One in two of our neighbours will face mental illness before age 40.

They’re our parents, our children, our friends. The communities we serve are on the front lines of a hidden crisis made worse by the overwhelming strain of COVID-19. Just like cancer or cardiac patients need specialized equipment and care, mental health patients have their own needs: space, privacy, dignity and support. It’s time to make them a priority.

The truth is that mental illness won’t simply get better. Recovery is built day by day from better moments, better environments, and better care. But we can’t do it alone. We need help to provide help.

Our Mental Health Program has been pushed to the limit.

An aging population, rising rates of mental illness, and the fastest-growing communities in Ontario: Southlake faces a perfect storm.

We know that where we heal determines how we heal. But overcrowding meant our mental health patients have had to share rooms with others facing their own crises — without natural light, room to move, outside air, or even a safe space to store their belongings. This was unacceptable. We needed to do better.

Help us build a better place to heal. Donate today.

Your help will let us transform our patients’ journey from the moment they walk through our doors. The new six-room Emergent Mental Health Assessment Unit means they no longer have to wait in the overcrowded Emergency Department with the injured and the ill for as long as five days. A new Adult Inpatient Mental Health Unit will let us treat 400 more people every year, while giving each more effective, personal care.

Just like those patients, we’re committed to doing better every day. And just like them, we need support.

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