EPIC Memorial 5K Run, Walk, Race!
Welcome
Proceeds from the EPIC Memorial 5K Run, Walk, Race are dedicated to students in grades 6 - 12 who have been identified as needing mental and emotional support to ensure a positive personal growth and educational experience.
Our Founders
Jennifer Shiver, LMHCI
Jennifer Shiver, LMHCI
Jennifer Shiver, LMHCI
Co-founder & Chair
CEO, BenchCounselor.org
Joycelyn Wells
Jennifer Shiver, LMHCI
Jennifer Shiver, LMHCI
Co-founder & Vice Chair
CEO, My Shape Solutions, LLC
Becoming EPIC
MISSION
To provide support for youths and their families who may be battling against addiction and/or physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.
VISION
To offer hope to elementary school aged children by providing counseling and financial resources to the families of those directly affected by addiction and battles with physical, mental and emotional health issues.
CORE BELIEFS
Everyone deserves hope.
Hope is established through two avenues, truth & grace.
Truth & grace freely exist where there is both love and mercy.
·"Above all love each other deeply,
because love covers a multitude of sins."
1 Peter 4
GOALS
- Work with the Plant City Police Department to identify youth that need specific support services
- Work with local elementary schools in the Plant City area to identify youth that need specific support services.
- Offer counseling and/or mentorship for those families and their children through donations to the foundation.
- Follow those identified students through their middle and high school years to make certain they supported through graduation.
- Bring awareness to addiction and suicide issues in the Plant City community.
STRATEGIES
- Work with the Plant City Police department to identify youth that need support services.
- Work with local elementary schools to identify students that need support services.
- Identify mentors for students.
- Identify tutoring opportunities.
- Identify community resources for students.
- Identify opportunities to change the things we can and providing support to the students and families while they cope with the outliers.
- Conduct social skills groups.
- Work closely with faith-based organizations to establish opportunities for mentorships.
- Continue to build awareness of addiction, physical, mental and emotional health issues, as well as suicide through The EPIC Memorial 5K, EPIC Memorial Dinner and other charity events.
- To raise funds to help students and families through the EPIC Memorial 5K, EPIC Memorial Dinner and other charity events.
Our 2021 inaugural Sponsors
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