Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center

02/25/2026

Way to go, NMPRC team! 🧸💚

PROJECT: SOFT LANDING 🧸
STATUS: SUCCESS 💙

Social Work students from the Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center team developed Project Soft Landing in partnership with Missouri Western State University as an initiative to provide new stuffed animals to patients at NMPRC. Research and clinical experience suggest that comforting objects, such as stuffed animals, can have positive therapeutic effects for some patients.

Over 100 stuffies 🧸 have been collected to date! The project kick off was held at MWSU with a campus "Teddy Bear Toss" on February 19th. Students shared a donation message explaining NMPRC's mission and the intended therapeutic purpose of the donations.

The NMPRC team has already observed positive benefits in a few patients including improved comfort and engagement. The treatment team will manage the process for identifying which patients may benefit and how the initiative will be introduced appropriately.

Well done, NMPRC!

(Pictured from left to right: Hope Turner, Ellie Messenger, Lauren Herr, and Abby Cox)

01/23/2026

Sometimes having enough bread and milk at home isn't enough to ease your anxiety about impending winter weather. If you struggle with weather related anxiety- there are things you can do to be kind to your mind while you wait for the storm to pass. ❄️