Ritchie's Labor Day Weekend Pushup Challenge

I’m very excited to join Ritchie Farrell’s Labor Day Weekend Push Up Challenge to help end the opioid epidemic in America. For over 31 years, Ritchie Farrell has been fortunate enough to have survived a 10-bag-a-day heroin habit and go on to become a du-Pont Columbia recipient for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, a bestselling author, and a WGA screenwriter. In the fall of 2017, he made a full-fledged commitment to help end the opioid epidemic in America.

When opioid addicts complete a 30-day treatment program they are very often faced with either potential homelessness or returning to an environment that just is not healthy for their recovery. Sober House living cost run between 150 and 200 dollars per week. Sober Houses provide opioid addicts a safe and structured environment with full access to healthy fellowship with like-minded recovering addicts. The dilemma of sober living is the 3 to 4 weeks between leaving a treatment facility and getting a job to pay the weekly fee.

Ritchie is challenging himself to do 100 consecutive PushUps on Labor Day Weekend to raise money for scholarships that will fill the gap between treatment and getting a job to pay for sober living.  Over Labor Day Weekend, Ritchie will video his personal challenge to do 100 PushUps for Recovery Scholarships and post in on Facebook and Instagram.

You can track my fundraising progress on the leaderboard, and you can also sign up to join the challenge!

Thank you for your generosity and support!