Pineapple Support Launches Contest To Promote Mental Health

LOS ANGELES—Pineapple Support, the adult industry’s leading mental health resource, is launching an art competition with TeamSkeet to promote mental health and wellbeing. The competition aims to highlight how art and other mindful activities can help to reduce stress and anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak around the world. The competition calls for anyone in the industry to create any form of art featuring pineapples before May 31st. The winner will be chosen by TeamSkeet on June 2nd and will receive TeamSkeet swag as well as a $500 Uber Eats voucher to help with the current economic burden.“We are excited to partner with Pineapple Support on a project which will benefit our community,” says Salima, COO of Paper Street Media. “This organization is actively involved in supporting and assisting many individuals who have been affected by COVID-19 and this is a cause we greatly support. Sponsoring a social media based art project serves two purposes for us, first to create further awareness about Pineapple Support and its services and second to give participants something fun and creative to do during the stay at home orders."Pineapple Support was founded in 2018 by British performer Leya Tanit in response to losses in the adult industry from depression, addiction and other mental illnesses. The organisation, which is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit in the United States and a registered charity in the UK, has so far connected over one thousand adult performers to mental health services, including free and low-cost, therapy, counseling and emotional support.“During unprecedented times, I want to raise awareness of how art can be used as a hugely effective tool for mental wellbeing,” says Tanit. “It ties in with our advice for keeping mentally healthy during lockdown and there are many mental health benefits to getting creative. It also gives people something to focus on and think about during isolation, so we’re calling on everyone in the industry to “Turn on the Juice,” get your creative juices flowing and create some pineapple art.”Anyone that wishes to take part should share a picture of their pineapple art by following and tagging @PineappleYSW and @teamskeet in the post on Twitter, using the hashtag #PineappleArt. Up to one entry per person will be accepted until June 2nd when the winner will be announced Pineapple Support Twitter.