My team
My team
Eli's Place Residential Treatment and Transition Centre
Total raised: $14,430.59
Goal: $25,000.00
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Hello Friends!
As some of you know, when I was in my teens and 20’s I struggled with serious mental illness. My family and I worked incredibly hard with my doctors and support services to keep me here, and get me into recovery.
The list of people who got me to this point is long, but one thing that was hard to come by was a place where I could go and learn how to be a healthy, fulfilled, independent adult. A place where I could learn by doing, in a therapeutic community that saw me as valuable, unique, with the potential to be whole.
Eli’s Place Residential Treatment and Transition Centre will be that place.
Based on a therapeutic model used in the United States, of a community, on the land, with treatment, support and meaningful activities like farming, Eli’s Place will be a place of recovery and hope for young people between 18-34.
People who are just like I was, will be able to find that recovery and stability that I fought so hard for.
I am participating in the Toronto Waterfront Marathon as part of the Eli’s Place Team. We have a goal of $25,000 this year, and I hope that if you are able, you will consider contributing to this amazing organization and help us open the doors to Eli’s Place.
Description
For the 160,000 young adults in Ontario grappling with serious mental illness, access to effective treatment is grossly inadequate. The cost in lives lived with debilitating challenges or lost to early death is far too great. The vision of Eli’s Place aims to bring hope. A first-of-its-kind in Canada, Eli’s Place is modelled after a leading rural, residential long-term treatment centre with proven success. Programs that incorporate therapeutic work, specialized care and skills training will offer a path to recovery for people in this underserved age group, giving them the tools to heal and move from simply surviving to living.
Recent donors
| Donation date | Donor name | Donation amount |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | Robert McComb | $108.31 |
| Sep 09 | Lesley And Ian Hastie | $108.31 |
| Sep 04 | Mary Killoran | $269.32 |
| Sep 04 | Brian Gray | $75.00 |
| Sep 04 | Rodney and Marie-Luise | $537.69 |
