#22KILL 22 Push-ups for 22 Days - Raising awareness for Veteran Suicide through Steemit [Day 4]

in #veterans8 years ago

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

This is Day 4 of the 22 push up challenge.

I actually done this twice today because I said "day 3" at the beginning of the video, and so today I done 44 pushups. You can see I'm struggling at the end but it's worth it!


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

I have nominated @jaycobbell, @thisisbenbrick, and @dantheman to take part in this challenge.

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 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 has been our biggest success so far raising approximately $56.86. SBD. Thank you to the 38 people who have voted





(Author rewards equate to %75 of a posts total payout. Steem Based Dollars equate to just over one half of Author rewards on each post [(author reward - 25%) ÷ 2.3 = SBD])

In three days Steemit has raised $60.61 for the #22KILL cause

Today I have donated the $46.32 USD ($60 AUD) which is the amount raised on Day 3. This amount has been donated on behalf of everyone here on Steemit who have shown support.


Previous Donations

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

Thank you Steemian's for supporting this cause!

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hi @senseiteekay - just dropped by to let you know that this post was one of my favourite reads today again today. Yes, I know #3 was yesterday but this is how I can help support your work. I blogged about it here: https://steemit.com/curation/@shadowspub/wednesday-ramble-through-steemit-notes-on-my-favourite-reads-sept-7th

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