In true selfless Lori Hendriks fashion, she has advised the ILD management team adamantly that she does not want any gifts for her retirement aside from a kudo board! If you know what a kudo board is, kudos to you…All kidding aside, wanting to respect Lori’s wishes, but also knowing some (maybe many!?) of us may want to give a gift of some kind as an expression of thanks and congratulations for her years of service, the management team came up with an idea where we thought in honour of Lori’s dedicated efforts towards wellness and mental health in the ORO, and Justice on a whole, we could raise funds for CAMH to acknowledge her legacy in this area. While we had initially thought we’d try to keep this endeavour a surprise, as the organizer of this “fundraising event” with CAMH, it became apparent to me that we needed Lori’s agreement as I wanted to use her name and note her retirement as our fundraising event. Lori agreed but stressed I make it clear that this is all optional and in no way whatsoever necessary.
This fundraiser supports CAMH, Canada's leading mental health hospital.
Did you know that 1 in 5 Canadians experience mental illness in any given year? And that 4,000 Canadians die by suicide every year—almost 11 people per day?
And yet, many don't realize that, in its most severe forms, mental illness can be fatal.
With your support, we can change how the world sees and treats mental illness. We can break down stigma and lead important conversations about suicide prevention. We can give people time to get the help they need; families time to heal; and researchers and clinicians time to make breakthroughs and offer new treatment options.
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Together, we can give people hope for a better tomorrow.
