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2020
October – Mini events, in adherence with social distancing regulations, throughout the month, introducing RLOL’s mission, vision, and values (due to COVID).
October 11th -Ryan’s Love of Life Benefit Dinner w/singing, poetry and comedy via Zoom (due to COVID).
2021
May – Instagram Informational and Educational Series in Honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.
June, July August – Every Wednesday Night – RLOL Volleyball team played on Manasquan beach to raise awareness and reduce stigma of mental health and addiction in our communities.
June 26th – Virtual Community Workshop “Secrets of A School- Based Mental Health Counselor: Parent Survival Q&A Session”.
July 10th – Virtual Community Workshop “Equine and Eco Therapy”.
July 17th – Virtual Community Workshop “Thinking About Why I Think the Traumatic Experience Happened Instead of What Happened”.
July 24th – Virtual Community Workshop “The Sandwich Generation: Caregivers Caught in the Middle”.
July 31st – Virtual Community Workshop “Creating an Empathetic Conversation Around Addiction and Recovery”.
August 7th – Virtual Community Workshop “Looking Beyond Behaviors to Understand Ourselves and Others”.
August 14th – Virtual Community Workshop “On Going Traumatic Stress Disorder”.
August 21st at 11am – Virtual Community Workshop “Debunking the ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ and ‘Men Don’t Need Therapy’ Stereotypes”.
August 21st at 12PM – Virtual Community Workshop “Introduction to Energy Healing Modalities”.
August 28th – Virtual Community Workshop “Effectively Communicating Our Needs”.
2022
April – RLOL participated and supported a Paint N’ Sip Fundraiser hosted by Operation Hope to provide veterans and first responders with equine assisted therapy.
May – Instagram Informational and Educational Series in Honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.
June – RLOL hosted a Food Drive for College Achieve of Greater Asbury Charter School.
June, July August – Every Wednesday Night – RLOL Volleyball team played on Manasquan beach to raise awareness and reduce stigma of mental health and addiction in our communities.
July 8th – RLOL volunteered at College Achieve of Greater Asbury Charter School to provide Creative and Expressive Arts Workshop for kids K-12. RLOL also provided Jersey Mike’s lunch.
July 15th – RLOL volunteered at College Achieve of Greater Asbury Charter School to provide Equine Therapy field trip (including intro to Eco-therapy) at Operation Hope for kids K-12. RLOL also provided Jersey Mike’s lunch.
July 22nd – Inaugural 80’s Themed Benefit to provide transportation to treatment scholarships for disadvantaged individuals and their families
July 29th – RLOL volunteered at College Achieve of Greater Asbury Charter School to introduce therapy dogs to kids K -12 with The Bright and Beautiful Therapy Dogs, Inc. RLOL provided Jersey Mike’s lunch.
August 5th – RLOL volunteered at College Achieve of Greater Asbury Charter School and celebrated last day of summer wellness series at splash park with kids K-12. RLOL provided Jersey Mike’s lunch. Backpacks were also distributed to all kids attending RLOL Summer Wellness Series.
August 6th – Cream Ridge Summer Music Festival benefiting Ryan’s Love of Life Foundation and Operation Hope.
August 31st – RLOL sponsored and supported the Tigger Stavola Foundation Walk in Red Bank, NJ to #ENDOVERDOSE.
September – Dr. Silvia (Ryan’s mom and RLOL co-founder) was interviewed for a film about addiction in our communities presented at Tigger Stavola Foundation’s 7th Annual Infinity Event on October 1st.
September – November – RLOL provided a Fall Kids Yoga program at College Achieve of Greater Asbury Charter School for kids K-12. RLOL provided a FREE yoga mat to all the participants.
December 9th – Sip & Shop at Darcy Park & Styled Strong Fitness Wear with 15% of sales donated to RLOL for efforts to raise awareness and reduce stigma for mental health and addiction in local communities.
2023
January 12th – Dr. Silvia (Ryan’s mom and RLOL co-founder) was invited to speak about “Burn Out vs Compassion Fatigue” at a Professional Development Lunch and Learn at Boys and Girls Club of America in Asbury Park.
March 18th – RLOL Comedy Night with guest speakers from Bright Harbor Healthcare, Operation Hope and Seacrest Recovery, musical performance by Thomas W. Hagan and comedians Robin Fox and Tim Hayes.