Marketing Technician
Since joining Synergy at the start of 2020 as a graphic designer and marketing technician, Mirais has focused her efforts on website maintenance, the design of graphics, and improvement of our customers’ user experience.
Do you know how many U.S. veterans commit suicide daily? Synergy was recently made aware of the alarming and tragic number: an average of 20 a day, according to Active Heroes, a 501c3 charity that assists military families. That is still 20 too many. Upon learning these statistics, our team decided to become a part of the change to prevent veteran suicide by supporting Active Heroes. Active Heroes began raising funds and awareness for these concerning rates in 2012, when veteran suicide was reaching an average of 22 a day.
Active Heroes: Veteran Suicide Statistics
Based on the original statistics of 22 suicides a day in 2012, Active Heroes started a challenge that allows anyone to register for $22 and complete 22 pushups a day for 22 days. By registering, we can raise funds for our veterans and let them know that we care for and stand by them (register here).
As a part of this movement, Synergy management pledged to donate $44 to Active Heroes for every Synergy employee that participated, both covering and matching the registration fee.
Led by Clayton Miller, 19 Synergists signed up for the challenge. Each day, our team’s participants posted on a group chat to keep each other accountable as they completed 22 pushups a day. Completing this challenge not only raised funds for the good of our veterans, but also brought our team together in a unique way while working from home.
Our team started with 19 employees, raising an initial donation of $836, but that number is still growing in Synergy as others take on the challenge. Let’s continue fighting together to end veteran suicide.
Our veterans have given us safety, freedom, and peace. Let’s return their act of selfless service with tangible support and a loud and clear message that we care.
Register for the 22 Pushups Challenge
