2019 Kelowna Concert For Suicide Awareness

September 14, 2019 By Sarah Lust Leave a Comment

The Mysterious Barricades Concert Society hosts a series of 15 one-hour concerts across Canada between September 5th and September 14th to mark World Suicide Awareness Week. This concert series comprises of performances by some of Canada’s finest musicians and includes genres of classical, choral, jazz, and more.

People touched by suicide, mental health professionals, community figures, politicians, and ordinary Canadians stand up on this day to speak about mental health and suicide in hopes of reducing stigma and providing support.

Imagine a day when the barricades erected around the subjects of suicide and mental illness start to come down.
Imagine a day when hundreds of Canada’s finest musicians across the country join together to offer music of healing and hope to those in jeopardy, and to those left behind.
Imagine a day when even one life might be saved as a result.
Imagine you, joining with us, to let everyone know their lives truly matter.

Tickets: All concerts are free to attend. However, to ensure your place at the concert, we encourage you to reserve a free ticket in advance.

To learn more about the concerts, please click here.
To secure your free ticket, please click here.
OR contact the concert organizer, Rosemary Thomson, directly here.

The Payton & Dillon Budd Memorial Ride – Ride Don’t Hide

June 23, 2019 By Sarah Lust Leave a Comment

This June 23rd – let’s ride!

Kelowna, we want you to join us for the Payton & Dillon Budd Memorial Ride as we come together to Ride Don’t Hide as a community and #GETLOUD about mental health and suicide prevention. You can participate as an individual or as part of a team with your family, friends or co-workers and help us raise funds for mental health programs and services in our community. Let’s help people of all ages access the help and support they need and know they are not alone.

When we Ride Don’t Hide, we create change.

Routes/Cost:
4km or 6km Walk (Stride Don’t Hide) – $40
6km Family Ride – $40
25km Ride – $40
50km Ride – $40
Budd’s 100 – Sign up to be a part of Budd’s 100 today and decide which route is right for you later! When you join Budd’s 100, you agree to raise $100. PLUS, thanks to the generosity of the Thomas Alan Budd Foundation, your $100 in fundraising will be matched! The $40 registration fee is waived with this option.

Event Schedule:

Friday June 21 – CMHA Kelowna, 504 Sutherland Avenue

3 pm – 6 pm T-shirt Pick-up (Team Captains & Individual Riders only) and New Registrations

Sunday June 23 – Baseball Diamond at Kelowna Curling Club, 551 Recreation Avenue

7:15 am – 8:00 am 50 km Ride T-shirt Pick-up (Team Captains & Individual Riders) and New Registrations

8:15 am 50 km Ride start

8:30 am – 9: 15 am 20 km, 6 km Ride and 4 km, 6km Walk T-shirt Pick-up (Team Captains & Individual Riders) and New Registrations

9:30 am 20 km, 6 km Ride and 4 km, 6 km Walk start

11:05 Speeches and Prizes

12:30 Event Wrap-up

Activities, Speakers and Entertainment

7:15 am Family Game Zone opens

8:00 am Food Tent opens

11:05 am Speakers Begin: Shelagh Turner – Executive Director CMHA Kelowna , Loyal Wooldridge – Kelowna City Council, Thomas Alan Budd -Title Sponsor, Cam McAlpine – Ride Ambassador

11:20 am Prizes announced

12:30 pm Event Wrap-up

About the Payton & Dillon Budd Memorial Ride:
At CMHA Kelowna we want to let anyone struggling in silence to know they are not alone. That’s why we are dedicating our Ride Don’t Hide event to the memory of two brothers in our community. The Payton and Dillon Budd Memorial Ride is a rallying point for us all: Anyone can experience poor emotional or mental health. Anyone can be at risk for thoughts of suicide. No one should have to hide or stay silent. On June 23rd, join us and ride in plain sight to raise funds for programs and services in our community.

The Cause:
Ride Don’t Hide is a nation-wide fundraising bike ride that gives thousands of people across Canada the opportunity to connect—to their own mental health, to each other and to their broader communities, while raising the critical funds that support CMHA programs in their own community that help Canadians take care of our mental health.

The 2018 event was an overwhelming success. Thank you to all of our riders, volunteers and sponsors.

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The Payton & Dillon Budd Memorial Ride – Ride Don’t Hide

June 24, 2018 By Sarah Lust Leave a Comment

This June 24th – let’s ride!

Kelowna, we want you to join us on June 24th for the Payton & Dillon Budd Memorial Ride as we come together to Ride Don’t Hide as a community and #GETLOUD about mental health and suicide prevention. Register today as an individual or as part of a team with your family, friends or co-workers and help us raise funds for mental health programs and services in our community. Let’s help people of all ages access the help and support they need to live their best lives.

When we Ride Don’t Hide, we create change.

Event Details

Where: Rotary Centre for the Arts – 421 Cawston Ave, Kelowna, BC V1Y 6Z1
When: Sunday, June 24th, 2018

Cost: $40 youth (13-17) and $40 adults (18+)
Children 12 years and under ride for free!

Budd’s 100: Sign up to be a part of Budd’s 100 and to raise a minimum of $100. Your registration fee will be waived and your $100 will be matched by the Thomas Alan Budd Foundation

Routes: This community event accommodates riders of all ages and abilities with three different rides: a 6.5 KM Kids / Family Route, a 20 KM Route and a 60 KM Route – route details coming soon! We even have an option for you to sign up as Virtual Rider – no registration fee, no riding but you can still support the event and CMHA Kelowna by fundraising!

Find out more about the ride here or click the buttons below to register or volunteer.

About the Payton & Dillon Budd Memorial Ride: At CMHA Kelowna we want to let anyone struggling in silence to know they are not alone. That’s why we are dedicating our Ride Don’t Hide event to the memory of two brothers in our community. The Payton and Dillon Budd Memorial Ride is a rallying point for us all: Anyone can experience poor emotional or mental health. Anyone can be at risk for thoughts of suicide. No one should have to hide or stay silent. On June 24th, join us and ride in plain sight to raise funds for programs and services in our community.

The Cause

When we hide, mental health stays hidden. When we #GETLOUD about mental health – we help reduce the stigma so more people can get the help they need, earlier. It’s so important that we create opportunities to open up conversations about mental health. In any given year, 1 in 5 people in Canada, from all walks of life, will personally experience a mental health problem or illness and the other 4 will likely be profoundly impacted by it. It is crucial that we, as a community, keep getting loud about mental health so we can continue to help people of all ages access the help they need, when they need it.

For event information: Jessica Samuels: 250-861-3644 or jessica.samuels@cmha.bc.ca

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2019 Kelowna Concert For Suicide Awareness

The Payton & Dillon Budd Memorial Ride – Ride Don’t Hide

This June 23rd – let’s ride!

When we Ride Don’t Hide, we create change.

Third Space Life Charity

The Payton & Dillon Budd Memorial Ride – Ride Don’t Hide

This June 24th – let’s ride!

When we Ride Don’t Hide, we create change.

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