Move for Mental Health

Event Details

Join us on June 2nd, 2019 at Laurel Acres Park Mount Laurel, NJ for our second annual cycling/walking event!

50 mile cyclists will depart at 8:00am. 25 mile cyclists will depart at 9am. Walkers will start at 10am. Please allow 30-45 minutes to park, check-in, and receive your rider/walker information. All routes will start AND end at Laurel Acres.

Participants will be notified before the event via the Move for Mental Health Inc. website (www.moveformentalhealth.org) and/or email if the event is cancelled for safety reasons due to bad weather.

How to Register:

To register to sign up for the event, you can click the "Register" tab in the navigation bar of the website, or you can click the button below to go directly there! This year's theme is Addiction and Mental Health. Proceeds will benefit King's Crusade, a local charity whose mission is to conquer the opioid epidemic and promote consciousness to eliminate the stigma that encompasses this disease. Find out more at www.kingscrusade.org.

About Us

Who Are We?

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on mental health education and reducing the stigma associated with mental illness.

What Do We Do?

We host an annual charity bike ride (and all new 1 mile fun walk!) to raise awareness for mental health and raise funds that promote mental health initiatives in our community. Join us on June 2nd, 2019 for the big event!

Get Moving!

We offer 25 mile and 50 mile routes for cyclists, as well as a brand new 1 mile fun walk for all to enjoy! Routes will be uploaded onto the website closer to the event.

A Message From Our Founder

Hi everyone!

My name is Sami, and I am a mental health advocate because of my own story – I was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder at the age of three and I have been lucky enough to be able to overcome so much of it to date. OCD is characterized by obsessions, or heightened anxiety around certain stimuli, and compulsions, or rituals that momentarily appear to relieve this anxiety. You can read more about OCD and related disorders here. The fact is, however, that some are not able to get the help and means of support that they may need, and I advocate for them and to break the societal stigma associated with mental health. I founded this nonprofit in order to raise awareness about mental health in the community and beyond, and to decrease the stigma associated with mental illness. I hope you can join us to ride or volunteer, and I hope to see you at this year's event!