The quest for happiness
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Hi, my name is Tamara and I'm a 40 year old married mother of five. Mmmm, sounds exciting so far...!
I've set up this fundraising page due to a tragic loss in my family on 1st July, 2015. My little brother Dane passed away at the age of 28. My Dad Geoff, sisters Marni and Raigan and brother Marcus and their families are devastated by our loss and I have spent the past 9 months trying to work out how to make sense of it all.
Dane suffered terrible anxiety and depression and turned to drugs and alcohol in an attempt to get control of his life. When he realised this lifestyle was not helping him, he booked into The Health Retreat, a recovery centre on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland Australia. Dane came home from the 29 day program a changed man and the biggest change I noticed was that he allowed himself to be happy.
So in honor of Dane's memory, I want to raise $15,000 to send another struggling young person to The Health Retreat to give them a chance at life. Along with a friend, Georgia, and support crew, I am running in this year's New York Marathon on November 6th and hope to have raised the money by then. More importantly, I want to raise awareness of not only mental health but addiction and other manipulating factors that young people often face but have no strategies to overcome.
I can't thank you enough for your donation and if you would like to know a little more about Dane and follow our fundraising effort, visit my blog thehappinesstree.com.
Thanks,
Tamara
I've set up this fundraising page due to a tragic loss in my family on 1st July, 2015. My little brother Dane passed away at the age of 28. My Dad Geoff, sisters Marni and Raigan and brother Marcus and their families are devastated by our loss and I have spent the past 9 months trying to work out how to make sense of it all.
Dane suffered terrible anxiety and depression and turned to drugs and alcohol in an attempt to get control of his life. When he realised this lifestyle was not helping him, he booked into The Health Retreat, a recovery centre on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland Australia. Dane came home from the 29 day program a changed man and the biggest change I noticed was that he allowed himself to be happy.
So in honor of Dane's memory, I want to raise $15,000 to send another struggling young person to The Health Retreat to give them a chance at life. Along with a friend, Georgia, and support crew, I am running in this year's New York Marathon on November 6th and hope to have raised the money by then. More importantly, I want to raise awareness of not only mental health but addiction and other manipulating factors that young people often face but have no strategies to overcome.
I can't thank you enough for your donation and if you would like to know a little more about Dane and follow our fundraising effort, visit my blog thehappinesstree.com.
Thanks,
Tamara
Organizer
Tamara Collins
Organizer
Macedon, VIC