‘Wicked Long Walk’ Begins With Single Step
• Fresh off their 2024 Marconi Award nomination for Major Market Morning Show, Karson & Kennedy on Audacy Hot AC WWBX (Mix 104.1)/Boston announced a unique fundraiser that will shine a spotlight on an extremely important cause — mental heath.
Co-host Kennedy, who has been very candid about her own mental health issues, will embark on “Kennedy’s Wicked Long Walk” tomorrow, starting at 5am in Wellesley and finishing 11.1 miles later in Brookline — a very visible method of raising awareness — and money — for this vital cause. The good news is, the initial goal was announced as $5,000, which was reached shortly thereafter, so that bar was raised to $10K. [As of Sunday evening, nearly $12,000 had already been raised]
“I have been very vocal about my struggles with mental health,” Kennedy tells RAMP. “From my initial diagnosis of bipolar disorder and depression to managing my severe anxiety, to my stay in the short-term unit of McLean Hospital here in Boston, to my most recent diagnosis of ADHD. Why? Because I never want anyone to think they are alone in the things they are feeling and to know that there is help out there.”
Kennedy is on the board of Samaritans, a local suicide prevention organization. “When Samaritans started a new initiative called ‘Hey Sam’ — a mental health text line that was created in the wake of the pandemic by young people for young people, I wanted to do more,” she said. “Hey Sam speaks to these people where they are, in their language, and gives a safe space to talk about anything. They’ve started thousands of conversations in these two years and will continue this work — but it costs money. So, I am going to walk 11.1 miles during our show on Tuesday to raise awareness and much-needed funds for this scrappy upstart that I believe will be the leader in showing other organizations how to work with young people. Have I trained? No. Will I be sore at the end? Yep. Will my heart be full? Absolutely.”
To learn more about this amazing initiative and to support Kennedy in her efforts, please go HERE.
