Positive Vector is a run to support mental health. The event was started by a group of friends that lost a fellow UWEC alum to suicide in December 2012. The event is now organized by NAMI-Chippewa Valley and other community members. This year's route will start at Menomonie Market in Menomonie and end at the brand-new Menomonie Market in Eau Claire. The event is not a competition, but rather an effort to raise awareness of and support for mental health in the Chippewa Valley. All funds raised go to NAMI-Chippewa Valley. We will need many volunteers to make this year's event successful, including help with marking the course, check-in, directing runners along the route, handing out food and water, the after-party.