Events and Timeline
2025
Events
We hosted the 2nd Annual Beyond Better; Gala on Friday, February 28th at Warehouse 6 Events in Holland, Michigan. We are excited to have our 4th Annual Be Better; Golf Outing on Monday, June 9th at Macatawa Golf Club and registration is happening now! Finally, we look forward to the 4th Annual Be Better; Invitational hosted by the University of Michigan Swim and Dive Teams sometime in September. Please consider sponsoring, donating, and attending these awesome events.
2024
Events
In February, we held the 1st Annual Beyond Better; Gala and raised over $55,000 and in June, we hosted the 3rd Annual Be Better; Golf Outing and raised $43,0000! Our 3rd Annual Be Better; Invitational was a huge success. It was hosted by the Holland Aquatic Center this year and the teams included: The University of Michigan, Purdue University, Calvin University, and Hope College. It was a fun, non-scoring meet and a great way for the teams to start their season off. We are looking forward to next year at the University of Michigan's Canham Natatorium.
2023
Events
In 2023, we focused on our 2nd Annual Be Better; Golf Outing and the 2nd Annual Be Better; Invitational at the University of Michigan. We raised over $38,000 at the outing, expanded the swim meet, and increased our clients by a factor of 10.
2022
Events
2022 was a big expansion year. We held our 1st Annual Be Better; Golf Outing and our 1st Annual Be Better; Invitational at Calvin University. We worked hard to develop our SEN Groups, our SEN Education Series, and our ACC Model.
2021
Events
2021 was the official launch of Be Better;. We knew we were filling a gap in care by how many organizations and people were excited to help us and learn more. The Ian Miskelley Hope Scholarship was started at the University of Michigan, the Ian Miskelley Memorial Meet at the University of Michigan, the Ian Miskelley Memorial Open at the Holland Aquatic Center, a large kickoff event was attended and covered in the local news, and so much more!
2020
Events
The Miskelley family lost their son Ian to mental illness in September of 2020. He was a swimmer at the University of Michigan. After this tragedy, Be Better; was created. Black River Public School hosted The Strength Event, the athletes at U of M raised money from their annual Mock Rock to benefit Be Better; and a team of students from the Ross School of Business created the One of One Project to spread awareness.