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Dozens of people attended the Make It OK event in the City Square on Thursday. George Koslowski, of Fort Dodge, attends the Make It OK mental health event on Thursday in Fort Dodge. His T-shirt says “It’s okay to fall apart sometimes. Tacos do and we still love them.”

-Messenger photo by Britt Kudla

-Messenger photo by Britt Kudla
Tracie Vote of Otho brings her grandkids Onyxx Kuhn, 3, of Otho, left, and Ociee Kuhn, 1, of Otho, to the Make It OK mental health event on Thursday in Fort Dodge.

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Taralyn Johnson, of Fort Dodge, carries her dog Ladybelle around the Make It OK mental health event on Thursday in Fort Dodge.

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Pictured from left, Nick Nelson, of Fort Dodge; Jaime Trunkhill, of Humboldt; Erick Becker, of Fort Dodge; and Jessie Smith, of Fort Dodge, attend the Make It OK event.

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Brenda Hartman-Shoudy of Fort Dodge brings her dog Rosie May to the Make It OK mental health event on Thursday in Fort Dodge.

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A sign at the event says “Mental health is just as important as physical health.”