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Promoting Youth Mental Health 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 to promote youth mental health and suicide prevention through effective programs, education and advocacy.

Turning Pain into Purpose

An interview with Kristen Roberts, co-founder of the Miles Jeffrey Roberts Foundation was recently featured in The Communicator, the newspaper at Community High School in Ann Arbor. The authors, Anjali Kakarla and Ailish Killbride, are students at Skyline HS and Community HS, respectively, and are journalism students at Community.

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Happening Now

Skyline Lacrosse Fundraiser

We will be hosting a fundraiser for the MJR Foundation at the Boys vs. Girls Lacrosse Game at Skyline High School at 7pm on Wednesday, June 9th.

Surgeon General Releases Call to Action

In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the Surgeon General, the Action Alliance and its partners helped to develop The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Implement the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.

Probility 2021 Ann Arbor Marathon

The MJR Foundation is proud to announce that we are a featured charity for the upcoming Probility Ann Arbor Marathon on October 24, 2021, organized by Epic Races.