A 麻豆精选 business held a fundraiser in a backyard to raise funds for Foundry 麻豆精选 and knock down barriers around mental health.
The event dubbed Let鈥檚 Build Longer Tables, Not Taller Fences hosted by Innov8 Digital Solutions raised over $40,000 for Foundry 麻豆精选 and the Canadian Mental Health Association on July 12 and featured music from Scotty Berg, a 12-year-old 麻豆精选 singer, and country star, Aaron Pritchett.
鈥淭he message was really about treating mental health like any other illness; to support people that struggle,鈥� said Katia Brosseau, director of marketing and client services at Innov8. 鈥淲e had all of the tables arranged in one long set-up. Let鈥檚 Build Longer Tables, Not Taller Fences, and let鈥檚 support people with mental illness just like we do people with other illnesses.鈥�
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Katia and her husband Andre Brosseau, president of Innov8, hosted the fundraiser in the backyard of their 麻豆精选 home. Katia said when the donations started coming in it was a domino effect.
鈥淭he crowd got challenged to raise $20,000 to receive an extra $10,000 from an anonymous donor. (Innov8) sponsored all the ticket sales and 130 people joined the sold-out event and this amazing group of friends all individually donated a $1,000,鈥� she said.
鈥淲e were just short of a couple thousand and Andre鈥榮 boot went around the crowd to reach the $20,000 goal. Then Jillian Harris texted me to help reach our goal with another $1000. We did it! Another anonymous donation of $5,000 was received right after and all together we are at $40,000. An unbelievable magical night.鈥�
Foundry 麻豆精选 has recently relocated to a temporary home at Central School after a fire shut down the centre on July 9. Katia said this event was already being planned at the time the fire happened.
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鈥淚 had a gentleman text me the next day that he had never talked about his mental illness to anyone, ever, until that night; he just felt so relaxed,鈥� said Katia. 鈥淚t was such a relaxed and open atmosphere. That鈥檚 the goal.鈥�
You can find out more about Foundry 麻豆精选 and Innov8 Digital Solutions at their websites.
