Merilee's March for Mental Wellness

08/19/2019

Merilee's family and friends are grateful for the support of so many over the past decade in raising awareness and funds to combat the su***de epidemic that is shattering lives. An event has not been planned for this summer, but efforts will be renewed shortly to raise enough additional funds to complete our goal to bring effective programming to area schools to stop bullying and increase mental health among our youth. Watch for details soon.

08/19/2018

What a memorable, amazing event today in Fairport. Heartfelt thanks to all who made this possible. https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/video/end-bullying-event-in-fairport-merilee-s-morning-march_20180818222059/1380735732

05/05/2018

You can change the world.

04/25/2018

Help prevent su***des among our children
AUGUST 18: FOOD TRUCKS FESTIVAL & MARKET
Join us for uplifting information, family fun, amazing food and unique shopping opportunities all while raising awareness and funds to educate our youth on the impact that bullying has in our schools and our neighborhoods. This issue needs the attention of the whole community.
Saturday, August 18 from 11 am to 3 pm
at VFW Post 8495. Flyer:

04/11/2018

Save the Date: August 18, 2018

At the Perinton Memorial Post 8495 - Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Details coming soon!

02/23/2017

On May 14th, we will come together for another edition of Merilee's March for Mental Wellness. We hope you join us. This year we are very focused on those who have lost loved ones by su***de. You are not alone!

We will meet up at 11 for the walk along the canal and then a free lunch will be served. More details to come soon.

We hope you can carve an hour or two out to be there for others who have experienced this loss and to be there for yourself. We realize it is Mother's Day, and unfortunately that is fitting for many of us. Park space is in high demand.

12/23/2016

Know that worrying about the event in the time leading up to the event is often more difficult than the event itself.

09/20/2016

Karen Crosby Heisig, who has spoken at several of our marches and is an integral part of the greater Rochester area's movement to stop su***de, is profiled in this wonderful documentary.

Trailer for the 2016 International Survivors of Su***de Loss Day documentary Life Journeys: Reclaiming Life after Loss.

09/14/2016

We get another mention in local media. Important statewide legislation just in time for national su***de prevention month.

Albany, N.Y./Rochester, N.Y. - Seventeen-hundred people in the State of New York died by su***de in 2014. That number is the motivation behind the state's new su***de prevention plan released Monday.The plan came out at the first ever state conference on s