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Georgia Sports & Mental Health

Ad Council PROJECT
Georgia Sports & Mental Health by Ad Council

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Title
  • Georgia Sports & Mental Health
Entrant
  • Ad Council

About This Project

Summary

For Mental Health Awareness Month in May 2025, Ad Council launched a local PSA campaign with the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and sports teams in Georgia for a unified message to change the conversation about mental health locally in the state. Athletes such as Bijan Robinson, Brad Guzan, and Jordin Canada joined to encourage viewers to normalize mental health and prioritize positive daily habits. PSAs built on the platform of the national Love, Your Mind campaign with lead partner HMHF.

Goals & Objectives

Recent data shows that only 1 in 4 adults in Georgia feel confident about knowing the steps to care for their mental health. The campaign goal is to normalize mental health conversations and connect people with vetted information and education through a local Georgia webpage with resources.

Results & Impact

All media is donated within Georgia, with the campaign already receiving $900K of media value in early months (including 14K TV PSA airings). Web traffic has already surpassed 40K visits locally within Georgia (2X the national benchmark). Local surveys within Georgia will measure long term impact.

the team

Nicholas Sugai
  • SVP, Group Campaign Director
  • Ad Council
Trevor Lin
  • Campaign Director
  • Ad Council
Conor Toomey
  • Campaign Manager
  • Ad Council
Vanja Pantic
  • Director, Marketing & Communications
  • Ad Council
Sherrie Mazur
  • Managing Director, Communications
  • Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Kevin Simcox
  • VP, Creative Director
  • Walton Isaacson
Leti Tovar-Gallegos
  • Account Director
  • Walton Isaacson
Ben Karson
  • Senior Producer
  • Walton Isaacson
Nina Meredith
  • Film Director
  • RadicalMedia