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Gulf Coast Social Services

Gulf Coast Social Services empowers youth through crisis intervention and mental health support, aiming to reduce stigma and provide resources for teens facing mental health challenges, ultimately fostering resilience and hope in their communities.

🎉 Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at the first annual Houma Mac N&#39; Cheese Cook-Off &amp; Festival benefiting Gulf Coast Social Services. It&#39;s an event like no other, and we want you to be there in Terrebonne Parish Courthouse Square! 🎉 Every registration to this downtown event will bring us closer to achieving our mission of empowering people with mental, physical, behavioral, and other challenges to improve the quality of their lives and to live as independently as possible in the community. Together, we can create a brighter, more compassionate world for all. Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.

Houma Mac N' Cheese Festival 2025

Hosted by Gulf Coast Social Services Youth Mobile Crisis Response Team ... Please join us for a private screening of My Ascension with Emma Benoit. &nbsp; <p fr-original-style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sofia-pro; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.2px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: center;" id="isPasted" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sofia-pro; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.2px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: center; margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">At 16 years old, varsity cheerleader Emma Benoit attempted to end her life. MY ASCENSION is the story of the day that changed Emma&rsquo;s life, and everything that&rsquo;s happened since.<p fr-original-style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sofia-pro; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.2px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: center;" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sofia-pro; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.2px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: center; margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">For Years, Emma quietly struggled with anxiety and depression, too ashamed to share her pain with family or friends. Through navigating the challenges of recovery, she discovers purpose and passion in helping other struggling teens.<p fr-original-style="margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sofia-pro; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.2px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: center;" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sofia-pro; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.2px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: center; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">MY ASCENSION is an inspiring look at Emma&rsquo;s story, and includes firsthand experiences of families, friends, school officials, and suicide prevention experts. The film does not shy away from the difficult realities of the ongoing youth suicide crisis, but shares valuable resources to help keep teens safe.

My Ascension Screening with Emma Benoit

Join us at Houma&rsquo;s 2nd Annual Mac N Cheese Festival 🧀🎪 to enjoy comfort food, local flavor, and time together. Your ticket donation this year will support our therapeutic foster home and Gulf Coast Social Services&rsquo; work with youth and families facing anxiety, depression, and thoughts of suicide &nbsp; Every registration helps keep critical mental health services, crisis response, and a home for foster care youth across our community. Please complete this form to reserve your spot, invite others, and stand with us for hope and support along the Gulf Coast.

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