Come Celebrate May's Mental Health Month

at Picking Me Foundation’s 3rd Annual Fundraiser:

Mental (W)illness
An Evening Honoring the Will it Takes to Live with Mental Illness  

in Support of Skin Picking Disorder (Dermatillomania) Advocacy

MAY 23, 2019 from 6:00 - 9:00 PM
 At Mahoney's Pub & Grille 551 N. Ogden Chicago IL 60642 

Join us for a Fun & Philanthropic Friday Night with:

- Dinner, Drinks, DJ'd Tunes, & Dancing  // - Amazing Silent Auction Items & Give-A-Ways
- Derma Art Gallery, Living Community Art Piece, Henna Station, & Churro Bar

- Chicago's Young Professionals, Seasoned Entrepreneurs, Do-Gooders, & Party-Goers alike!
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Tickets: $80 online / $100 at the door 

*If you're not in Chicago, or are unable to make it, but would like to help support the 

3% global population suffering with this mental illness, please consider "Attending from Afar"

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Picking Me Foundation NFP is the only donor-supported nonprofit dedicated to advocating Dermatillomania (Skin Picking Disorder) for sufferers, supporters, and
 educational communities alike. We encourage individuals to choose themselves over 

the mental illness that chose them, by #PickingMe over Skin Picking. 

WILL you help us reach our goal? Established in 2016 by Lauren McKeaney who struggles with Dermatillomania yet promotes Mental (W)illness daily, Picking Me serves the under-reported and misunderstood community of Skin Picking Disorder sufferers, who have only been recognized by the medical community as of 2013 (DSM-V). 

As a start-up, millennial-led, intern-packed, micro organization, we function on a yearly operational budget under $50,000 with the gracious support of donors like yourself. Our annual fundraiser acts as our big "ask" to continue serving a stigmatized community in 

the already stigmatized realm of mental health. Your donation will support our Drawing with Derma art therapy program, provide educational resources to dermatologists, pediatricians, and clinicians alike, send us to exhibit at mental health conferences nationwide, maintain our bi-monthly Support Group (the only one in Chicago), increase outreach of our Fiddle Packs for Habit Reversal Training, & much more!