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21 Recs Celebrating World Mental Health Day

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by DPPL Celebrates
10.09.25

Now, more than ever, the need for mental health access is a necessity around the world.

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Each year, the World Health Organization chooses a theme for World Mental Health Day, which falls on October 10.

The 2025 World Mental Health Day theme focuses on the essential nature of mental health resource access during catastrophes and emergencies. 

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Libraries are here to help connect you with resources, and that includes helping find mental health access in the community.

Here is a brief list of resources in the Des Plaines area: 

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DPPL Is Making Life Easier, One Gadget at a Time

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by DPPL
10.03.25

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Des Plaines Public Library is one of 24 recipients awarded the “My Library Is…” grant from Reaching Across Illinois Library Systems (RAILS) this past April.

The RAILS grant is designed to help libraries tell their story, and we sought RAILS’s (Reaching Across Illinois Library System) “My Library Is…” grant, with the goal to increase the number and types of collection materials for patrons related to accessibility and assistive technology. 

Libraries care.

At DPPL, we have a key belief “that all library users are entitled to the highest level of service.” 

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