✨A Chuseok So Warm, Even the Moonlight Feels Gentle👏
The Blue Tree Foundation(BTF)
has been planting hope in the hearts of youth for 30 years.
We extend our gratitude to everyone who has illuminated the dreams and futures of young people with love and support throughout this time.
May this Chuseok, a time for sharing hearts with loved ones,
be filled with abundance and warm energy.
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💙 Mind Run is Coming—A Festival of Healing Through Running Together!🏃♀️✨ |
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2025 Mind Run Festival
November 16th 2025, Sunday
Hanam-si Misa Rowing Park
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🚨The Mental Health Red Flag Our Society Faces🤕 |
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#1 in OECD suicide rates, 63% increase in youth depression over 3 years... Korean society is currently facing a 'crisis of the heart.'
BTF has been running tirelessly for the past 30 years to protect youth from school violence. However, in a rapidly changing world with new threats like cyberbullying, the mental health of young people is at risk—1 in 10 teenagers considers suicide.
So we thought of a way to protect youth by strengthening the muscles of the mind, just as we train the muscles of the body.
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💖Healing Hearts Through Running—Mind Run🏃♀️ |
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Mind Run: Running together, Healing together |
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Mind Run was initiated by doctors from the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association. It's a gathering that raises awareness about the importance of mental health through running and seeks paths to healing and recovery together.
Resonating with this mission, BTF, KBS N, the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association, and the Morning Letter Cultural Foundation have joined forces to host the first-ever Mind Run Festival this year, with approximately 5,000 participants!
While many may value running records, Mind Run aims to be a happiness festival that pursues empathy, support, and human connection above all else.
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⏱️Empathy, Connection, Recovery—More Important Than Records🌿 |
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On November 16th, the Mind Run Festival at Hanam Misa Rowing Park is not a race for records, but a festival where everyone can run, empathize, and enjoy together. It's a national project for the mental health of all ages, carrying messages of violence, addiction, and suicide prevention. |
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🎶A Running Stage with Stars Together🌟 |
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For this nationwide healing festival, MC Yoon Hyung-bin, along with Sleepy, Turtle (Geumbi), and Outsider will join us. Notably, rapper Sleepy will run the marathon together on the festival day! If you want to run together and share healthy energy, sign up quickly!😊
After the run: 📸 Photo zones, 🎉 Experience booths, 🌿 Mental health campaigns and more!
Under the autumn sky, steps that make body and mind healthy! Let's meet soon at the
Mind Run Festival, where we run together✨, empathize with each other💙, and experience the recovery of our hearts! |
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✝️BTF Invited as Official Speaker to Vatican Pontifical Academy of Theology
BTF has been invited as an official speaker to the Pontifical Academy of Theology's international seminar— the first in Korea and the first NGO worldwide! What were the importance of youth protection in the AI era and international cooperation strategies that BTF emphasized?
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🗣️National Assembly Forum for Building a Digital Safety Net for Youth
A policy forum on <Guaranteeing Children and Youth Rights in the Digital Environment> was held at the National Assembly Members' Office Building, hosted by BTF, ChildFund Korea, and the offices of Representatives Jo In-chul and Choi Hyung-du. BTF presented measures to strengthen platform responsibility and victim protection to address cyberbullying issues.
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🌐Call for 2026 UN Youth Delegates Selection Speech Contest Closing Soon (~10/9)
An opportunity to speak at the UN Headquarters in New York with BTF! ✈️Up to 5 million KRW in participation expenses supported—take on the opportunity to share your story with the world at the 11/15 speech contest selecting the UN Youth Delegates!
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The Blue Tree Foundation
From: jikim0098@btf.or.kr
Address: 88, Seocho-daero 46-gil, Seoul, South Korea
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