#22KILL 22 Push-ups for 22 Days - Raising awareness for Veteran Suicide through Steemit [Day 10]

in #veterans8 years ago

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

This is Day 10 of the 22 push up 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 for everyone to get together and accumulate 22 million push-ups worldwide. I have decided to do my part by doing 22 push-ups everyc day for 22 days (approximately 484 push-ups in total).

Here is a screen shot of the current push-up count total as of today on the #22KILL 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, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9.
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

Day 7 raised $75.843 SBD. Thank you to the 59 people that voted

Day 8 raised $57.875 SBD. Thank you to the 45 people that voted

Day 9 raised $55.031 SBD. Thank you to the 66 people that voted

Today I had the pleasure of donating another $59.21 USD on behalf of everyone here on Steemit.


Steemit has so far raised $241.40 USD and donated $241.40 USD ($286.68 SBD) for Veteran Suicide Awareness in 9 days

*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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Steem on!
Keep up the great work, sharing, message and purpose!

That's great! I'm just making a few cents from my efforts, but I'll do a donation anyway

Keep going strong. Even if you don't raise $22 USD, at least you'll get a good amount of exercise from it ;)

Yes, it's encouraging me to do more exercise. I'll donate $22 even if I make less on here. If I do make more then I'll match that