On May 8 Street & Park Director Cameron Johnston will be starting a mammoth journey on two wheels. He and 18 hardy souls will head out from the centre of Melbourne down Apollo Bay and around to Adelaide. The route takes in the Great Ocean Road and then heads inland to avoid the logging trucks around Millicent and Mt Gambier.
But you would only do this if there was a really good reason to do it. An in this case there is - raising funds for a charity called Mind Australia. Mind Australia is a leading independent community based organisation working with people with mental illness to get them back into life
Each year Mind support over 4,000 clients and 4000 carers through 92 programs in South Australia and Victoria to;
· rebuild their lives
· reconnect with family and friends
· rediscover life as full and active members of the community.
They help people make life saving changes.
This work has become even more imperative with the impending closure of facilities at Glenside hospital.
Exposing yourself to others difficulties and offering a hand is a very rewarding experience. Imagine having cycled 200 km in a day and thinking to yourself, that took a fair effort and then needing to do that another 5 days. In my mind mental illness must be a little like this except that distance of the journey is unknown. To cope with this as a patient or parent must take the sort of tenacity entrepreneurs could only dream about.
If you are interested in making your own mark or indeed relieving your conscience then please consider donating on line by clicking the link below.
Good luck Cameron!
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