Active Minds Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

Feb 8, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$1,146,171

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Young Adult Mental Health Speakers Bureau Embodying the notion that the best way to break stigma around mental health is through personal contact Active Minds has recruited and trained a dozen professional young adult speakers to tell their stori es around mental health in an engaging educational and powerful manner Members of the speakers bureau travel the country through the year giving keynote presentations at high schools and colleges to parents and administrators and at conferences and national events

Activity 3

Send Silence Packing suicide awareness program Suicide claims the lives of more than 1100 college students each year and each one of those deaths touches us all Send Silence Packing is an award winning program by Active Minds Inc to promote a d ialogue about mental health issues on campus and combat the incidence of student suicide Active Minds hopes that by empowering students and the student voice in mental health awareness we will see the day when mental health issues are widely discu ssed and the number of tragic deaths due to suicide is reduced to 0 Send Silence Packing is an exhibit of 1100 backpacks representing the number of college student lives lost to suicide each year Active Minds Inc has collected and continues to collect backpacks and personal stories in memory or in honor of loved ones impacted by suicide By displaying backpacks with personal stories of loved ones that put a face to lives lost to suicide Send Silence Packing carries the message that p reventing suicide is not just about lowering statistics but also about saving the lives of students daughters sons brothers sisters and friends across the nation Contributions serve as a meaningful outlet for survivors grief as well as a powe rful way to raise awareness and work towards suicide prevention

Filer

EIN

20-0587172