About Our Challenge
One loss to mental health is too many! So this June,
Let's complete 3,307 push-ups in 24 days to raise awareness and funds for mental health in Australia.
This year, our group is about more than just hitting a number. We are pushing to honor the memory of our brother, Shane Bishop, whom we lost last year which hit so close to home in our line of work.
To the firefighters joining this group: this is your challenge. While every donation helps fund vital services, our primary goal is participation. We want to see you on the floor, putting in the reps, and starting the conversations that matter. We show up for the community every day; this June, we show up for each other.
Our Mission:
- Participate: Build the habit of checking in while we get through these 3,307 push-ups.
- Honor: Keeping his memory at the forefront of why we prioritize mental health.
- Raise Awareness: Showing that no one in this service stands—or pushes—alone.
You can support us by joining the crew and hitting the deck, or by making a tax-deductible donation to the page. Every rep and every dollar helps fund the #pushforbetter mental health outcomes we all need.
From google
"Australian first responders face significantly higher rates of mental health challenges compared to the general population, with approximately one in three experiencing high or very high psychological distress. This is nearly triple the rate of the general Australian adult population, where about one in eight experience similar distress levels".
Probable PTSD: Roughly 1 in 7 (14%) first responders currently meet the criteria for probable PTSD, compared to about 1 in 25 (4%) in the general population.
Life-Long Diagnosis: Over 40% of employees and 33% of volunteers have been diagnosed with a mental health condition at some point in their life, double the general population average of 20%.
Suicidality: First responders are twice as likely to experience suicidal thoughts and three times more likely to have a suicide plan than other adults.
The odds are against us, so let's band together and arm ourselves..
Supporting Lifeline Northern Melbourne VIC
Lifeline Northern Melbourne is one of the beneficiaries of this year’s The Push-Up Challenge. Together, Lifeline and The Push-Up Challenge, aim to raise awareness about mental health and the impact of suicide on Australians.
Funds raised will enable Lifeline Northern Melbourne to continue providing their critical 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention services, answer more help seeker contacts, and ensure any person in Australia who needs support knows where and how to find it.
This team is currently ranked 707 out of all teams that are fundraising
| Rank | Name | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 704 | Charlie Sqn | $2480.38 |
| 705 | Cav Road Students | $2480.13 |
| 706 | GoPlaces Bodybuilders | $2475.00 |
| 707 | Eastern B-Shift | $2472.00 |
| 708 | Macey's | $2471.50 |
| 709 | Unwin 2026 | $2471.00 |
| 710 | Carmel Rep Squad | $2470.83 |
Team Push-Up Total
Thanks to Our Legendary Sponsors
$200
K Mason
$120
Aaron Bermingham
$65
Stu Patterson
Good on you great man. Supporting worthwhile cause.
$65
Mark Power
$50
Chew
Go queen
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this Mark The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Edwin Dodd
Good luck
$50
Sunrise Valley Foods
$50
Julia Price
Thank you Brad for raising awareness to the challenges of mental illness and suicide- such a tragic part of life for way too many. Goodluck for alllllll the pushups.
$50
Christopher Eva
love your work thanks mate
$50
Dean Walpole
Make sure you send some evidence of you doing push ups. It would be good to see a before and after photo
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this Closey The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Shane Hamilton
$50
Neil Kay
$50
Matty Clough
$50
Christopher James
Thanks for organising bro!!
$50
Shane Hamilton
Keep it up muscles!
$50
Trent
Keep going strong brother
$50
Henry Ross-Stubbs
Keep pushing!
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Vicki Anderson
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$50
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$44
P30 B Shift
$44
FS28-BShift
$44
P30 B Shift
$35
Brad Cullen
$35
Matthew Anderson
$35
Anonymous
$35
Anonymous
$35
David Kirzner
$35
Choco
$35
Chris Joyce
$30
Kate Dale
Nice work Az, hope you can squeeze this in somewhere in between group dinners and “rest & recovery time”
$29
Matthew Chelvaratnam
$29
Matthew Chelvaratnam
$25
Curtis de la Pierre
Onya Brad, i have no doubt you have no problem rising to the challnege. A few on the knuckes i bet too!
$21
Matthew Chelvaratnam
Thanks for being apart of this Commander Anderson. Thankyou for being the definition of a leader in our organization by promoting this. I think the impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$21
Chevy
Thanks for being apart of this bro. The impact is bigger and better than you or i can even imagine.
$20
Darren Milne
Great work Brad.
$20
Mazz
Well done mate!
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