Stomping Out the Stigma

Mental Health never targets one person. Everyone has experienced mental health in one way or another. You may be a parent of a child who is experiencing something related to their mental health. Maybe the person who is going through these challenges is a family member, friend, co-worker, friend's sibling, boyfriend/girlfriend, or maybe this person is you. Regardless, mental health and mental illness affects 1 in 4 people around the United States.

The problem are the stigmas attached to mental health. The thoughts that those who have a mental illness are “lazy, unmotivated, attention seeking”. Just to name a few. The reality is that in order to help people with mental illness, we need to stop looking at people like statistics, numbers, or lost causes.

This is the point of our 5K. Come walk, run, jog, skip, dance, etc. to help show support for putting an end to stigmas attached to mental health and show people who are struggling that we do  care and that help, recovery, and treatment are possible. Everyone has a story and it’s time to let them live theirs!

The race will begin at 9am. Check-In and Late Registration will begin at 8am. The cost is $20.00 for early or late registration. HOWEVER if you register before October 14th you are guaranteed a shirt. After this we cannot promise you a shirt for the day of the race. We will order a limited amount of extras. :)