Mia Ferguson

It's Burpee Time!

Hi my lovely friends and family!

As we all know it has no doubt been a tough year! This year I saw a lot people that I love and care about suffer through mental health issues - which sucked. A lot. Mental health sucks, and I want to be able to help out in every way that I can!

SO! Annalee and I have decided to take part in a little burpee fundraising challenge to give young people in Australia the support that will help them get through. Together, we will complete 1534 burpees each in 17 days, starting on October 14th. Now, the burpees are the easy part! The hard part is reaching our fundraising goal, and we’d love your help. If you’d like to donate, amazing! :) Check out our team progress as well. Exercise has such an amazing impact on mental health, so feel free to burpee with us - you wouldn’t want us to have ALL the fun, right?!

As always, please reach out if you’re feeling sad, stressed or anxious. There’s always someone who will listen.

Three in four Australians will experience a mental health challenge by the time they turn 25. Orygen works with young people, their families and friends, to develop new, positive approaches to preventing and treating mental disorders.

It’s been a challenging year for us all, and most of us could probably use some help in bouncing back towards a more positive state of mind.

That’s why this October I'm joining the Burpee Bounce Back Challenge – I'll be helping my own mental health by increasing my physical activity, and helping others by fundraising for mental health research so that young Aussies whose mental health isn’t going great can bounce back too.

Please help me by giving whatever you can. The more people that know about Orygen, the greater their impact, so please also spread the word by sharing my page with your friends and family. Thank you in advance for your generosity, it means a lot!

Much love.