struggles do not pause for summer. Neither does aid. Through technology, reliable alliances, storytelling, and care access, Be Strong works to ensure young people and families know where to turn when issues surface. Because awareness alone falls short. People need reliable tools, reachable support, and clear routes to help and care. Together, we can build access to support, care, and connection, ensuring more people know they are Never Alone and help is here. Give Help and Get Help Here!

About Be Strong

Be Strong is a national charity focused on strengthening mental, emotional, and relational health by growing access to help, support, and care. Through the Be Strong App, peer leadership programs, resilience education, crisis support tools, and fresh care partnerships, Be Strong supplies individuals and communities with practical means that ensure help arrives when needed most.

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