{"id":1177037,"date":"2026-08-30T10:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1177037\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T10:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:07:35","slug":"nhs-duncan-robinson-hosts-event-for-mental-health-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1177037\/","title":{"rendered":"NH&#8217;s Duncan Robinson hosts event for mental health resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Duncan Robinson hosts &#8216;Hoops for Healing&#8217; to benefit mental health resources in NH<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"css-ncbpmr\">MANCHESTER, N.H. \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Duncan Robinson, a New Hampshire native and NBA player, hosted an event in Manchester on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">&#8220;Hoops for Healing&#8221; is a dinner fundraiser that drew more than 500 people to the Queen City.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The inaugural event aimed to support health and wellness resources across the state and beyond. The proceeds from the event will benefit three of New Hampshire&#8217;s mental health centers, as well as the Safe Sports Network.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Guests of honor at Hoops for Healing included current or former professional athletes such as Matt Bonner, Chris Carpenter, Tim Schaller and Brian Scalabrine.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The Robinson Family Foundation put the dinner on along with Primary Bank.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The family has been an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmur.com\/article\/chronicle-robinson-family-new-hampshire-92925\/68136610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">active advocate<\/a> for mental health awareness and suicide prevention after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmur.com\/article\/eli-robinson-duncan-robinson-new-hampshire\/67951906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eli Robinson died<\/a> by suicide in April 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\"><strong>&gt;&gt; If you or someone you know needs help, call or text the <a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline<\/a>. In an emergency, call 911.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Duncan Robinson said he hopes the event reminds people they can rely on others for support during hard times.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">&#8220;First off, just the power of community. You know, when you are going through challenging moments to lean into the people around you. And, from a community standpoint, we need to rely on each other,&#8221; Robinson said. &#8220;One thing I&#8217;m so proud to be from this area is I think New Hampshire does an incredible job of looking out for their own, and just continue to push this conversation around mental health to the forefront and try to make a difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">More information on the Robinson Family Foundation can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/r-ff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Duncan Robinson hosts &#8216;Hoops for Healing&#8217; to benefit mental health resources in NH MANCHESTER, N.H. \u2014 Duncan Robinson,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1177038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4317],"tags":[299908,105,318944,218,101422,6586,16,15],"class_list":["post-1177037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-duncan-robinson","tag-health","tag-hoops-for-healing","tag-mental-health","tag-new-hampshire","tag-resources","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117183908746528502","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1177037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1177038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1177037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1177037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1177037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}