Friday, August 31st, 2012
Issue 35, Volume 16.
Temecula student Maddy Grey is on a mission to raise awareness about eating disorders among the youth in her community. A Great Oak senior, Grey struggled with her own illness after being concerned about image and weight instead of health. After battling her eating disorders, Grey is now happy, healthy, and eager to bring to light the truths and dangers behind such illnesses.
"[Going through a disorder] made me realize how fragile life is and how strong I really am," Grey said. "It showed me how to avoid the world?s skewed version of beauty and what true beauty actually is."
Grey focuses on helping the youth in her community because she feels that if neglected, eating disorders have the potential to ruin and even take lives. She has begun fundraising for the National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) walk ? a one-mile walk through Ronald Reagan Sports Park taking place on September 16?at 9 a.m. She hopes the walk will raise awareness and money toward eating disorder treatment.
"I hope the NEDA walk brings light to Advertisement
[ Pala Mesa Resort ] a shushed topic in our town, so those silently suffering can get help," Grey said.
Her goal is to raise five thousand dollars through the walk to aid those in need.
Because she battled eating disorders in the past, Grey understands that society creates an image of youth and beauty that often times is not realistic. She believes that society is so focused on evading obesity that it tends to augment the desire to lose weight in a rapid and unhealthy manner. Instead, she believes that people are beautiful no matter their body type.
In the past year, Grey has held Eating Disorder Awareness Weeks at her school, giving away free pairs of jeans to encourage young students to embrace their real bodies and helping students understand the dangers of disorders. She has created her own school club called Eating Disorders Anonymous as a place for struggling students to gather and collectively seek the path to a healthy, happy lifestyle.
To support Maddy Grey and find out more about the NEDA walk, visit her website at?eatingdisordersanonymous.weebly.com.
Source: http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/66153/
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