Teamin' Up for Mental Health

6100 West Fullerton Avenue,Chicago IL 60639

21 May, 2021

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Join MBC for a friendly competition among mental health providers to get out of your chairs & back outdoors! Grab your team & let's go! Let's feel like a team again! Join MBC for a friendly competition among mental health providers to get out of your chairs & back outdoors! Grab your team & let's go! Teamin' Up for Mental Health will be a friendly outdoor, socially-distanced & masked competition among colleagues to connect & have some fun! We will be coming together at Chicago's Riis Park (6100 W. Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60639) on Friday, May 21st from 3pm-5pm to play Newcomb Ball (see more on that below), see some friendly faces, reconnect with colleagues & share the latest happenings in your world. Bring your colleagues (we know that now includes your WFH crew, bring them, too!), your "baddest" roller derby-style team names (we are the MBC Crushers!) & expect to see your favorite local food trucks stopping by. We encourage you to make team shirts and represent your organizations loud & proud! Newcomb is a team sport inspired from volleyball but with much simplified game rules. Here are the facts: Newcomb is volleyball played with throwing and catchingAll ages, abilities, shapes & sizes can playTeams are 6-9 people (you may register as an individual & we will put you on a team)More on the official rules hereFun fact: Newcomb Ball was invented by a woman and became the second team sport played by women in the U.S. after basketball :)*All team registration fees will be donated to NAMI Chicago. Stay tuned for further information & registration details or reach out to [email protected] with all questions or concerns! - Mind Body Co-op Team