You can make a difference for Canada’s youth. The 5th annual 500 Miles in 5 Months starts June 1 and WE NEED YOU! This is our most critical annual fundraising campaign.
If you can track it, you can count it. It is easier than you think! Move to improve your own mental health. Donate a little to raise funds for youth mental health projects.
We cannot do this without you!
500 Miles for Mental Health was created with one mission:
To break the silence around mental health and inspire people to keep moving physically, emotionally, and collectively. We believe that movement is powerful. Not just for the body, but for the mind. By encouraging people to take on the 500 Mile Challenge, we create space for:
500 Miles exists because too many people struggle in silence. We’re here to change that one step, one story, one mile at a time.
Trina Colpitts is a mental health advocate and speaker who strives to help leaders recognize unsafe mental health risks at work. Through her foundation she also wants to help children build robust mental health toolkits as they grow. In 2020, Trina lost her husband Jim due to an undiagnosed and untreated mental health challenge caused by work stress. She shares her powerful story via the podcast, “This is Actually Happening“.
Your story matters to us and it will matter to someone else. We want to hear your story.
Tell us about your mental health journey in 300 words or less. Include a photo of you or something meaningful to you. Once you submit it to us, we may need to edit it for length or appropriate language since we are an open website. Please state if you’d like to submit anonymously, otherwise your FIRST NAME ONLY will accompany the story.
Once submitted it becomes the property of 500 Miles for Mental Health and may be re-posted on 500 Miles Facebook or Instagram.
