About My Challenge
Hey,
I'm taking on The Push-Up Challenge from 3-26 June 2026 to raise awareness and funds for mental health in Australia. The challenge is to complete 3,307 push-ups.
I started doing the push-up challenge eight years ago after my friend Matthew James Hingston, who I had known since we were boys together in high school, committed suicide after a decades long struggle with mental illness. I have done the challenge every year since in his memory.
Sadly, in February this year my family and I were touched by suicide again when my son's girlfriend Emily Kate Mundy took her own life. Emily was a vibrant young woman, with a loving family and a wide circle of friends but, like Matthew, she had struggled with her mental health. Emily's suicide affected hundreds of people, and she is just one of about three thousand Australians, and three to four hundred under the age of 25, who will take their own life this year leaving tens of thousands of family and friends grieving.
So this years challenge is especially significant to me, and I have directed the funds I raise to go to Headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, who provide free mental health and support services for young people.
Please donate to help me reach my fundraising target and support this great cause:
https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/edenravenwood
To find out more about the impact of your donation or to learn about participating in The Push-Up Challenge, visit www.thepushupchallenge.com.au
Thanks in advance for your support. It means a lot!
Cheers,
Eden
Dedicated to: Emily Kate Mundy
Supporting headspace
headspace is Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation, providing early intervention mental health services for 12-25 year olds.
Each year, headspace helps thousands of young people access vital support through our headspace centres in over 175 communities across Australia, our online and phone counselling services, our vocational services, and our presence in schools.
The support headspace receives from the community helps us achieve our vision - that all young Australians are supported to be mentally healthy and engaged in their communities.
My Challenge History
Pushuperer for 8 years
| Push-Ups | Funds | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3,307 | $670 |
| 2025 | 3,214 | $295 |
| 2024 | 3,249 | $721 |
| 2023 | 3,144 | $520 |
| 2022 | 3,139 | $320 |
| 2021 | 3,318 | $213 |
| 2020 | 3,046 | $245 |
| 2019 | 3,128 | $70 |
| Total | 25,545 | $3,053 |
Fantastic, well done for supporting such a worthy cause