{"id":100637,"date":"2026-09-04T03:45:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=100637"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:40:39","slug":"military-service-center-to-host-8th-annual-22-push-up-challenge-on-sept-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/09_04_2026\/military-service-center-to-host-8th-annual-22-push-up-challenge-on-sept-11","title":{"rendered":"Military Service Center to Host 8th Annual 22 Push-Up Challenge on Sept. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Military Service Center will be hosting the Eighth\u00a0Annual 22 Push-Up Challenge on Friday, Sept. 11.<\/p>\n<p>The free, public event is scheduled\u00a0from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. near the Veterans Memorial Plaza\u00a0on Main Campus. The plaza is located between Memorial Field House and University Hall on Centennial Mall.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_90106\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90106\" class=\"wp-image-90106\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/22-Pushup-Challenge-09112024-8637.jpg\" alt=\"Staff Sgt. Dustin McGee, right, with Ohio Air National Guard\u2019s 180th Fighter Wing smiles as he watches Aaron Smith, a junior studying exercise science, complete 22 pushups at the sixth annual 22 Pushup Challenge in September.\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/22-Pushup-Challenge-09112024-8637.jpg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/22-Pushup-Challenge-09112024-8637-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-90106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Military Service Center will be hosting its Eighth Annual 22 Push-Up Challenge on Friday, Sept. 11, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. near the Veterans Memorial Plaza on Main Campus.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 22 Push-Up Challenge is dedicated to raising awareness about the mental health challenges faced by veterans, with an estimated 22 lives lost to suicide each day. Students, staff and faculty are invited to participate to complete 22 push-ups in solidarity and support for this cause, if they are able.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year marks our Eighth\u00a0Annual 22 Push-Up Challenge, an event we hold to raise awareness of veterans suicide,\u201d said Eric Buetikofer, UToledo director of Military and Veteran Affairs. \u201cWe conduct this event in September to coincide with Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. We are asking the greater UToledo community to come out and support our effort to raise awareness of veteran suicide. We know not everyone can perform 22 push-ups. We simply ask that you do as many as you can; we usually have a military-connected student who is willing to finish the push-ups you are unable to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you or any Veteran or military member you know is in crisis, you can contact the Veterans Crisis Line at 988 then press 1 for help.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/09_04_2026\/military-service-center-to-host-8th-annual-22-push-up-challenge-on-sept-11\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/22-Pushup-Challenge-09112024-8637-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Staff Sgt. Dustin McGee, right, with Ohio Air National Guard\u2019s 180th Fighter Wing smiles as he watches Aaron Smith, a junior studying exercise science, complete 22 pushups at the sixth annual 22 Pushup Challenge in September.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>The free, public event is scheduled\u00a0from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. near the Veterans Memorial Plaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":90106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,96,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100638,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100637\/revisions\/100638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}