With the onset of the pandemic, veteran communities have been ravaged and suicide rates have gone up.
Amid the isolation, veterans found they could abate the loneliness through virtual communities.
A few veterans will be participating in the 1Mission Golf Tournament across two coasts, two courses, two charities and 1Mission Golf Tournament at the same time on May 27.
The events will be broadcast virtually across the U.S.
The American Soldier Network is a non-profit that supports the U.S. military and all of the proceeds will go towards Suicide Awareness and Prevention Programs.
The tournament takes place May 27 at 8 a.m. at the Eagle Vest Golf Club in Escondido.
Ulster Herald
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“If the money raised from my raffle can help even one person who is contemplating suicide, then it is absolutely worthwhile…”
These are the words of heartbroken father, Norman Donnell of Newtownstewart who is embarking on a poignant mission this summer to raise as much money as possible for mental health charity, ‘Suicide Awareness & Support Group’ after losing his beloved “wee daughter” to suicide.
Norman’s daughter, Christina Mary McKinney passed away five years ago after a silent, yet unrelenting, battle with depression.
Heralded as a ‘kind, caring, and hard-working young woman’, Christina was 22-years-old, and a doting mother of two young children, Declan and Sophie.
Experts say mental illnesses in the United States affect tens of millions of people each year with one in five individuals being diagnosed with a mental health disorder in their lifetime.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which has prompted a growing number of people to speak out about their struggles on social media. One of those people is Snoop Dogg’s 21-year-old daughter Cori Broadus.
On Sunday (May 16), Broadus shared a series of photos to her Instagram account and confessed she’d recently been at such a low point in her life, she considered ending it.
“The last few weeks my mental has not been so great,” she confessed in the caption. “at one point I tried to end my life but you & my family really give me a purpose to live & helped me realize life is much more than materialistic things & you gotta just keep pushing through the bullshit. THANK YOU… #mentalhealthawareness.”