Walk Across America

Eric, (pictured below) who the Lee Eric Drake Foundation is named after, is our inspiration. After his death, which resulted from severe depression and in the end suicide, a group of his closest friends came together and the Lee Eric Drake Foundation came to be. Eric was a friend in the truest sense. Anyone who knew Eric can tell you; if you had a bad day, regardless of how his day was going, he would do anything to brighten yours. He really and truly did care about you and he took time to show it. If your paths crossed, more likely than not, he would befriend you.

We cannot sum up in words, the type of person that he was or how much he cared for others but we can share with the world his legacy which will live on through this foundation as well battle suicide and depression.

Walk Across America will be our first big project with the program we’ve created called “Records for Awareness”.  We all miss Eric each and everyday of our lives and we hope that this event will raise awareness about suicide and depression in teens and young adults.

The walk is scheduled to start in Los Angeles on February 3rd, 2011.  This date has been picked because it will mark the 6th anniversary of Eric’s death.   It will be an epic and exciting journey for Kelly and it’s one that he’s fully committed to and truly looking forward to completing to remember his best friend and everything Eric stood for.

We hope that you’ll be inspired to follow Kelly on his journey and be there to support him every step of the way as he promotes awareness for the LED Foundation and the other charities he will be representing.