Ridgeview 5k aligns with suicide prevention month
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michael J. Yates
DATE: August 11, 2023 PHONE: 865-719-7221
Ridgeview 5k aligns with suicide prevention month
Oak Ridge, TN – Ridgeview hosts the 8th Annual Oak Ridge Fall Classic 5k on Saturday, September 16 at 8:30 am on the greenway along Melton Hill Lake Drive. The 5k celebrates physical activity as a key factor to promoting and optimizing good mental health. Participants walk or run along the Melton Hill Greenway and will receive a colorful t-shirt. To register visit Oak Ridge Fall Classic 5k at www.runsignup.com.
September is national suicide prevention awareness month, and Ridgeview is pleased to align their event with this important national campaign as recent reports from the CDC indicate that suicide rates from 2022 have hit all-time high in the U.S. citing close to 49,500 deaths from suicide. Race Director, Michael Yates, underscored the importance of this awareness campaign by saying, “Now, more than ever, we need to be extending hope, healing, and recovery to people that are suffering from depression, and Ridgeview is here to offer compassionate support and timely access to care regardless of a person’s ability to pay.” Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network (TSPN) and Oak Ridge NAMI will be onsite to share information and resources.
Sponsors of the 5k include LBMC, Trinity Health Benefits, Humana, Howard Hildreth Insurance Agency, and Ben and Helen Redmond. All proceeds benefit programming for the uninsured and underinsured in Ridgeview’s nine county service area.
If you need to talk with someone about feelings of stress, anxiety, depression or other symptoms related to mental health concerns, Ridgeview offers same-day access walk-in clinics hours each weekday. Visit ridgeview.com to learn more. Ridgeview’s Mobile Crisis Team is available 24 hours a day at 800-870-5481.
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Michael Yates is the Director of Development at Ridgeview Behavioral Health Services
Ridgeview is a private, not for profit community mental health center with locations in Anderson, Campbell, Fentress, Morgan, Roane, and Scott counties.
Ridgeview employee, Marcus Thompson, and wife, Jessie, and son Alex during 2022 event.
