Running in Silence
Give the athletic community (athletic administrations, coaches, parents, teammates, athletes) the tools to better identify eating disorders beyond appearance.
Running in Silence is a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Running in Silence is committed to breaking misconceptions, heightening awareness, and making a change in the athletic community for those at any body weight who struggle to speak up.
December 16, 2012 was the day Rachael stopped running in silence. It was the day she wrote the first blog post on this website about dealing with anorexia and binge eating as an All-American runner and shared it with the world.
Writing her truth invited others to share their eating disorder experiences. Rachael began to see how many athletes dealt with these issues behind closed doors–in secrecy and in shame–and it made her feel less alone. It also fueled the fire to speak louder about eating disorder experiences and ask, now what?
Now, we share our stories to raise awareness, break down the misconceptions and stigma, and learn what steps to take to help those running in silence.
Now, we create change.
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Our Goals
Creating an athletic community that meets the needs of athletes physically and mentally to prevent, identify, and encourage recovery of eating disorders. Your donations help us to fund presentations for coaches, athletes, and parents to raise awareness and give strategies to identify eating disorders, approach someone who may struggle, and support recovery sooner.
The Vision
All coaches feel empowered and confident recognizing and properly addressing eating disorders in all sports, for any gender. All coaches know how to direct their athletes to resources and support eating disorder recovery.
All athletes feel empowered to speak up if they might be struggling, or speak up to help a teammate they think is struggling. Athletes know how important and valuable it is to not just be physically well, but mentally well, too.
Donation Details
All speaking engagement funds and your donations here go toward the Running in Silence nonprofit, which supports education and raising awareness about the impact of and solutions for eating disorders within the athletic community, including, but not limited to athletes, coaches, parents, teammates, and friends, and is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
All shirts and books are sold through Rachael Rose Media, LLC. Net proceeds of these items go to the Running in Silence nonprofit.