Move for Mental Health is a fundraiser for Interim as well as an awareness building event, which hopefully expands community support of our services. 

How does it work? This kind of event raises funds through your participation! You can sign up as an individual, or participate in a team! We are encouraging groups to form to simplify participation and add to the fun, as well as encourage more participation and fitness activities. 

Fundraising: Our goal, in addition to raising community awareness is also to raise funds to support the agency. The way this is done is by sharing your pages with your friends and family through social media, email, or text and asking them to sponsor your group or individual activities! Your sharing will spread awareness of Interim, the event, and hopefully motivate others to donate. If you are still wondering how the fundraising works, the closest equivalent that I think everyone can relate to is a Facebook Birthday fundraiser or a Go Fund Me campaign. 

Why now? World Mental Health Day and Mental Illness Awareness Week both occur in October. We hope to use this opportunity to build awareness in the community of our services. The event is themed around the importance of physical activity to mental health. 

Proceeds from the campaign will support Interim's wide variety of community services in Monterey County, including affordable housing, residential treatment, homeless outreach and support, and supported education and employment services. Interim's programs serve over 2400 individuals in Monterey County.

Questions Regarding Move for Mental Health: Call Interim's Development Office at (831) 649-4522, ext. 205, or email development@interiminc.org

Move for Mental Health Website Page: https://www.interiminc.org/move4mentalhealth2023/

Signing Up: Open the Move for Mental Health Campaign Page https://pages.donately.com/interiminc/campaign/move-for-mental-health

 From the Campaign page, click on START A FUNDRAISER. https://pages.donately.com/interiminc/campaign/move-for-mental-health/create-fundraiser 

 Here you will see three options: CREATE A TEAM, JOIN A TEAM, or CREATE AN INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISER (use this option to participate on your own.

 CONFUSED BY THE OPTIONS? NOT TO WORRY! We have created a video tutorial that shows you exactly how to complete signup registrations. 

Signup Video Tutorial: https://youtu.be/BQBiB9Pfzsc

Move for Mental Health Signup Video Tutorial: https://youtu.be/BQBiB9Pfzsc

This video was developed for our staff, but everyone can use it! Just remember that if you would like to form a team, you will need a team lead to form a team FIRST. People can join a team after has been created on the platform. WATCH THE VIDEO and you will see how it works. 

ONCE YOU GET YOUR TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL PAGES SET UP, share your team or individual page link with your social media contacts, or other email contacts. Include the hashtag #Move4Interim2023. 

Set a goal for daily, or weekly, walking groups, trips to a park, or other physical/outdoor engagement. 

The goal is to get out and MOVE! However you do that is up to YOU! Post periodically throughout the month to update your network, and include the link to your page! If you prefer to send out an email, you can do that too!

Suggested language for social media/email shares: 

World Mental Health Day and Mental Illness Awareness Week both occur in October. Interim, Inc., the largest provider of housing services for adults living with mental illness in Monterey County, is organizing an awareness and fundraising event that emphasizes the importance of movement to mental health. The event is called Move for Mental Health. Physical activity has been shown to have a number of benefits for mental health, such as reducing stress, improving mood, and increasing self-esteem. 

In order to raise awareness for Interim’s services I am participating in Move for Mental Health. I have set a goal to (insert activity description– i.e. walk, run, bike – daily, weekly) throughout the month of October. Interim provides mental health treatment, affordable housing, residential treatment, homeless outreach and support, employment services, and other programs for adults with mental illness. The agency’s programs serve over 2400 individuals in Monterey County. Interim improves the quality of life of many adults in our community living with a mental illness. 

I am participating in Move for Mental Health because I believe that everyone deserves to have good mental health. I hope that by participating in this event, I can help to raise awareness of the importance of movement and to raise funds for Interim's services. Please support my goal to raise funds for this amazing local non-profit and join me in supporting Move for Mental Health! 

You can participate by:

• Registering to participate at https://pages.donately.com/interiminc/campaign/move-for-mental-health.
  You can 1) CREATE YOUR OWN FUNDRAISER OR 2) CREATE YOUR OWN TEAM. If you create a team, you can then invite others to join it - JOIN A TEAM. Make sure they also know the team name so they can find it easily.

Watch the Move for Mental Health Signup Video Tutorial: https://youtu.be/BQBiB9Pfzsc 

• Sharing the event with your friends and family. 
• Support us by donating directly at (insert team page/individual page link)

To learn more about this amazing non-profit, visit www.interiminc.org. 

Main Campaign Page: 

https://pages.donately.com/interiminc/campaign/move-for-mental-health

Agency Event Page: 

https://www.interiminc.org/move4mentalhealth2023

#Move4Interim2023

Agency Website: www.interiminc.org

About Interim: https://www.interiminc.org/about/

Agency Address/Phone: PO Box 3222, Monterey, CA, 93942; (831) 649-4522

Interim would like to thank its generous event sponsors...