Canadian Mental Health Association, Vancouver-Fraser

As the nation-wide leader and champion of mental health, Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is a federation of local branches and provincial divisions. Together we help people access community resources to build resilience and support recovery from mental illness or addiction. We do this by building capacity, influencing policy, providing services and developing resources. Together we positively impact change, create a community that supports mental health and reduces the stigma associated with mental illness.

CMHA, Vancouver-Fraser (CMHA-VF) branch believes everyone deserves to be mentally healthy and live in a healthy community. By offering community-based mental health education, services, and supports for children, youth, adults and seniors, CMHA-VF contributes to the long-term health and wellbeing of our communities.

Thanks to the BMO Vancouver Marathon RUN4HOPE program, runners can raise money for our branch to provide essential support for critical mental health programs. Your efforts make a real difference for people living with mental health challenges:

• Children living with a parent experiencing mental illness, and students feeling depressed, anxious — or even worse – suicidal
• Chinese seniors who live alone with isolation, loneliness and depression
• Firefighters and First Responders who struggle every single day with trauma, work-related stress and total exhaustion

Whether to maintain, improve or recover on a mental health journey, the team at CMHA, Vancouver-Fraser branch is here to help. We hope you join the CMHA-VF team and support our fundraising efforts. Sign up NOW!