Category: Mental Health & Schools
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,[…]
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.
5 Mental Health Tips for Back to School
“I stared out of the window of the psychiatric ward in utter disbelief that my freshman year of college had ended, after only two months. I went to American University with so much hope. College was going to be the place where I moved forward with my life. A setting where I could meet new[…]
$30 Million Program to Help Low-Income New Yorkers Get Mental Health Care
“New York is set to begin a $30 million program aimed at providing mental health services to low-income residents with little or no access to care. The program, Connections to Care, will tap existing community organizations that reach low-income residents but are not providing mental health services. Chirlane McCray, chairwoman of the Mayor’s Fund to[…]
The Secret Sadness of Pregnancy With Depression
“In the last two decades, it has become widely accepted that postpartum depression, which can make mothers both inattentive and irritable, is dangerous, and many states have instituted programs to screen for it and treat it. Far less recognized is an equally troubling condition: antenatal depression, or depression suffered during pregnancy, which affects up to[…]
Stop Telling Students They’re Messed Up and Start Doing Something About It
“We definitely need to continue the mental health awareness efforts that are being done by amazing organizations. We also need to go further. Most organizations and campuses have been focused on training faculty, parents and students on what to do when someone has a mental health challenge, but typically the only thing we tell someone[…]
