The Push-Up Challenge 2025

3 December 2024

Update: March 3, 2025 – The Push-Up Challenge has officially ended, but there’s still time to contribute! Donations will be accepted until March 21. Click here to donate!

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Your effort can make a big impact

February 11 – 28, 2025 / 2,000 push-ups (or alternative exercise such as sit-ups or squats) over 18 days.

Get fit, have fun and learn about mental health!

2,000 push-ups, representing ~2,000 lives lost to suicide each day, worldwide.

Funds raised will help to support recovery from mental illness and foster positive mental health outcomes.

It’s free to sign up and with every push you can help save lives.

Ways to Get Involved in The Push-Up Challange:

Sign Up and Track Your Progress

Registrations are open for The Push-Up Challenge 2025. Click here to register. Join the challenge as an individual, or form a team with friends, colleagues, or members of your workplace, school, or club. *Be sure to select the CMHA HPE branch when sigining up. Once registered, download the free app to track your push-up progress and discover key mental health facts along the way.

From February 11 to 28, you’ll challenge yourself to complete 2,000 push-ups (or alternative exercise). Each day of the challenge, you will receive a daily target with a corresponding mental health fact so you can learn while you push for better mental health.

Win a Wellness Self-Care Basket

This year, CMHA HPE is introducing an exciting incentive: participants have the chance to win a wellness self-care basket valued at over $100! Follow our CMHA HPE Facebook page to stay informed.

Contest Rules

How to Enter:

🧠 Like the giveaway post and follow the CMHA HPE page for updates on wellness programs, tips, and future giveaways!
🧠 Comment on the giveaway post, share a photo of how you’re completing the challenge (doing an exercise), and tag a friend who would love a chance to win the Wellness Self-Care Basket.

By sharing your photo, you give CMHA HPE permission to use your image in future marketing and promotional materials, including social media and websites.

Contest runs from 8:00 am on February 11 to 4:00 pm on February 28, 2025.
The winner will be randomly selected from eligible entries and announced on Facebook on March 3, 2025.

Fundraise or Donate

Participants can fundraise throughout the challenge, or anyone can make a direct donation to support CMHA HPE programs and services.

Let’s come together to promote wellbeing, promote mental health education, foster connections and raise money for CMHA HPE programs and services!