Just three months on from Austin Dewar, Campbell Johnston and Brayden Rawlins’ mammoth fundraising efforts totalling just under $14,000 for men’s mental health, the boys have laced up their running shoes to continue spreading an important message.
Austin, Campbell and Brayden have each witnessed friends and family members experience the toll negative mental health can have, and hope to continue breaking down the stigmas surrounding men’s mental health, sharing the vital message, “It Ain’t Weak To Speak”.
In November of last year, the trio well and truly did just that, and successfully spread waves of awareness both locally within the Burdekin and across the state when they set out to run 180 kilometres each – one for each life tragically lost every month to suicide.
“After we raised $1,000 for men’s mental health and suicide prevention, all three of us knew the sky was the limit, and we wanted to see how far we could take this,” shared Campbell.
The trio knocked over hundreds of kilometres and put in the work from sunrise to sunset across the entire month and were beyond grateful when over 100 members of the Burdekin community joined them to tick off some of their final k’s at a Queen Street fundraising event last November.
“At the run we did in the Burdekin, all three of us were not expecting there to be more than 100 people there - I don’t think we even expected there to be even 50 people there,” explained Brayden.
“After the run, everyone got around and were talking to each other and to us, congratulating us on what we’re doing, and people were telling us that we’re doing a great job of spreading awareness and fundraising which for us was a real eye opener.”
Keeping the momentum, Austin, Campbell and Brayden shared a video which has since gone viral, explaining they’re not holding out until this November to jog on and instead are challenging themselves to complete 100 kilometres each this March to continue spreading their mission and encouraging conversations.
“The Shaka Project announced they’re running 100 kilometres in March for Run for Our Mates so all of us boys sat down and realised we want to push our message to show people that it’s okay to not be okay sometimes,” noted Campbell.
Campbell, Brayden and Austin will run 100 kilometers each this March (Photo Supplied)
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