Trevor Crites

About My Challenge

I'm completing 2,000 push-ups in 23 days to raise awareness and funds for the Canadian Mental Health Association. Please support me as I #pushforbetter from February 5-27.

All proceeds help the Canadian Mental Health Association to support mental illness recovery and foster positive mental health in Canada.

I would like to raise money to bring awareness to men’s mental health which is soo often swept under the rug.  I was raised old school where the common saying was “ are you a man or a mouse?”  I always was taught that no matter what we go through, we have to grit our teeth and bear it in silence. It is those times in silence when we suffer the most. Stuck in our thought process, ashamed or hesitant to talk to someone. It is in these silent moments where alot of men do not have the mental fortitude to keep on pressing forward and in our darkest moments is where things like suicide enter the mind. I have lost many great friends to these silent but often deadly moments. I feel for all the good dads out there who unfairly are kept from seeing their children, or all of the men who work themselves to the bone but cant make ends meet, or who just dont have the right support systems in their lives to talk them off the edge. Self medicating leads to addictions, and addictions lead to self sabotage or even suicide. Id like to make a difference how big or small that may be. Atleast ive done something 

Je vais faire 2 000 push-ups en 23 jours pour sensibiliser les gens et recueillir des fonds pour l’Association canadienne pour la santé mentale. En relevant #ledefipushup en février, je me mets #enaction pour la santé mentale. Merci de m’appuyer!

Tous les dons aideront l’Association canadienne pour la santé mentale à appuyer le rétablissement des personnes ayant un trouble de santé mentale et à améliorer les résultats en matière de santé mentale au Canada.