ReachOut & help young Americans lead happier lives

ReachOut Forums Officially Launched! by Emily O'Brien, Youth Programs Director Just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month in May, we’re excited to announce the launch of moderated forums on ReachOut.com! Driven by youth and guided by 12 peer facilitators, the forums are a safe, anonymous peer-to-peer...

ReachOut.com Turns Two! by Meredith Sires, Content Editor Happy birthday to us! March marks the second anniversary of ReachOut.com, and Inspire USA is thrilled to be celebrating with the upcoming launch of our moderated forums for CalMHSA, the expansion of our presence on myYearbook and the continuing growth in...

With your help, we have been able to accomplish so much this year at Inspire USA Foundation. Just to highlight a few high points of 2011: We relaunched the ReachOut.com site in February of 2011 with a focus on powerful, real stories from young people about how they got through a tough time (we have over 800 stories and...

In the U.S., ReachOut council members were hard at work bringing ideas from our summer summit to a reality. To start off the month, Nicholas made a Suicide Prevention Day flyer to raise awareness about the cause, and handed the flyer out at his local farmers’ market. Meanwhile, Lauren participated in a...

Thanks to your donations (and some foundation help!), we held our Youth Council Summit July 4th weekend in Woodside, CA at the Stillheart Institute with 16 Council members ages 16-24 who flew in from all over the country (Utah, Texas, Kansas, Illinois, Connecticut, Oregon and more!). Over the course of two days, they had a...

Hi everyone. Just wanted to post an update here introducing you to our new ReachOut Council members, the project your dollars are supporting:) Hamburg, NY - Julie Diaz, age 22 “I have heard and read many good things about this organization. In fact, my goal in life is to achieve my bachelors degree in Criminal...

Hi Global Giving supporters! We have narrowed down our Council applicants to a group of 9 young people from across the U.S. to join our existing Council members and will be sending out acceptance letters this week! What's cool is that our current Council members did all of the interviewing and gave us final recommendations...

We received this application from a 17-year-old in Illinois to join our youth council. In my 17 years of living, I believe I have gone through more things than any teen should have to. In the past few months, everyday I would wake up with an unimaginable weight on my shoulders. I would dredge through school with teachers,...

Thanks to everyone for your support! Beginning on Christmas Day, five youth council members will be helping us to manage our new fan page on myYearbook.com, one of the largest youth online social networks. myYearbook has generously offered to donate regular homepage takeovers, which will drive thousands of users to "fan" us...