09/02/2026
💜🩵 Meet Our Founder — Demond 🩵💜
Today, as we continue through Su***de Prevention Month, we want to share more about the person behind Wheels for Another Day Inc. and why this mission means so much to him.
Demond grew up in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and joined the U.S. Navy right out of high school. He completed boot camp in the top 5% of his training group and went on to graduate at the top of his class from Aerographer’s Mate A-School.
He then spent the next 18 months stationed in Norfolk.
During that time, though, things began to change. Demond felt like he had lost the people around him, and eventually, he felt like he had lost himself. He turned to unhealthy ways of coping, which ultimately contributed to his separation from the Navy with a General (Under Honorable Conditions) discharge.
Suddenly, the future he thought he had was gone.
There was no Plan B. He didn’t know what came next, and he began sinking even further. He felt like he had no purpose, no one to rely on, and nothing left to look forward to.
Eventually, he reached a point where he believed he would be better off dead.
Demond attempted to take his own life.
He survived.
For him, surviving became a sign that his story wasn’t supposed to end there.
He reached out for help and found a therapist he felt comfortable talking to—someone who gave him a space where he could finally open up, express what he was feeling, and begin working through everything he had carried.
That didn’t fix everything overnight.
But it gave him somewhere to start.
Slowly, Demond began healing, rediscovering himself, and finding a new sense of purpose.
Today, he leads Wheels for Another Day Inc., an organization that continues to grow and build community around su***de prevention and mental health. He is pursuing a degree in psychology, continuing to learn about himself, and using his experiences to help make sure other people don’t feel like they have to face their darkest moments alone.
That is his why.
He knows what it feels like to reach a point where it seems like absolutely nothing is left.
He also knows how much can exist on the other side of that moment.
Had his attempt ended differently, he wouldn’t be here today to build this organization, pursue his education, create new memories, meet new people, or remind others that their story can continue too.
Healing takes time. There will be hard days. Sometimes, getting through them starts with simply giving yourself the chance to see what tomorrow holds.
Another day is always possible.
And there is a community behind you that wants to see you make it there.
If no one has told you today:
💜 I’m proud of you.
🩵 You are loved.
💜 You are important.
🩵 And your story isn’t over yet.
No one alone. No road traveled without support. Another day is always possible.
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