300 Mile 3 Day Relay Run to support efforts of The Uvalde Foundation For Kids To Address Ongoing Mental Health Trauma Care
On January 6-8 2023, Run For Their Lives, a relay team this year (5 runners) will be stepping off at 0600 from VFW Post 8790 Houston, TX to City of Uvalde Town Square in Uvalde, TX to raise PTSD Awareness. Each runner will run 10 miles before the next runner continues on the 3oo mile trek
Run For Their Lives Relay Team will run 300+ miles placing a flag every MILE along I-10. We will honor a veteran/1st responders who lost their lives due to PTSD, honoring those veterans struggling with PTSD/mental health as well as honoring those lives lost due to Uvalde school shooting. Why? Because those families are still suffering from a traumatic event, which could cause PTSD or mental health issue. We want those families to know they are not forgotten and we will honor them. This year Run For Their Lives will fundraise funds to donate to The Uvalde Foundation For Kids. ALL DONATIONS will go to this organization.
Who is The Uvalde Foundation For Kids? It is an organization that focuses efforts to end violence against our students & school communities. You might be asking how is this connected to “mental health.” Per founder of The Uvalde Foundation For Kids… “As you are very aware addressing issues of individual Mental Health is CRITICAL in Effectively Curbing Violence; whether they be direct acts of violence against students on school campuses, or the internal, Mental violent “aftereffects,” as we refer to it as. In military terms or other traumatic events, it is often referred to as PTSD. This, again you know, is NOT selective to only Military. Many students we work with, including families from the May UVALDE School Shooting, deal with the ongoing trauma inflicted that Fateful Day.”
“Our ongoing emergency Aide fund is specifically set up to assist families & those effected by violence, not simply in Uvalde, but across the nation; in being able to cover expenses for counseling, travel to medical facilities & followup care, for example.”
This fundraising efforts would help in that ongoing endeavor. Additionally through their 24 hour crisis line, trauma victims are able to connect for crisis support whether through peer to peer mentoring or professional counseling selected from any number of our National partners.
Please consider making a pledge per mile donation or a flat donation to this organization. After the run, the team will present the organization with a check.
NEVER ALONE! Always with you! I can, you can, we can!
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