#22KILL 22 Push-ups for 22 Days - Raising awareness for Veteran Suicide through Steemit [Day 7]

in #veterans8 years ago (edited)

Any Steem Dollars made on this post is to be donated to https://www.22kill.com/

This is Day 7 of the 22 push up challenge.


(Sorry about the helicopter noise. GoPro camera does it when the Wifi is on)

What is #22KILL

#22KILL is a global awareness program that helps to make civilians aware of the alarming suicide rate among veterans. To support the cause they have created a challenge to do 22 pushups once a day for 22 days. If you would like to get involved then simply do 22 pushups every day for 22 days and then nominated a friend to do the same. You can also donate to the #22KILL cause on their website.

Why is it called #22KILL?

In 2012, the VA released a Suicide Data Report that an average of 22 veterans are “KILLED By Suicide” (KBS) everyday. The name “22KILL” is meant to grab people’s attention, because our primary mission begins with raising awareness to the issue. Suicide prevention is a very difficult task to undertake, especially when the general public is unaware of the issue in the first place. In order to prevent or “fix” a problem, one must first learn and understand the problem itself and its causes. By educating ourselves, we’ll be able to identify the triggers that can lead someone to thoughts of suicide, and confront those issues as they come, rather than letting them accumulate into something much worse.

Links to; Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6
Read my commentary on Day 1 if you'd like to know why I am motivated to do this.

Day 1 raised $1.911 SBD. Thank you to the 51 people that voted

Day 2 raised $15.995 SBD. Thank you to the 43 people that voted

Day 3 raised $65.887 SBD. Thank you to the 38 people that voted

Day 4 raised $0.32 SBD. Thank to the 39 people that voted

Day 5 raised $1.182 SBD. Thank you to the 45 people that voted

Day 6 raised $3.084 SBD. Thank you to the 52 people that voted

Steemit has raised $77.5505 USD in 6 days for Veteran Suicide Awareness. We have donated $68.32 USD ($84.242 SBD) so far.


I will donate again to the cause once I have raised another $13 USD. The minimum donation amount on the #22KILL website is $22 USD.

*Every $22 USD or more that is raised from these posts is to be donated accordingly

Thanks to all the Steemian's supporting this cause!

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Hi @senseiteekay, just stopped back to let you know you were among my favourite reads today. You can read what I had to say here.

You are a great man bud.

Just doing my part :)

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