You Matter Chocolate Walk
Recently Do Good Mission has been affected by the suicide epidemic plaguing our youth. It has left us with a sense of helplessness and fear for our next generation of children.
The You Matter Chocolate Walk is our way to make a difference in mental health and suicide prevention in our youth. Being a parent in this day and age is HARD! Having conversations about suicide and mental health is HARD. This walk allows parents and caregivers the opportunity to start having those conversations. Spend the day walking around hunting for various chocolates and take this time to really check in on your kids and have those hard conversations.
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Event Details
How does it work?
Purchase a ticket for $15 then walk Old Historic Milford visiting each shop or restaurant listed on your Golden Ticket to collect pieces of yummy chocolate. Some shops and restaurants will be offering specials that day as well! The walk can be a healing journey for you or a way to connect with your kids. You can form teams and dedicate this walk to someone you have lost. You can stop along the various Do Good Mission's tables to find resources on suicide prevention, grab a suicide awareness ribbon, or just sit and talk with us!
Why Chocolate?
Chocolates represent love and comfort, and release good hormones when consumed. Chocolate is also best when shared with your loved ones and one reason suicide is on the rise is from our youth feeling socially isolated. So we encourage participants while on their chocolate walk to share a piece with a stranger. It's a simple, yet powerful way to let someone know they are not alone.
Where do the proceeds go?
You Matter Scholarship Foundation is the second piece to our walk. Proceeds from the ticket sales will go into a You Matter Scholarship Foundation where a $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a Senior for the next 5 years.
How will the walk spread awareness?
Do Good will spend all month promoting the walk and talking about suicide prevention. We will have suicide awareness ribbons we will pass out, families affected by suicide are free to devote this walk to their loved one. At the end of their chocolate hunt we will have biodegradable boats that participants can write a message onto and send down the river as a way of healing.
Suicide Statistics
“Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among people age 15 to 24 in the U.S. Nearly 20% of high school students report serious thoughts of suicide and 9% have made an attempt to take their lives.”
1 in 3 young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 experienced a mental, behavioral, or emotional health issue in the past year
18.8% of high school students reported having seriously considered suicide in the past year.