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Help reduce student anxiety, isolation & depression
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There is a mental health crisis on college campuses
DMAX was founded in 2013 by Lee and Laurie after they lost their 18-year-old son Dan Maxwell to suicide. When Dan was sick, he felt like an alien, believing that no one else could possibly feel the way he did. While he confided in his parents, he isolated himself from his friends. Neither he nor his family felt they could tell others what was going on inside their family. The stigma was just too great.
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Dan Maxwell, Senior Year, two months before he took his life.
DMAX Clubs: A trusting environment for students
DMAX Foundation is helping to address the crisis on college campuses that exist today where over the past 12 months, 80% of students have felt overwhelmed by all they have to do, 60% have felt overwhelming anxiety, 40% have felt so depressed they can't function and over 12% have seriously contemplated suicide.
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Students at Penn State University host a DMAX Club meeting.
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DMAX Clubs host a fruit smash to help students bust exam stress.
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By donating just $10, you can help students so they don't feel alone
DMAX Clubs on college campuses work! When surveyed, over 80% of DMAX Club members said that the Clubs are trusting environments where they can talk about what's on their mind, and where other members care about and listen to them. Over 70% experienced positive impacts on their academics, feelings about self, and feeling about their future. Over 85% would recommend the Club to a friend. All funds raised help to establish new DMAX Clubs, and support active ones.
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57%-Start/run new club for 1 yr
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43%-Operate ongoing club for 1 yr
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"DMAX helps students feel they are not alone in their struggles and there is an outlet of students for them to talk to."
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Your pledges will help make change possible.
Created our project
Jan 14
Collected our first 3 pledges
Jan 17
Funded 25% of goal
Jan 25
Funded 50% of goal
Jan 28
Funded 75% of goal
Feb 6
Funded 100% of goal
Feb 13
Funded 100%+ of goal
Feb 13
We have reached our goal!
Feb 18
Thank you for your generosity and contribution to the DMAX Club program. Your support will make a difference in the mental health lives of college students. We look forward to updating you on our progress as we work to establish 3-5 new DMAX Clubs by the end of 2019!
Kris Majors
Project owner
DMAX Club at Lehigh University has been approved!
May 22
We are pleased to announce that the DMAX Club at Lehigh University has been approved! This brings our total to six DMAX Clubs at the following Universities: Elon, Penn State, Temple, Drexel Maryland, and Lehigh. We couldn’t have done this without the support of our caring community. These Clubs accomplish our mission to provide trusting environments for students to have honest everyday conversations about mental health so they can connect with each other, and can better understand and help each other.
Thank you for being a gracious friend and supporter of DMAX. Together we light the darkness.
Kris Majors
Project owner