2007 Grant – Active Minds
In 2007, we provided our annual grant to Active Minds, a not-for-profit peer-to-peer organization dedicated to the mental health of college students. Through this grant, Active Minds was able to open thirty new college chapters, start its first high school chapter, develop an internship program and start a new program entitled Send Silence Packing. As part of this program, on April 24, 2008, Active Minds displayed 1,100 backpacks on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., representing the 1,100 college students who die by suicide each year. This powerful display is traveling to different sites around the country. For more information, visit www.activeminds.org.