Each year, the money raised from The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride enables the Movember Foundation to fund hundreds of programs that support men’s mental health.
The program featured in this story, Resilience Grows Here, aims to provide support for returned veterans of foreign wars suffering from PTS (post traumatic stress). The program works in tandem with groups such as the Valhalla Motorcycle Club of Connecticut USA, whose members are trained by RGH in suicide prevention and peer support.
To date, this amazing program, founded by Program Director Justine Ginsberg at the Farmington Valley Health District has directly saved 34 lives and trained over 2000 of the local community members in suicide prevention.
All thanks to the efforts of everyone who participates in DGR and Movember.
To learn more about Resilience Grows Here visit their website at www.resiliencegrowshere.org
On Sunday September 28th 2019, over 120,000 distinguished gentlefolk in over 650 cities worldwide will don their cravats, tustle their ties, press their tweed, and sit astride their classic and vintage styled motorcycles to raise funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and men’s mental health.
For further information and services supporting mental health and suicide prevention, visit
Register now to take part in your nearest Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride event on Sunday September 24th upon your classic & and vintage styled motorcycle, or make a donation at
Film by Cam Elkins
Shot by Cam Elkins + Hayden Griffith
Special Thanks to the Valhalla MC, Connecticut + The Connecticut National Guard
To participate and raise funds for DGR visit www.gentlemansride.com
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Very awesome , I ride up in Ohio where some of this was filmed , see these folks out , and about . Great work being done with this . The high price of freedom , is worth it in the end , support is the key to survival , trust , love , honor , and respect are things that are definitely earned here . Thanks for sharing such a personal moment , maybe it will help comfort others , knowing , they are not alone .
Brought tears to my eyes, our veterans both men & women deserve respect & help when they need it. RGH is one such organization that
"gets it". God bless the the family members, Valhalla m/c & others like them who provide local support, understanding & love.
My uncle was in the british army ,he was in the first gulf war and on coming home to england he was diagnosed with a mental illness caused from what he saw in the gulf ,my heart goes out to all of you ,doesn't matter if your english ,american ,or french ,get help i am begging you ,take care ,see you on the road