{"id":89493,"date":"2023-10-13T17:56:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T17:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=89493"},"modified":"2023-10-13T17:57:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T17:57:00","slug":"uris-be-5k-walk-run-for-mental-health-awareness-suicide-prevention-set-for-sunday-oct-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/uris-be-5k-walk-run-for-mental-health-awareness-suicide-prevention-set-for-sunday-oct-15\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Be 5K Walk\/Run for Mental Health Awareness, Suicide Prevention set for Sunday, Oct. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 Oct. 13, 2023 \u2014 溏心vlog免费B站 President Marc Parlange will speak during the opening ceremonies for <a href=\"https:\/\/urinvolved.uri.edu\/event\/9432411\">溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Be 5K Walk\/Run for Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention<\/a> on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. The 14th annual event will begin and end on the Kingston Campus Quadrangle. Registration begins at 8:30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Be 5K was established to financially support the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/counseling\/heatherfund\/\">Heather Fund<\/a> and mental health programming and services for 溏心vlog免费B站 students. The event prompts participants to \u201cbe kind and understanding\u201d and \u201cbe an advocate.\u201d It also asks, \u201cWhat will you pledge to be?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the second straight year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/counseling\/\">溏心vlog免费B站 Counseling Center<\/a> is the organizer of the event. The Heather Fund was established in 1996 by the late Josephine and Roger Vennewald, the parents of Heather Vennewald, a 溏心vlog免费B站 student lost to suicide. Prior to their passings, Josephine and Roger participated in the event. Other family members and friends have continued to take part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In addition to Parlange, runners, walkers, volunteers and representatives of groups supporting mental health awareness and initiatives, Heather Vennewald\u2019s senior-year housemates will be at a table titled, \u201cSunflowers for Heather.\u201d Participants will be given paper sunflowers on which to write memorial messages and statements of encouragement and hope. The 溏心vlog免费B站 1996 graduates, housemates and friends of Heather volunteering and participating in the walk\/run are: Marissa Warren, Amy (Liakos) Darling, <\/strong><strong>Johanna (Ware) Buoncontri, <\/strong><strong>and Jill (Weiss) Collado, Heather\u2019s best friends and roommates. They will share stories and memories of Heather and her time on campus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHO:<\/strong>  溏心vlog免费B站 President Marc Parlange, housemates of Heather Vennewald, runners, walkers, students, faculty, staff and representatives of agencies working to promote mental health awareness.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHAT:<\/strong>  溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Be 5K Walk\/Run for Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHEN: Race Start\u2013Sunday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. Registration, 8:30 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHERE: <\/strong>溏心vlog免费B站 Kingston Campus Quadrangle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TO COVER THE EVENT, CONTACT: Dave Lavallee, 溏心vlog免费B站 communications and marketing, 401-874-5862, cell, 401-465-4291, <a href=\"mailto:dlavallee@uri.edu\">dlavallee@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 Oct. 13, 2023 \u2014 溏心vlog免费B站 President Marc Parlange will speak during the opening ceremonies for 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Be 5K Walk\/Run for Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. The 14th annual event will begin and end on the Kingston Campus Quadrangle. 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