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This is Day 17 of the 22 push up challenge.

What is #22KILL

#22KILL is a global awareness program that helps to make civilians aware of the alarming suicide rate among veterans. To support the cause they have created a challenge for everyone to get together and accumulate 22 million push-ups worldwide. I have decided to do my part by doing 22 push-ups everyc day for 22 days (approximately 484 push-ups in total).

Here is a screen shot of the current push-up count total as of today on the #22KILL website

Why is it called #22KILL?

In 2012, the VA released a Suicide Data Report that an average of 22 veterans are “KILLED By Suicide” (KBS) everyday. The name “22KILL” is meant to grab people’s attention, because our primary mission begins with raising awareness to the issue. Suicide prevention is a very difficult task to undertake, especially when the general public is unaware of the issue in the first place. In order to prevent or “fix” a problem, one must first learn and understand the problem itself and its causes. By educating ourselves, we’ll be able to identify the triggers that can lead someone to thoughts of suicide, and confront those issues as they come, rather than letting them accumulate into something much worse.

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Links to; Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16.
Read my commentary on Day 1 if you'd like to know why I am motivated to do this.

Day 1 raised $1.911 SBD. Thank you to the 51 people that voted

Day 2 raised $15.995 SBD. Thank you to the 43 people that voted

Day 3 raised $65.887 SBD. Thank you to the 38 people that voted

Day 4 raised $0.32 SBD. Thank to the 39 people that voted

Day 5 raised $1.182 SBD. Thank you to the 45 people that voted

Day 6 raised $3.084 SBD. Thank you to the 52 people that voted

Day 7 raised $75.843 SBD. Thank you to the 59 people that voted

Day 8 raised $57.875 SBD. Thank you to the 45 people that voted

Day 9 raised $55.031 SBD. Thank you to the 66 people that voted

Day 10 raised $59.628 SBD. Thank you to the 74 people that voted

Day 11 raised $2.38 SBD. Thank you to the 61 people that voted

Day 12 raised $1.427 SBD. Thank you to the 68 people that voted

Day 13 raised $1.63 SBD. Thank you to the 62 people that voted

Day 14 raised $2.381 SBD. Thank you to the 58 people that voted

Day 15 raised $2.087 SBD. Thank you to the 69 people that voted

Day 16 has so far raised $3.14 in potential Author Rewards. Thank you to the 45 people that voted

Steemit has so far raised $302.02 USD and donated $293.45 USD for Veteran Suicide Awareness in 16 days!

The minimum donation amount is $22 USD and so I have been donating every time we raise $22 or more.

We need $15 USD to donate again.

*Every $22 USD or more that is raised from these posts is to be donated accordingly

Only 5 more days left!

Thanks to all the Steemit users who have supprt the cause!