MAY 2026 | MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
Road to resilience
10K Challenge
Every gift made in the month of May helps a family living through the trauma of war find healing, hope, and solid ground.
Your gift is doubled all month long.
Every dollar donated is matched 1:1 - up to $5,000 in total matching funds.
About the Campaign
Celebrating five years of healing for families.
The Road to Resilience-10K Challenge is Mountain Seed Foundation’s May fundraising campaign, running the full month of Mental Health Awareness Month. Donate this May and you’re raising funds that send families impacted by war to our transformative healing programs.
For families living in the shadow of conflict – parents carrying
invisible wounds, children who have witnessed unspeakable loss – the road back to themselves is long. Our Healing Base Camp and Mini Base Camp programs provide structured, evidence-based mental health support that works. Not because we hope it will, but because we have watched it happen, again and again, over five years.
This May, we are asking our community to celebrate with us by doubling the impact of donations. This month, make your support go twice as far for the families who need it most.
5
Years of IMpact
92¢
OF EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED INTO PROGRAMS
1000+
PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
$10K
TOTAL CAMPAIGN GOAL
A MESSAGE FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER
NATHAN SCHMIDT
“And the personal consequence [of combat tours] was a broken man becoming more broken – and although I looked strong on the outside, I was broken on the inside.
It has taken me over a decade to heal. My wife, Dana, watched as her new husband would crumble. She shorted her own tour to Iraq with its own consequences on her career so she could be with me and nurse me back to some level of health – but still I was broken.
It took faith and the mountains to finally get me to a better place, to heal the cracks like a piece of Kintsugi pottery, to heal the deep wounds of war.
It took faith and the mountains and listening for me to understand this calling to do the same for others, particularly the most vulnerable and the innocent victims of conflict: the children and their families.“
WHY IT MATTERS
War doesn't end when the fighting stops. The mental wounds run deepest — and they heal slowest without support.
Trauma Is a Family Crisis
When a parent carries the weight of war – nightmares, hypervigilance, emotional shutdown – their children
feel it too. Untreated trauma ripples across generations. Our programs treat the family unit together, breaking cycles that would otherwise compound
for decades.
the mountains are therapy
Our Healing Base Camp program uses the proven power of outdoor environments to lower cortisol, restore nervous system regulation, and create
the conditions for real therapeutic work. The mountain is not a backdrop. It is part of the treatment.
The Moment Is Now
Families living through war do not have the luxury of waiting for services to reach them. Mental health support delayed is often mental health support
denied. Your donation this May — doubled by our matching partner — funds programs that are actively running for families in Ukraine right now.
the challenge
How to participate
Three simple steps. One month. A lifetime of difference for a family living through the weight of war.
01.
Make your gift
Donate any amount via our website. Your gift is matched 1:1 through May 31, doubling its direct impact on families.
02.
SHARE YOUR SUPPORT
Post your support with #RoadToResilience. Your story inspires others to give and helps us reach families who need to know healing is possible.
03.
Spread the Word
Can’t donate? A share is still a gift. Tag a friend, forward this page, or post on social media. Every new donor reached is another family supported.
REAL IMPACT
Where your dollars go
Because of our matching partner, every gift you make is worth twice as much. Here is what your support makes possible.
| YOUR GIFT | MATCHED TOTAL | WHAT IT FUNDS |
|---|---|---|
| $15 | $30 | Helps one child attend a Mini Base Camp session. |
| $25 | $50 | Covers art therapy supplies for a week. |
| $50 | $100 | Contributes to a family's full Healing Base Camp week. |
| $100 | $200 | Funds transportation for a family to attend Healing Base Camp. |
| $500 | $1000 | Sponsors one family through a full week at Healing Base Camp. |
IMPACT STATEMENT
“I must say that this camp was the most meaningful experience of my life. I discovered in myself and in my children strengths I didn’t know we had. Because you didn’t give up on me, I am sure I returned home a different woman.”
2025 Healing base Camp participant
live campaign progress
Help us reach $10,000
Every donation counts — and every dollar is matched up to $10,000. Together, our total impact can grow to $20,000! Watch our progress grow in real time.
Proud donors
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Thank you to the entire MSF family for their tireless devotion to help in healing the people of Ukraine.
my parents,moses and lillian ,died 8 months apart ,in 1990. loving deeply caring funny supportive gentle sometimes hard to understand. and never wanted their children to go to bed upset or angry.they would … Read More
my parents,moses and lillian ,died 8 months apart ,in 1990. loving deeply caring funny supportive gentle sometimes hard to understand. and never wanted their children to go to bed upset or angry.they would sit and listen for as long as we needed.hugged us well.if they had said or done something to cause the upset a sincere “ i am sorry and will try hard not to do that again”.
Much love!
Thanks for the love and healing that this program and its guides add to the lives of hurting people. God bless you.
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