Million for Mental Health

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we’re calling our SSF family of supporters to help us continue to provide food and beverage (F+B) workers across the country access to no-cost counseling. This year alone, it will cost us $1M to operate Behind You, our mental health program, in 10 states plus D.C. Since Behind You launched in 2020, we have provided access to more than 4,800 counseling sessions at no cost for F+B workers, and we're not hanging up our apron now.

Join us in raising a “Million for Mental Health”—and letting the F+B community know we’re behind them. Every donation leads to the kinds of conversation, clarity, and relief that help a vital industry refill its cup. A portion of the raised funds will also support general operations and programming costs of Southern Smoke Foundation.

Interested in applying for applying to Behind You? F+B workers residing in California, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington D.C can apply to receive no-cost counseling on our website at www.southernsmoke.org/mental-health