Category: Benny Fund Events
The Benny Fund 5K: Race Results!
2018 Benny’s Run East Hampton, CT Sep. 29, 2018 Sunny, 70 degrees Results by BC Sports Timing/www.usaxc.com ID# PLACE FINISHER TIME PACE 701 1 Christopher Abbott, 28, Marlborough, CT 16:18.4 5:16 771 2 Kristyn Ploszay, 37*, East Hampton, CT 18:52.5 6:05 736 3 Sonja Holmberg, 25*, Montague, MA 19:17.8 6:13 722 4 Rob Croston,[…]
5th Annual Benny Fund 5K – Race Results
Congratulations to Matt Billington for crushing some hills and finishing with a 5:51 pace!! Congratulations to our top female finishers: Shantel Nephew (8:28 pace), Rachel Vickery (8:30 pace), Deana Hutson (8:35 pace) Congratulations to our top male finishers: Matt Billington (5:51 pace), Daniel Clesowich (6:03 pace), Ronald Doskoez Jr. (6:14 pace) Congratulations to our top[…]
Thank You
A most heartfelt thank you to everyone that supported the Benny Fund in 2016. A special thank you to our board member Margo Giambarresi, Nicole Laino, Capital One, and the Pay It Forward program for an incredibly generous donation of $5,000. Last week in New York, I had the honor of meeting wonderful people from an organization that not only strives to be great, but good.
There were 42,773 suicides in the last reported year in the US, 117 a day, one every twelve minutes. Each statistic is a mother, father, son, daughter, sister, friend, and in my case, my little brother. For me, this mission is clearly personal. The Benny Fund was borne in response to a tragedy that I, quite frankly, had no idea how to deal with. It was something I could focus on to get me through my days when I was utterly lost and heartbroken. Turning grief into action was the only way that I could move forward.
Mental Illness Doesn’t Define Us
Remember, mental illness indiscriminately affects us all, but it does not define us.
Join us for Benny’s Run 2014!
Sign-Up Now! The Benny Fund will sponsor the second annual Benny’s Run (10K, 5K, Kids Fun Run) on October 04, 2014 in East Hampton, CT. We welcome all runners, walkers, and volunteers of all ages. Benny’s Run was established in 2013, in rememberance of Benjamin J. Neiweem, an EHHS graduate, who passed away at the age of[…]
The Benny Fund is Official!
The Benny Fund, an organization dedicated to raising mental health awareness and fighting the stigma associated with mental illness, is pleased to announce that we are an official 501(c)(3) public charity. More details on our mission, events, and fundraising opportunities are coming soon. We would like to thank everyone for their continued support on[…]
Faces of Mental Illness
The Benny Fund, an organization committed to raising awareness of mental health issues and eliminating the associated stigma, collaborated on an event with world-renowned American artists Ray & Rhian Ferrer on March 29, 2014. The project, The Real Faces of Mental Illness, is designed to depict, through art, how mental illness indiscriminately affects everyone’s lives.[…]
