Help Our Heroes Fight The Battles They Can No Longer Fight Alone
Here at the Ruyts Foundation of Veteran Suicide Prevention, our mission is to bring awareness to veteran suicide and help stop it from even taking place.
Our Mission
We must stand together and put an end to veteran suicide. While one person may not make a difference, we believe those that band together can and will! Suicide needs to become a thing of the past! Let’s help our heroes fight the battles they can no longer fight alone!
2019 US total deaths by suicide
Average deaths by suicide per day
2019 Veteran deaths by suicide
Average veteran deaths by suicide per day
Veteran Support Services
We need your help! Become a Volunteer.
Annual Events
2-Miler, 6k, 22k to End Veteran Suicide Run/Walk & Concert
When: Stay tuned for 2021 date
Where: Dominion Raceway, 6501 Dominion Raceway Ave., Thornburg, VA 22580
Check back for 2021 registration details for the 2-miler, 6k and 22k! Registration fees will include a run t-shirt, medal, ticket into the concert after the run.
Motorcycle Ride to End Veteran Suicide
When: Fall 2020
Where: Dominion Raceway, 6501 Dominion Raceway Ave., Thornburg, VA 22580
Check back with us for details of the upcoming ride!
Interested in sponsoring an upcoming event or helping a veteran with mental health services?
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Beautiful Quilt Raffle!! Funds raised go to The Ruyts Foundation of Veteran Suicide Prevention!
Tickets are $2 for 1 or $5 for 3! Raffle will end July 4th! Comment below, send a message to page, text or call 270-871-0780 to get your tickets!
An inspirationHow a Child can make a difference...
Zechariah's efforts not only help to honor our heroes, it also helps financially support them as well!
Since Zechariah first set out on his endeavor to run for all of our fallen beginning in 2018, his efforts have raised:
$64,468 for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation
And as of the end of May, 2020:
$78,663 for his own 501(c)3 Running 4 Heroes Inc.
That is a Grand Total of $143,131 for Foundations that Stand with and Support our First Responders!
His efforts have assisted the Tunnel to Towers Foundation in building Smart Homes for the most Catastrophically Injured Military Members as well as contributed to the Mortgage Payoffs of the families of our fallen Heroes.
For his own 501(c)3, his efforts have helped award $25,000 to our Injured First Responders since January of 2020 while ensuring enough has been raised to continue the $5,000 monthly grant throughout all of 2020, while also providing close to 300 families with the flags he ran with to honor their fallen loved ones.
Don't ever let anyone say kids can't change the world!
From the Blog
Starting The Ruyts Foundation
My name is Jessica and my mission is to end veteran soldier suicide. After many years in the military and losing battles buddies but also stuffing my own battle with Suicide I knew there was something I had to do. So I started The Ruyts Foundation of Veteran Suicide...
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