BE THE ONE WHO REACHES OUT FIRST.
CONNECTION
BEFORE
CRISIS.
Mental health doesn't start in a counseling office.
Most of the time, it starts much earlier. It starts with feeling known.
Dear You creates more reasons for students to spend real time together. When people actually know each other, checking in feels natural and it is easier to notice when someone goes quiet.
DEAR YOU,
YOU DON'T NEED A PERFECT REASON
TO REACH OUT.
CALL YOUR
PEOPLE.
Fall is about making Dear You visible before Ruck Week. Our chapters use social media and campus outreach to reach students with one clear message: call your people.
TRAIN
TOGETHER.
Starting in January, each chapter trains together for the spring ruck. The point is not just the miles. It is months of showing up for the same people.
SHOW
UP.
Our chapters spend the year meeting students where they are and making Dear You part of campus life. By Ruck Week, the name should already feel familiar.
RUCK
WEEK.
SPRING 2027
A ruck is a long walk carrying weight in a backpack.
Ruck Week is our spring week on campus. Chapters host events around connection and mental health, then finish with a ruck and walk that students can take on at different distances.
Training starts months before, so the final day is something students work toward together.
The ruck is the finish line. The months leading up to it are where the community gets built.
LEARN MORE ABOUT RUCK WEEK ↗BUILT
LOCALLY.
Five student-led chapters across the Midwest and Mountain West. Different campuses, building toward the same thing: stronger connection before crisis.
FROM THE
CHAPTERS.
Five campuses. Five student teams. We’ll share what Dear You means to the people building it where they live, study, train, and show up.
Five campuses. One day. Call Your People.
THIS STARTS
WITH YOU.
Want to talk? Reach out.