Vancouver to Light Up For The Courage To Come Back Awards

This week landmarks around Vancouver will light up in blue in honour of Coast Mental Health’s Courage To Come Back Awards, presented by Wheaton Precious Metals. Watch for BC Place, Science World and the Vancouver Convention Centre as they light up tonight, and City Hall along with the Burrard Bridge on May 25th.

Vancouver to Light Up For The Courage To Come Back Awards

Now in their 26th year, the awards to date have raised over $25 million in support of community-based mental health services in the Greater Vancouver area.

“Thanks to the generosity of donors, Coast Mental Health provides outreach services, housing support, food security, mental health support for youth and adults, peer support services, training and employment and many other programs that are vital to the long-term recovery of vulnerable people living with mental illness.” Comments Isabela Zabava, Executive Director, Coast Mental Health Foundation

Hosted by Chris Gailus – co-anchor for Global News Hour at 6 – and Jillian Harris, founder of Jillian Harris Design, star of Love it or List it, the evening will celebrate the inspiring journeys of five award recipients across the following categories: Addiction, Mental Health, Physical Rehabilitation, Medical and Youth. Each has overcome extraordinary adversity to come back and give back to their community.

Coast Mental Health – an independent registered charity – is the largest provider of community-based services for people living with mental illness in British Columbia. Each year, the programs made possible through donors’ generous support of Coast Mental Health Foundation at the annual Courage To Come Back Awards, which have raised over $25 million to date, provide outreach services, housing support, food security, mental health support for youth and adults, peer support services, training and employment and many other programs that are vital to the long-term recovery of vulnerable people living
with mental illness.

Visit the website for recipients’ stories or to donate online, and follow Coast Mental Health on Facebook for updates.

Miss604 is a proud sponsor of the 2024 Courage To Come Back Awards