THE OMONDI OBURA FUND FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
A small group of Dartmouth College alumni have worked with the Dartmouth Development Office to establish the new Omondi Obura Fund for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention to benefit Dartmouth's mental health and suicide prevention programs, with a preference for the Campus Connect Initiative. The Campus Connect Initiative is a mental health awareness, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention initiative committed to three main goals:
Promote a caring and inclusive community in which the stigma associated with mental health problems is reduced
Train members of the Dartmouth community as gatekeepers to recognize students at potential risk and refer them to appropriate services
Provide educational programs and disseminate informational materials related to wellness, health promotion, and suicide prevention.
Thanks to the generosity of early donors, this Fund is now a permanent endowment at Dartmouth.
But every additional dollar raised makes a meaningful difference. To encourage donations at all levels, and have a little fun, we have developed the following seven ways that you can help maximize the Fund’s impact:
Bagging a Peak is my contribution. We have many challenge grants so just getting out and bagging a peak—however you define that—helps, by counting towards challenges!
Just donate! - To make a simple donation to the fund, click to donate
Solicit individual sponsors - invite others to pledge to support your Peak Bag with a donation to the Fund
Sponsor a participant - pledge to support a registered Peak Bagger (#sponsor) with a donation to the Fund
Host a Peak Bag event - invite colleagues to join your Peak Bag, and we will provide you with helpful communications, stickers, & t-shirts
Recruit participants - by registering new Peak Baggers, you will increase funds raised (a group of donors are kicking in extra funds per participant)!
Challenge - create or join a Peak Bag challenge donation around participation
Prizes will be awarded for the number of participants hosted or recruited and the number of pledges to the Fund. Have fun with it!
With the recent suicides at Dartmouth and beyond, we are more motivated than ever to tackle this and other mental health problems. For many of us, it is the cause of our lifetimes and one very near and dear to our hearts. Thank you so much for being a part of it.
Questions? Contact haffner.kate@gmail.com , bill.bundy@mac.com , or phillip.febbo@gmail.com
If you would like to contribute to the Fund directly, you may also just click the button below.
If you would like to donate separately to the Omondi Obura Scholarship Fund, please click here: Scholarship Donation
