Throughout the month of May, Ames will offer opportunities to learn about mental health resources and recognize the ways mental health affects our lives.
Looking for opportunities to get involved? Check out the options below!
Join Ames and Lyra Health for a live workshop event
Date: May 22, 2025
Time: 12 – 1 pm CT
Location: Virtual via Zoom. See calendar invite for details.
Reports of burnout are increasingly common, but there’s a lot we can do to prevent it, enhance well-being at work, and ensure that our lives are more well-rounded and enriching. This workshop reviews the individual and organizational factors that can mitigate risk for burnout, as well as specific strategies for communicating more effectively at work, managing job-related stress, and preventing work from intruding at home and in our relationships with loved ones.
Take a Hike!
Date: May 31, 2025
Time: 9 am – 1 pm CT
Location: Legends Crossings at Vikings Lake, 710 Vikings Pkwy., Eagan, Minnesota
The Hike for Hope is an opportunity to join together and acknowledge the ways in which suicide and mental health conditions have affected our lives and the lives of those we care about. Ames is proud to be a Gold Sponsor for the event, which will raise awareness of mental health in the construction industry. Bring your friends and family!
In addition to the walk, there will be family-friendly activities, including a resource area, photo booth, children's activities, complimentary Honor Beads, and more.
Use your Lyra Health benefit
Ames employees can access 10 complimentary coaching or therapy sessions per person per benefit year. In addition to these sessions, employees can access mindful breathing medications, on-demand courses, and virtual small-group listening and discussion sessions. Lyra is available to all Ames employees and their dependents.
NEW! Lyra now offers a virtual discussion series at no additional cost. Lyra Series will allow employees to be part of expert-led live discussions around a specific topic (for example, Managing Anxiety: Tools & Support) within a community cohort of peers all personally affected by the same topic. The series may be 1-6 sessions, depending on the topic. Register via the Library tab of your Lyra account!
Additional resources
FindTreatment.gov
A confidential and anonymous source of information for persons seeking treatment facilities in the United States or U.S. Territories for substance use/addiction and/or mental health problems.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
24-hour, toll-free, confidential support for people in distress. Prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org.
SAMHSA's National Helpline
This helpline provides 24-hour free and confidential treatment referral and information about mental and/or substance use disorders, prevention, and recovery in English and Spanish.
1-800-662-HELP (4357)
TTY: 1-800-487-4889
Text your zip code to: 435748 (HELP4U)