By Ryan Kersey ’25

For the third year in a row, Wyoming Seminary’s Health and Wellness Center held its Stress Less Fair in the lobby of the Kirby Center for Creative Arts. Tuesday night, October 15, from 6 pm to 8 pm, faculty and students enjoyed everything from massages to giveaways.

This year there were a variety of booths, featuring returning organizations as well as new local resources and businesses. Wyoming Seminary’s very own Metz Cooking Staff servers delicious and healthy refreshments for everyone at the fair to enjoy. The Thaxton Holistic Wellness Center of Scranton provided massages and some local community members brought in their therapy dogs.

Head Therapist and Counselor at Wyoming Seminary and main organizer of the event Laura Kluck said, “We like to host the Stress Less Fair because this gives an opportunity for students to learn different coping skills, learn what agencies are in the area that can help with Mental Health, and it gives students the opportunity to make different tools to help them relax.” Kluck went on to talk about those tools that students could make such as essential oil rollers, stress balls, and journals. Head Nurse and fellow fair organizer, Emily McHugh, echoed Kluck’s words when she said the Stress Less Fair “allows students a space and time to prioritize their mental health.”

McHugh also highlighted the importance of the Stress Less fair when she said “I believe the fair is important as there are not many events for our community geared specifically towards mental health and wellbeing. It aims to be a casual and carefree event in the midst of an otherwise challenging and rigorous environment.”

No matter what kids participated in it is clear this was a stress-free, calm, and caring environment.