Pineapple Support Marks Progress on 1st Anniversary (AVN)

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Pineapple Support, a mental health resource for members of the adult industry, celebrates its first anniversary this month. To mark the occasion, organizers shared numbers that reveal some of the successes the young non-profit group has enjoyed.

Since Pineapple Support’s founding in April 2018, the organization has connected nearly 130 adult performers to vital mental health resources, including providing more than 40 performers with free or subsidized therapy. And more than twice as many individuals have used the non-profit’s active listening service.

Pineapple Support has no salaried staff. Tax-deductible donations secured by the US 501(c)3 non-profit have gone to therapists and treatment, outreach and awareness, and professional, technical and administrative services.

Total Money Pledged: $87,000

• Number of Performers Treated: 127

• Number of Therapy Sessions Subsidized: 400

• Number of Therapists Recruited: 29

• Number of Volunteers Trained: 133

• Number of Sponsor Companies: 21

• Number of Events Attended Globally: 11

• Number of Therapists Contacted: 1250

Pineapple Support was launched by Tanit, a performer herself, in response to a string of losses in the adult industry from depression and other mental illness.