{"id":585,"date":"2020-03-31T17:01:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T17:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/?p=585"},"modified":"2025-04-02T17:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:46:12","slug":"solo-walk-run-for-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/en\/solo-walk-run-for-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Solo Walk\/Run for Mental Health!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\"><span class=\"_4yxo\">March 30th, 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"_2cuy _509y _2vxa\">Imagine the feeling of anxiety and fear created by the COVID-19 pandemic being your permanent state of mind? That is how it can feel to live with mental illness!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\"><span class=\"_4yxo\">Perspective Communautaire en Sant\u00e9 Mentale (PCSM)<\/span> is a community organization on the West Island dedicated to helping people with mental health problems achieve their fullest potential. PCSM currently serves 500 people living with mental illness and has a waiting list of over 100 people. PCSM is in <span class=\"_4yxo\">dire <\/span>need of funds to be able to meet this extra demand for service.<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\">To help raise these needed funds quickly, PCSM is launching SOLO-DARITY, a Walk\/Run campaign. We invite YOU to participate in this fun event to support West Islanders who struggle with mental health problems.<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\">The Walk\/Run in SOLO-DARITY campaign is an event that <span class=\"_4yxo\">you can do on your own<\/span>, given the social distancing required during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\">Let\u2019s help support those who struggle with mental illness to manage in their day to day lives. Please join us in our Solo-darity Walk\/Run this April 2020.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"_2cuy _509y _2vxa\">Goals<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"_5a_q _5yj1\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<li class=\"_2cuy _509q _2vxa\"><span class=\"_4yxo\">Raise Funds:<\/span> We hope to raise $100,000.00 for PCSM to be able to respond to the increased demand in services for people with mental illness on the west island through a Solo walk or run anytime throughout the month of April.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\">This amount would allow PSCM to help 100 more people with mental health problems.<\/div>\n<ul class=\"_5a_q _5yj1\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<li class=\"_2cuy _509q _2vxa\"><span class=\"_4yxo\">Send a Message of Hope: <\/span>We hope to inspire a message of Hope and Solidarity to people who are struggling with a mental illness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"_2cuy _509y _2vxa\">Specifications<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"_5a_q _5yj1\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<li class=\"_2cuy _509q _2vxa\">Anytime throughout the month of APRIL<\/li>\n<li class=\"_2cuy _509q _2vxa\">Choose a route. Set a goal. Walk\/Run alone.<\/li>\n<li class=\"_2cuy _509q _2vxa\">Donate the dollar value of your running time to PCSM (so if it took 25 min to run your 5km, you donate $25; if it took 40 minutes, you donate. $40) <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpcsm-cpmh.org%2Fen%2Fdonations%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1mV8glgWmEkFlZBqpUoCvRU4HTQyvJqVSqJdyfNAn4mIjnQNtlsAj4A80&amp;h=AT2sR2yVYWmOw6I-giEbNcijylD14qHofSOXsGQEXd5ca-ZS8oamZdH_t2zhhrrbyEFzoGPDwsVJUZP2AayCBlEliNoPjF6fsjNfMiqjEnMOn5oHbln6f68ebjSx2MfMg-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-lynx-mode=\"asynclazy\"><span class=\"_4yxr\">https:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/en\/donations\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"_2cuy _509q _2vxa\">Even If you are not in a position to donate, participate anyway and share a message of hope and solidarity on social media!<\/li>\n<li class=\"_2cuy _509q _2vxa\">Share this ad on social media with your friends, family, and business associates.<\/li>\n<li class=\"_2cuy _509q _2vxa\">Post your goal, post your message, post a photo or video.<\/li>\n<li class=\"_2cuy _509q _2vxa\">Let\u2019s make this HUGE!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\"><span class=\"_4yxo\">(Together) Alone, We can change the world!<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 30th, 2020 Imagine the feeling of anxiety and fear created by the COVID-19 pandemic being your permanent state of mind? That is how it can feel to live with mental illness! Perspective Communautaire en Sant\u00e9 Mentale (PCSM) is a community organization on the West Island dedicated to helping people with mental health problems achieve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":586,"href":"https:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585\/revisions\/586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcsm-cpmh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}