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Mental Health Support by Teens for Teens - The Persevere Project

October 22, 2021 • notMYkid • Season 3 • Episode 2

Brothers, high school students, and content creators Ashton and Carter Kroeger have created the youth mental health nonprofit Persevere Project to support other teens. Their platform includes TikTok videos that showcase Carter's music and singing, as well as a website where adolescents can reach out for help. In this episode, we talk about what challenges they see other students facing, what inspired the creation of the organization, and what impact their efforts are having on changing and saving lives.

Links mentioned on the show:

Persevere Project Website: https://persevereproject.org/

Persevere Project Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/persevereproject.org

Persevere Project Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/persevereprojectorg/

Carter's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carterryan33?

Carter's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTuWKcYjdI7In7nHVj8lN5w/videos

Behavioral/mental health resources:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-8255

Crisis Text Line: Text "Listen" to 741741

Community Information and Referral Services: Dial 211 or visit 211.org

SAMHSA Behavioral Health Treatment Locator: https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/

notMYkid Website: https://notmykid.org/

notMYkid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notMYkid/

notMYkid Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notmykiddotorg/

notMYkid Twitter: https://twitter.com/notmykidtweets

notMYkid YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/notMYkidVids

Win This Year show email: WinThisYear@notmykid.org