DMAX Foundation announces its newest DMAX Club at the University of Maryland
Industry: Non Profit & Charity
DMAX Foundation is proud to announce its fifth DMAX Club, established at the University of Maryland, College Park campus. The DMAX Club has selected officers and will be attending the UMD Organization Fair to promote the Club and gain members. DMAX Club at the University of Maryland will be led by Co-Presidents, Alaina Garrity and Michelle Garda.
Philadelphia, PA (PRUnderground) October 9th, 2018
DMAX COLLEGE CLUBS
DMAX Clubs are student-led mental health-related social clubs that foster honest everyday conversations about mental health so students can better understand and help each other. For many colleges, the Counseling Centers are overburdened and under-resourced as they face increasing needs of students coming to them for their services. With the rate of anxiety, depression, and requests for emergency mental health services increasing, DMAX Clubs on college campuses provide an alternative resource to help promote healthy conversations about mental health among peers.
DMAX Foundation, a Philadelphia area nonprofit organization, was founded in 2013 by Lee and Laurie Maxwell of Bryn Mawr, PA in memory of their son Dan Maxwell, who took his life at age 18. The Foundation is addressing a significant unmet need on college campuses where students suffering with mental or emotional challenges can’t or don’t seek the help they need because of stigma, overcrowding, and under-resourced counseling services. This can and too often does lead to tragic results. The foundation has developed an innovative solution with a rigorous, replicable model for student-led, mental health-related social clubs, called DMAX Clubs. The Clubs are trusting environments for college students to have honest everyday conversations about mental health so they can understand and help each other.
DMAX Foundation has established DMAX Clubs at Elon University in North Carolina, Drexel University and Temple University in Philadelphia, Penn State University Main Campus and University of Maryland, College Park. Clubs are forming at other colleges and universities including Saint Joseph’s University, LaSalle University, and the University of Delaware.
With the support of the community, DMAX Foundation can continue its important work to help address the mental health crisis on college campuses.
About DMAX Foundation
DMAX Foundation is a non-profit located in Philadelphia focusing on young people and mental health. Our mission is to create connections and conversations that matter to strengthen mental health and emotional well-being for young people.
