Empowering Youth Athletic Communities to Promote Mental Well-Being and Suicide Prevention
About the MJR Foundation
Our lives were uprooted on May 29, 2017 when our son Miles died by suicide at the age of 15. Immediately after we lost Miles, we recognized the stigma behind mental health and death by suicide and were compelled that this would not be our story. Initially, we set-up a fund in Miles’ name with the University of Michigan Depression Center. This fund has helped to support the Peer to Peer Mentoring programs in middle school and high schools, focusing on supporting anxiety and depression awareness and outreach. In August of 2019, we started the Miles Jeffrey Roberts Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation with the mission of empowering youth athletic communities to promote mental well-being and suicide prevention.
Kevin’s Song Benefit
2023 Ambassadors
We were recently honored to be ambassadors for the 2023 Kevin’s Song Benefit – Starry Starry Night and we would like to share a video that we partnered with @kevins_song and James McGovern to create. We miss Miles so much, keeping his story alive through the foundation has been an honoring experience. We are extremely grateful for our community. Together we are making an impact on mental health and the youth of today.
MJRF Mental Health Champions Program
The Miles Jeffrey Roberts Foundation is excited to announce the launch of the MJRF Mental Health Champions Program. This mental health initiative is intended to be transformative in approach for engaging youth athletes through trusted adults, specifically coaches, trainers and other professionals within the Athletic Department. The MJRF Champions program was begun in the fall of 2022 at Skyline High School as a 3-year pilot program currently funded by MJRF to develop and demonstrate evidence-based outcomes in supporting youth mental health. This pilot program will then be extended to other schools with the long-term goal of partnering with other funding agencies and high schools to place MJRF Mental Health Champions within local high schools in Washtenaw County.
Happening Now
MJRF Champions 2024 Tailgate Party
Join us as the Miles Jeffrey Roberts Foundation hosts our annual MJRF Champions Tailgate Party at German Park on Friday, September 20th, 2024 from 6:30-10:30 pm.
2024 Mullets for Miles Donation Competition
The Miles Jeffrey Roberts Foundation is excited to announce the Mullets for Miles fundraiser taking place between members of the Pioneer and Skyline Varsity Lacrosse Teams and any other volunteers.
MJRF Newsletter – February 2024
Support your favorite flow and your favorite Ann Arbor High School in the Jilek Cup Donation Competition by making a donation through these forms. Every dollar donated is a vote for your team.
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