Help Teens with Bipolar Disorder and Depression

Will you help make a difference in the lives of Teens with Bipolar Disorder and Depression?

There are over 5 million U.S. youth who live with depression or bipolar disorder. Unfortunately, a very small percentage receive treatment. The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF) is hoping to win a $250,000 grant from The Pepsi Refresh Project during December to raise public awareness and help more youth and their families who suffer from depression or bipolar disorder.

Youth depression and bipolar is seldom discussed. It affects 7% of all children in the U.S., yet only a small fraction receive treatment. We plan to launch an outreach campaign to inform parents about the symptoms of mood disorders and how to find help. The outreach will be accomplished via:

-Detailed Communication Plan

-Online ads

-Bi-weekly webinars

-Weekly podcasts

-Daily social networking

-150,000 brochures & 3 mailings to psychiatrists

Experienced CABF staff members will coordinate the webinars, podcasts and volunteer training. Our trained volunteer corps of 100+ around the US are ready to assist new families and youth who reach out to us in crisis. CABF has the capacity to refresh the lives of so many more youth!

DAILY VOTING METHODS

The Pepsi Refresh voting allows you to vote daily in EACH of these ways for CABF, plus you can vote for 9 other organizations each day also to spread the love!

• Vote for CABF daily on the Refresh Everything site
  You will need to log in daily for this vote - but it is very quick
  
  
• Vote daily on Facebook
  Please consider hitting the Share This button after you vote which will post it to your own Facebook wall and hopefully inspire others to vote
  
  
• Text 104174 to PEPSI (73774)
  This is a super simply method! You will receive 1 response each time you vote, but I haven’t had any other texts related to this - no spam.
  
  
• NEW! There is an iPhone app now to vote daily
  If you have an iPhone please download the app and vote daily too!
  
  

BONUS FOR YOU - WIN AN iPAD
That’s right, CABF is going to give away THREE iPADs if they win! You just have to sign up for their daily email reminders about voting in order to be entered. Super simple!

* Thanks Robyn for sharing this *