Mental health is an issue that touches nearly everyone through family and/or friends. Almost half of adults (46 percent) will experience a mental illness during their lifetime. Childhood mental illness diagnoses were up 31 percent between 2011 and 2017 according to IBM Watson Health. With social life existing more and more online young people need tools to foster resiliance and innoculate themselves against mential illness and social isolation.
Any donation goes to the McLean Hospital for education, research and treatment of mental illness. McLean is a paragon in the neurscientific world and renownded for its research and breakthrough medicine. Over the last two years the ride has raised over $250,000. Please join me in supporting scientific advancement for our generation and the next's mental health.
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The Ride for Mental Health 2019
The Ride for Mental Health is one of the first rides in the country to benefit mental health. The proceeds raised will be donated to McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, for the education, research, and treatment of mental illness including anxiety, borderline personality disorder, depression, eating disorders and substance abuse. Our mission is to raise funds for McLean so that we can help accelerate the progress being made to help others who suffer from mental illness.
We also hope to end the stigma surrounding mental illness through education and awareness. The promotion of this ride is a start. Many if not most of us are touched by close friends and relatives who have suffered from one type or another of mental illness.
Eric's Ride Inc. is a New York not for profit corporation with 501(c)(3) status. 100% of rider pledges will be donated to McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate.