A while back our dear Aunt Becky from Mommy Wants Vodka mentioned she was looking for help with Band Back Together.
What? You don’t know Band Back Together? You’re not With The Band? You need to be With The Band, people.
I can’t describe what it is any better than the founder did herself:
Band Back Together is a group weblog that provides educational resources as well as a safe, moderated, supportive environment to share stories of survival. Through the power of real stories written by real people, we can work together to destigmatize mental illness, abuse, rape, baby loss and other traumas so that we may learn, grow, and heal.
All are welcome.
That’s it. It’s that simple and that beautiful.
Some of the stories are hard to read. I don’t read them all, I admit. Some of them I just can’t. But I can always provide a supportive comment and that’s really what being With The Band is about.
I know how hard it is to share hard stories. I’ve shared mine here – even the hardest one. But some people can’t do that, or don’t have a place to. (And a lot of people’s stories are WAY harder than mine.)
I also know how much it means when someone says, it’s okay. You’re not alone. You are not defined by that experience or that illness or that tragedy.
Because of that, when Becky asked for help I signed up. I’m doing what I can to promote the site so people have a safe place and I’m doing some other behind-the-scenes work like writing resource pages and stuff. This is all volunteer – the whole site is.
So if you want to get With The Band, it’s easy. Comment. Spread the love. Retweet or Stumble stuff. Buy a t-shirt. Yes, a t-shirt.
Or…win one! I don’t generally do giveaways but I’m doing this one. One lucky person is going to win a Band t-shirt of their choice.
Mandatory entry:
Browse Band Back Together and leave a comment below telling me which resource page you think will help the most people.
For extra entries (leave a separate comment for each entry):
- Subscribe to Band Back Together on Google Friend Connect
- Follow @bandback2gether on Twitter
- Like The Band on Facebook
- Tweet about this giveaway. Sorta like this: I’m With The Band and I want a shirt to prove it! Enter to win one with @MamaRobinJ and @bandback2gether http://wp.me/p1z3B0-Ik #giveaway
Want to go all the way?
- Write a post about Band Back Together and share the link in the comments. To thank you for your efforts we will not only give you an entry to win a fabulous t-shirt, we’ll also feature your post on the site (somehow – we’ll figure out exactly how) and then you’ll get some love too.
Giveaway will end at midnight (Pacific time) on July 28, 2011 and a winner will be drawn at random.
The small print: I was not compensated for this post (except with Becky’s undying love). I have a Band shirt, which I bought with my own money, and I’m doing this giveaway because I think more people should know about – and support – Band Back Together.
