We at sixsense strategy group have been #KeepingOurSensesHealthy and took on 'The 4K Challenge' in support of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). 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.

 

To raise mental health awareness and support individuals affected by mental illness, we challenged ourselves to move for every person lost to suicide each year. Because of your donations, sixsense completed the following challenges:

• $500 Step Challenge: After raising $500, each sixsense participant completed at least 4000 steps/day for 1 week. We averaged 7902 steps/day!
• $750 Jumping Jacks Challenge: After raising $750, the sixsense team collectively completed 9,131 jumping jacks in 1 week.
• $1,000 Sit-up Challenge: After raising $1,000, the sixsense team collectively completed 4,301 sit-ups in 1 week.
• $4,000 Fitness Challenge: After reaching our final fundraising goal of $4,000, the sixsense team raced against the clock to collectively complete 4,640 exercise reps in 4 mintues!

 

Raised funds were directly donated to CAMH, Canada’s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital and one of the world’s leading research centres in its field. Money raised is used for the most critical needs at CAMH, including COVID-19 response efforts, research, and treatments. This fundraiser will help close the gap between the burden of disease and the deficit in healthcare funding. For more information on how donations are used, visit: https://www.camh.ca/en/get-involved/putting-your-donations-to-work.

 

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. 

 

Together, we can give people hope for a better tomorrow.