Paddy O'Connell
4  year  Mo Bro

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Target: $3,500
raised $9,323 since 2019
My motivation
Fundraising for cause areas including:
Mental health and suicide prevention

This is very personal and very important to me. I first thought about suicide when I was in grade school. And suicidal ideation followed me until I went to treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction at 29, and subsequently went to therapy to finally deal with the sexual abuse from my childhood. Men do not talk about trauma, about their mental health, about their suicidal thoughts enough, openly, or freely. The social stigma that causes this silence nearly killed me. I was lucky. But many are not.

The United States' Mountain West region contains eight of the top ten states with the highest suicide rates in our country. The suicide rate in the Rocky Mountains is nearly three times the national per capita average, earning the Rockies the nickname, “The Suicide Belt.”

Globally, the rate of suicide is alarmingly high, particularly in men. Too many men are ‘toughing it out’, keeping their feelings to themselves and struggling in silence. Movember is aiming to reduce the rate of male suicide by 25% by 2030, and I want to help them get there. Help me stop men dying too young.

We don't talk about this enough and we need to crush the stigma that shrouds mental health. It's my hope that you'll join me in spreading the word and talking about suicide, and, if you're able, donate some bucks to help crush the stigma and get folks the help they need.

How I'm
getting involved
0 of 120 miles
walking
running
I'm running/hiking 120 miles this Movember for the men we lose each hour of every day.
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Previous year's posts
93 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
BANK OF AMERICA Gift Matching Jennifer Miller
$50
Previous year's donations
93 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
BANK OF AMERICA Gift Matching Jennifer Miller
$50
106 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Shawna OShea
$30

Go Paddy Go!

106 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Shawna OShea
$30

Go Paddy Go!

106 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Dave Klein
$50

We are all in this together!

106 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Dave Klein
$50

We are all in this together!

106 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Chad Stannard
$50
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Donation from:
Chad Stannard
$50
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Donation from:
Helen Hajnoczky
$25
106 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Helen Hajnoczky
$25
Previous year's activities
106 Week(s) Ago
I walked 4.5 mi

Limpy neighborhood walk with the pups

106 Week(s) Ago
I walked 4.5 mi

Limpy neighborhood walk with the pups

106 Week(s) Ago
I walked 1 mi

XMas tree hunting

106 Week(s) Ago
I walked 1 mi

XMas tree hunting

106 Week(s) Ago
I walked 4.6 mi

In-law hike to LeeLee Lookout

106 Week(s) Ago
I walked 4.6 mi

In-law hike to LeeLee Lookout

106 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Georgina Bishop
$100
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Donation from:
Georgina Bishop
$100
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Donation from:
Megan Bentzin
$100
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Donation from:
Megan Bentzin
$100
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Donation from:
Ryan Dohnal
$30
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Donation from:
Ryan Dohnal
$30
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Donation from:
Andrew Shults
$50
106 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Andrew Shults
$50
106 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Jenny Miller
$50

Way to go Paddy! You are doing a whole lot of Good

106 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Jenny Miller
$50

Way to go Paddy! You are doing a whole lot of Good

106 Week(s) Ago
I walked 2.75 mi

Neighborhood in-law walk

106 Week(s) Ago
I walked 2.75 mi

Neighborhood in-law walk

106 Week(s) Ago
I ran 4 mi

Turkey Day run/hike with the in-laws

106 Week(s) Ago
I ran 4 mi

Turkey Day run/hike with the in-laws

107 Week(s) Ago
I ran 5.5 mi

Pre TDay baking jog

107 Week(s) Ago
I ran 5.5 mi

Pre TDay baking jog

107 Week(s) Ago
I ran 6 mi

Another neighborhood jog with the pups

107 Week(s) Ago
I ran 6 mi

Another neighborhood jog with the pups

107 Week(s) Ago
I ran 6 mi

Post ski neighborhood jog

107 Week(s) Ago
I ran 6 mi

Post ski neighborhood jog

107 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Amy Johns
$50

Great skiing with you today! Keep up the strong work!

107 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Amy Johns
$50

Great skiing with you today! Keep up the strong work!

107 Week(s) Ago
I ran 3.75 mi

Mornin neighborhood jog before day 1 of ski szn

107 Week(s) Ago
I ran 3.75 mi

Mornin neighborhood jog before day 1 of ski szn

107 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Headlamp Studios
$50
107 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Kathleen Kurkr
$50

Friend of your mom's and a BIG fan of you and living a beautiful life! -kathleen

107 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Seth Wainer
$50
107 Week(s) Ago
I ran 4.5 mi

Family run around the neighborhood

107 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Mary Evans
$20

Get it, Paddy!

107 Week(s) Ago
I walked 1.45 mi

Recovery walk/the dogs are bonkers

108 Week(s) Ago
I ran 6 mi

Doggies and I go for a jog

108 Week(s) Ago
I ran 6 mi

A lovely wee jog with my lovely wife n pups

108 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Facebook Fundraising
$40
108 Week(s) Ago
I ran 4.5 mi

Lil neighborhood jog with the pups

108 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Liz Iacullo
$50
108 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
an anonymous supporter
$75

You let us pass on our bikes at kokopelli today (thank you) and I thought “huh, that guy looks like Paddy O’Connell” which is kind of weird because I’m a person you don’t know who follows you on Instagram because I really love your podcast content.

Happy to donate — thanks for your openness and advocacy. And congrats on being famous.

108 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Colleen Loughlin
$100
108 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Laurel Ogden
$30
108 Week(s) Ago
I ran 13.75 mi

Fruita mustache run with the crew!

108 Week(s) Ago
I ran 6 mi

Hike n run n chat with the fam

109 Week(s) Ago
I ran 6 mi

Neighborhood lunch run with Carlz & the pups

109 Week(s) Ago
I ran 6.5 mi

Neighborhood jog with the pups!

109 Week(s) Ago
I ran 8 mi

Jog after Denver music trip

109 Week(s) Ago
I ran 4.5 mi

Neighb jog with the fam and my brother BrendO!

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