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Support college student mental health during Covid-19

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Michael Valentin Michael Valentin Project owner

DMAX Foundation

http://www.dmaxfoundation.org/

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Our goal

Caring clubs 4 everyday conversation about mental health so students can understand/help each other

The Challenge

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.

Dan Maxwell, Senior Year, two months before he took his life.

Our Solution

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, 66% of students have felt very lonely, 66% have felt overwhelming anxiety, 44% have felt so depressed they can't function and over 13% have seriously contemplated suicide.

To meet this growing concern, DMAX is establishing trusting environments on college campuses for students to have honest everyday conversations about mental health so they can understand and help each other.

DMAX Clubs are present at Penn State Main Campus Drexel University, Temple University, the University of Maryland, and others. In 2020, DMAX's goal is to build Clubs at other colleges in the Greater Philadelphia area and New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. We need your support to make this a reality.

Lisa Connolly

Your Impact

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.

$6,000 Minimum Funding Goal

50%-Operate ongoing club for 1 yr
50%-Start/run new club for 1 yr

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Completed

Created our project

Nov 13
Collected our first 3 pledges

Nov 19
Funded 25% of goal

Nov 30
Funded 50% of goal

Dec 1
Funded 75% of goal

Dec 6
Funded 100% of goal

Dec 8
Funded 100%+ of goal

Dec 8

What's Next

Campus outreach to start a Club
Student leaders chosen who apply for and gain school approval
Student leaders trained in active listening, emergencies, referrals, helping friends
Club becomes active, hosts meetings and events
Students talk about their own mental health, college stress, anxiety, relationships
Students make friends, and help each other, and no longer feel alone
Students leaders work with DMAX Foundation to improve clubs and their impact
Students realize it is okay to talk about their own mental health with each other
Students report that the Club helps them feel more connected to others
Students report the Club helps them feel better about themselves and their future
Students report the club helps them feel better about school, friends, family
GOAL

Establish and support 15 DMAX Clubs by the end of 2021.
GOAL

Impact 500 students on each college campus
GOAL

Students will feel more connected and less isolated
GOAL

500 students at each campus will feel more at ease talking with each other about their own mental health
GOAL

15 DMAX Clubs will host at least 10 Conversation meetings and activities
GOAL

DMAX Club Student Leaders will learn from each other at DMAX Foundation's Annual Leadership Gathering
GOAL

DMAX Club leaders will present to audience of 250 about their own mental health and the important of DMAX Clubs
GOAL

DMAX Club student members will feel better about themselves and their futures
GOAL

Honest everyday conversations about mental health will become more commonplace

Project complete

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Closer Look

let's work together to

Support college student mental health during Covid-19

SEE THE FULL STORY

There is a mental health crisis on college campuses

DMAX Clubs: A trusting environment for students

By donating just $10, you can help students so they don't feel alone

Impacts

Created our project

Collected our first 3 pledges

Funded 25% of goal

Funded 50% of goal

Funded 75% of goal

Funded 100% of goal

Funded 100%+ of goal

Campus outreach to start a Club

Student leaders chosen who apply for and gain school approval

Student leaders trained in active listening, emergencies, referrals, helping friends

Club becomes active, hosts meetings and events

Students talk about their own mental health, college stress, anxiety, relationships

Students make friends, and help each other, and no longer feel alone

Students leaders work with DMAX Foundation to improve clubs and their impact

Students realize it is okay to talk about their own mental health with each other

Students report that the Club helps them feel more connected to others

Students report the Club helps them feel better about themselves and their future

Students report the club helps them feel better about school, friends, family

Establish and support 15 DMAX Clubs by the end of 2021.

Impact 500 students on each college campus

Students will feel more connected and less isolated

500 students at each campus will feel more at ease talking with each other about their own mental health

15 DMAX Clubs will host at least 10 Conversation meetings and activities

DMAX Club Student Leaders will learn from each other at DMAX Foundation's Annual Leadership Gathering

DMAX Club leaders will present to audience of 250 about their own mental health and the important of DMAX Clubs

DMAX Club student members will feel better about themselves and their futures

Honest everyday conversations about mental health will become more commonplace

See how far we've come

Learn more about this project

Better, together.

There is a mental health crisis on college campuses

DMAX Clubs: A trusting environment for students

By donating just $10, you can help students so they don't feel alone

Impacts

Created our project

Collected our first 3 pledges

Funded 25% of goal

Funded 50% of goal

Funded 75% of goal

Funded 100% of goal

Funded 100%+ of goal

Campus outreach to start a Club

Student leaders chosen who apply for and gain school approval

Student leaders trained in active listening, emergencies, referrals, helping friends

Club becomes active, hosts meetings and events

Students talk about their own mental health, college stress, anxiety, relationships

Students make friends, and help each other, and no longer feel alone

Students leaders work with DMAX Foundation to improve clubs and their impact

Students realize it is okay to talk about their own mental health with each other

Students report that the Club helps them feel more connected to others

Students report the Club helps them feel better about themselves and their future

Students report the club helps them feel better about school, friends, family

Establish and support 15 DMAX Clubs by the end of 2021.

Impact 500 students on each college campus

Students will feel more connected and less isolated

500 students at each campus will feel more at ease talking with each other about their own mental health

15 DMAX Clubs will host at least 10 Conversation meetings and activities

DMAX Club Student Leaders will learn from each other at DMAX Foundation's Annual Leadership Gathering

DMAX Club leaders will present to audience of 250 about their own mental health and the important of DMAX Clubs

DMAX Club student members will feel better about themselves and their futures

Honest everyday conversations about mental health will become more commonplace

See how far we've come

Learn more about this project

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