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OFM hosts virtual race in support of mental health

───   15:05 Wed, 04 Nov 2020

OFM hosts virtual race in support of mental health | News Article

OFM, the sound of your life in Central South Africa, is encouraging its listeners to move on Saturday, 14 November by joining the Let’s Move virtual race, in collaboration with Mondia Health and Wellness Centres.


Run, walk or cycle along your own five or 10 kilometer route anywhere you are between 06:00 and 18:00 to participate.  Register your activity for R100 on the OFM website at www.ofm.co.za before 9 November and receive a branded T-shirt to wear during your activity. All proceeds will go towards the South African Depression and Anxiety Group.

As always, listeners stand a chance to win if they join the challenge!  Snap a selfie in your branded Let’s Move T-shirt participating in the event, share to social media with the hashtag ‘Let’s Move’ and tag OFM on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and be entered into a lucky draw where one lucky listener could win R5 000 for themselves and R5 000 for their favourite charity.

Says Lindiwe Mtwentula, OFM Marketing Manager: “Mental illness and the stigma surrounding it, is a critical issue in South Africa.  This year has been particularly rough on all of us and has had a severe effect on those with mental health issues. Science has proved that regular exercise can have an incredibly positive impact on mental illness. It also relieves stress, improves memory and boosts overall mood. What better way to get moving than with the sound of your life!”

The virtual race is hosted in collaboration with Mondia Health and Wellness with centers in Bloemfontein, Bethlehem and Vereeniging.  They provide care and treatment to people with psychiatric, psychological and addiction challenges. The beneficiary of the proceeds of the race, the South African Depression and Anxiety Group, is at the forefront of patient advocacy, education and destigmatisation of mental illness in the country. 

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For more info, please contact Lindiwe Mtwentula on 051 5050 900, 082 416 1665, or lindiwe@ofm.co.za.


OFM BIED VIRTUELE WEDLOOP AAN VIR GEESTESGESONDHEID

Bloemfontein – OFM, die klank van jou lewe in Sentraal Suid-Afrika, moedig luisteraars aan om deel te neem aan die Let’s Move-virtuele wedloop op Saterdag 14 November in samewerking met Mondia Gesondheid- en Welsynsentrums.

Hardloop, stap of ry fiets op jou eie 5 of 10 kilometer-roete tussen 06:00 en 18:00, waar ook al jy jouself bevind om deel te neem.  Registreer jou aktiwiteit teen ’n R100-fooi op die OFM-webwerf by www.ofm.co.za voor 9 November en ontvang die amptelike T-hemp om tydens jou virtuele wedloop te dra.  Alle opbrengste sal aan die South African Depression and Anxiety Group geskenk word. 

Soos gewoonlik sal een gelukkige luisteraar kontant wen as hulle deelneem!  Neem ’n selfie in jou amptelike Let’s Move T-hemp, plaas dit op sosiale media met die hutsmerk ‘Let’s Move’ en deel met OFM op Facebook, Twitter of Instagram en word ingesluit in die gelukstrekking waar een gelukkige luisteraar R5 000 vir hulself en R5 000 vir hulle gunsteling welsynsorganisasie kan wen.

Lindiwe Mtwentula, OFM Bemarkingsbestuurder: “Geestesongesteldheid en die stigma daar rondom is ’n baie belangrike kwessie in Suid-Afrika.  Hierdie jaar was veral rof vir almal van ons en dit het ’n erge gevolg gehad op diegene met geestesgesondheidsprobleme.  Die wetenskap het bewys dat gereelde oefening ’n baie positiewe impak op geestesgesondheid het.  Dit verlig stres, verbeter geheue en gee jou gemoedstemming ook ’n hupstoot.  En daar is geen beter manier om te beweeg as op die klank van jou lewe nie!” 

Die virtuele wedloop word aangebied in samewerking met Mondia Gesondheid- en Welsyn.  Hulle het sentrums in Bloemfontein, Bethlehem en Vereeniging.  Hulle verskaf versorging en behandeling aan mense met psigiatriese, sielkundige en verslawingsprobleme.  Die South African Depression and Anxiety Group is die begunstigde van die projek.  Hulle is baanbrekers in die stryd en destigmatisering van geestesgesondheidskwessies in die land. 

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Vir meer inligting, kontak Lindiwe Mtwentula by 051 5050 900, 082 416 1665, of lindiwe@ofm.co.za.

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