Mission & Vision

To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.

It started with a story.

TWLOHA's founder, Jamie Tworkowski, didn’t set out to start a nonprofit organization. All he wanted to do was help a friend and tell her story. When Jamie met Renee Yohe, she was struggling with addiction, depression, self-injury, and suicidal thoughts. He wrote about the five days he spent with her before she entered a treatment center, and he sold T-shirts to help cover the cost. When she entered treatment, he posted the story on MySpace to give it a home. The name of the story was “To Write Love on Her Arms.” Read the original story

Impact

This is how TWLOHA is sharing the message of hope and help:

• Responded to 210,000 messages from people in over 100 countries around the world.

• Traveled more than 3.8 million miles to meet people in their communities.

• Shared 1,100+ blog posts and launched a podcast to let others know they aren’t alone.

• TWLOHA’s FIND HELP Tool has seen 56,000 program searches. For every 4 searches, someone will take the next step to sit with a counselor or call a crisis hotline.

• In 2020 alone, they delivered the message of hope to all 50 states and 70 countries through 27,000 fulfilled merch orders.

• Donated more than $3 million to treatment and recovery and granted funding to 105 unique organizations and counseling practices.

Mantras

RESCUE IS POSSIBLE. LOVE IS THE MOVEMENT. HOPE IS REAL. HELP IS REAL. YOUR STORY IS IMPORTANT. PEOPLE NEED OTHER PEOPLE. WE WILL BE THE HOPEFUL.