{"id":81131,"date":"2022-10-11T15:11:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=81131"},"modified":"2022-10-11T15:11:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:11:29","slug":"uris-2022-be-5k-walk-run-for-mental-health-awareness-suicide-prevention-to-be-held-oct-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/uris-2022-be-5k-walk-run-for-mental-health-awareness-suicide-prevention-to-be-held-oct-23\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s 2022 Be 5K Walk\/Run for Mental Health Awareness, Suicide Prevention to be held Oct. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 Oct. 11, 2022 \u2014 Continuing the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s longstanding commitment to community events that promote and support mental health awareness, it will hold its 14th edition of the Be 5K Walk\/Run for Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention<\/a> event Sunday, Oct. 23, at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event on the Kingston Campus\u2019 5K course is open to the general public. Participants may register in advance <\/a>or at 8:30, the morning of the race\/walk. The cost for students, those in the military or veterans, and senior citizens is $15. The registration fee for the general public is $20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, the fundraiser was held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But for the second consecutive year, hundreds of participants will return to the campus Quadrangle to show support for those affected by suicide and mental health issues, create awareness of the issue and raise funds for campus mental health programs for students. It is the oldest community outreach event on campus dedicated to mental health promotion and suicide prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, the Be 5K has been organized and supported by dedicated members of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Center for Career & Experiential Education and committed student volunteers, but now the 溏心vlog免费B站 Counseling Center is overseeing the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are honored and pleased to be leading this effort and are grateful to the members of the Center for Career & Experiential Education, who founded this program and kept it thriving particularly during the stressful times of the pandemic,\u201d said Catherine Calise, a licensed clinical social worker in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Counseling Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMental health and suicide prevention are critical issues for our students and community, and that has been especially true during these past few years,\u201d Calise said. \u201cThose who have participated in the Be 5K in the past know that it is an uplifting, powerful and supportive event,\u201d Calise said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its founding, the race and walk has attracted 溏心vlog免费B站 students, faculty and staff and families from around Rhode Island and elsewhere. Similar to past events, participants will receive commemorative T-shirts, and music will pump up those lacing up for their run or walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe extend a warm welcome to our students, faculty and staff and to those around the region who would like to support this cause and be part of our supportive 溏心vlog免费B站 community,\u201d Calise said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proceeds raised by the event go to the Heather Fund, a 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation & Alumni Engagement <\/a>fund established to support mental health programs for students. As in past years, 溏心vlog免费B站 student groups focused on mental health promotion will participate, as well as those from 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s  Counseling Center<\/a>, Health Services<\/a>, 溏心vlog免费B站 Couple and Family Therapy Clinic<\/a>, Campus Recreation<\/a>, Center for Career and Experiential Education<\/a>, and the Psychological Consultation Center. <\/a>BH Link<\/a>, a behavioral health facility that provides immediate assistance to a person in crisis through intervention services, and connecting people to ongoing treatment and care, will also participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Heather Fund was established by the late Roger and Josephine Vennewald in 1996, on behalf of their daughter, Heather, a 溏心vlog免费B站 student, who they lost to suicide. For many years, the Vennewalds and their family members participated and were buoyed by the smiles and friendly greetings of 溏心vlog免费B站 community members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event is called the Be 5K because it urges participants and the 溏心vlog免费B站 community to be compassionate, loving, hopeful, aware, present, happy and to be themselves to build a healthier community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event highlights an important issue for university communities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <\/a>and the National Institutes of Health <\/a>said that suicide is among the leading causes of death in the nation and that the problem has become even more critical during the pandemic. It is the second leading cause of death among university students. Mental health conditions are often seen as the cause of suicide, but the CDC adds that many people who die by suicide are not known to have a diagnosed mental health condition at the time of death. Other problems often contribute to suicide, such as those related to relationships, substance use, physical health, and job, money, legal, or housing stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in the week 溏心vlog免费B站 holds Fresh Check Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fall 2016, 溏心vlog免费B站 began participating in Fresh Check Day, a program of the Jordan Porco Foundation<\/a>. This year Fresh Check Day will be held Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.  It is an uplifting mental health promotion and suicide prevention event for students that includes interactive booths, peer-to-peer messaging, support of multiple campus departments and groups, free food, entertainment and exciting prizes and giveaways. This event is also offered, supported by the Heather Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are very pleased to offer these powerful and positive mental health events to our students, the 溏心vlog免费B站 community at large and we look forward to seeing our neighbors at the Be 5K,\u201d said Cory Clark, director of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Counseling Center. \u201cThese events have been helpful to hundreds of participants over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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