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Charity Walk For Mental Illness
Walking the length of the country to raise money and raise awareness for mental illness. It is time to make a change and remove the stigma.
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Starting on the 31st January 2017 I will be walking the length of the country to raise money for the Mental Health Foundation and Building Bridges Community Support. I plan to walk this in 61 Days. Not also will I be raising money but also to raise awareness of mental illness and to help erase the stigma and discrimination that goes with it. It is time to make a stand and make a change in the way we treat each other, how we treat ourselves and to learn more about how to deal with mental illness.
No child, teenager, adult or family should be left behind to wonder why me? Why us? Everyone deserves the right to help, support, kindness and understanding.
Be part of the change, help me make a change.
In the interim until the long walk starts, I need helps raising money for petrol, food, training gear etc. Any money that is not used will go straight to these causes so that we can all help and make a difference.
This is the route for 2017. If you would like to join in, help raise more money as community please contact me on 0273027204 or buildingbridges4mentalhealth@yahoo.com
Please also like the charity walk page to keep up to date: https://www.facebook.com/Charity-Walk-for-Mental-Health-2017-1175465909192179/
Charity Walk Route: Book it in!
3st Jan 1 Stewart Island (Ferry across and back)
1st Feb 2 Bluff to Invercargill
2nd Feb 3 Invercargill to Winton
3rd Feb 4 Winton to Gore (via Mataura)
4th Feb 5 Gore to Clinton
5th Feb 6 Clinton to Balcutha
6th Feb 7 Rest Day in Balcutha
7th Feb 8 Balclutha to Waihola
8th Feb 9 Waihola to Dunedin
9th Feb 10 Dunedin to Waikouaiti
10th Feb 11 Waikouaiti to Hampden
11th Feb 12 Hamden to Oamaru
12th Feb 13 Rest Day in Oamaru
13th Feb 14 Oamaru to Waimate
14th Feb 15 Waimate to Timaru
15th Feb 16 Timaru to Geraldine
16th Feb 17 Geraldine to Ashburton
17th Feb 18 Ashburton to Rakaia
18th Feb 19 Rakaia to Christchurch
19th Feb 20 Rest Day Christchurch
20th Feb 21 Christchurch to Kaiapoi
21st Feb 22 Kaiapoi to Amberley
22nd Feb 23 Amberley to Cheviot
23rd Feb 24 Cheviot to Kaikoura
24th Feb 25 Rest Day in Kaikoura
25th Feb 26 Kaikoura to Clarence
26th Feb 27 Clarence to Ward
27th Feb 28 Ward to Blenheim
28th Feb 29 Blenheim to Picton
1st Mar 30 Rest Day in Wellington
2nd Mar 31 Wellington to Paremata
3rd Mar 32 Paremata to Waikanae
4th Mar 33 Waikanae to Levin
5th Mar 34 Levin to Palmerston North
6th Mar 35 Rest Day Palmerston North
7th Mar 36 Palmerston North to Bulls
8th Mar 37 Bulls to Hunterville
9th Mar 38 Hunterville to Taihape
10th Mar 39 Taihape to Waiouru
11th Mar 40 Waiouru to Turangi
12th Mar 41 Turangi to Taupo
13th Mar 42 Rest Day in Taupo
14th Mar 43 Taupo to Tokoroa
15th Mar 44 Tokoroa to Cambridge
16th Mar 45 Rest Day in Cambridge
17th Mar 46 Cambridge to Hamilton
18th Mar 47 Hamilton to Huntly
19th Mar 48 Huntly to Pokeno
20th Mar 49 Pokeno to Auckland
21st Mar 50 Rest Day Auckland
22nd Mar 51 Auckland to Orewa
23rd Mar 52 Orewa to Wellsford
24th Mar 53 Wellsford to Waipu
25th Mar 54 Waipu to Whangarei
26th Mar 55 Whangarei to Kawakawa
27th Mar 56 Kawakawa to Kerikeri
28th Mar 57 Rest Day Kerikeri
29th Mar 58 Kerikeri to Mangonui
30th Mar 59 Mangonui to Awanui
31st Mar 60 Awanui to Te Kao
1st Apr 61 Te Kao to Cape Reinga
Sarah Clifford's involvement (page creator)
I am the walker and organiser for this event.
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About me 5 September 2016
Charity Walk 2017
Be the change for mental illness
Hi, my name is Sarah Clifford and I am 24 years old. I currently live in Southland while studying a Certificate and Diploma on Psychology and Counselling.
I am walking the length of New Zealand in 2017 (starting on the 31st January 2017) to raise money for the Mental Health Foundation and Building Bridges Community Support.
Building Bridges Community Support was founded by myself to raise awareness of mental illness. I provide services to children, teenagers and adults; where I can go into schools, local groups, resthomes, workplaces and online services where I can raise awareness of the stigma and discrimination that goes with mental illness.
I believe that every human in New Zealand deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. Mental Illness is all around us, and many of us don’t know how to cope or who to turn to for help. Many people just think it’s the norm and you just get over it.
I am a person who suffered from mental illness. I grew up with no parents, I suffered PTSD, and I required mental health services. But no matter where I turned stigma and discrimination was all around me.
I am here to make a change for the better, as Mahatma Gandhi once said “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”.
Mental illness shouldn’t be a taboo subject, it needs to be talked about, people need help, people deserve to be happy and live a happy and full life.
Don’t be ashamed and being part of the change, stand up and fight, fight for a loved one, fight for an individual, and fight for the cause.
From now until the end of the end of this journey, I hope that I have you all on board and that we can all be a part of making a difference.
Kia Kaha,
Sarah Clifford (Founder of Building Bridges Community Support)
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