Individuals may also sponsor participants or make a donation. Contributions of any size are appreciated and may be mailed to Class of 2011 Walkathon 2010; Foxcroft School; P.O. Box 5555; Middleburg, VA 20118. They may also be given to members of the Class. Please make checks out to the Foxcroft School Walkathon.
The Foxcroft Walkathon is organized each year by the Junior Class, which chooses a beneficiary, elicits sponsorships from local businesses, families and friends and conducts the walk, with help from faculty sponsors. In recent years, the event has raised thousands of dollars to build a school in Malawi, Africa (2006), support a pediatric AIDS unit in Accra, Ghana (2007), benefit the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (2008), and benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.
The 50+ members of this year’s Junior Class chose to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention because members of the Foxcroft community have been affected by suicide in some way. More than 33,000 people die by suicide in the United States every year. The rate of teenage suicides has risen and it is the third leading cause of death among people between the ages of 15-24. Two thirds of people who die by suicide each year are affected with depression.
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is the nation’s leading non-profit organization dealing with preventing suicide. It helps people affected by suicide in many ways. To learn more, check out www.afsp.org.
