COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER |
APRIL 2021

A global conversation about youth mental health

As a community connector, it’s important to us as an organization that we help facilitate important conversations on issues that matter. A vital area we are working on drawing attention to right now is youth mental health.

Our youth are struggling and as we approach the anniversary of the 2020 floods and the Horse River fire, we are supporting families whose children are being triggered by these events. This isn’t something to take lightly.

On Wednesday, May 5, we are hosting a virtual community screening of Connecting the Dots: A Global Conversation About Youth Mental Health. Tickets are available here and your $5 admission goes directly to support mental health programming at SOS, right here in our community.

When we think about the last year and how we as adults have felt, we need to consider those feelings through the lens of our youth. From COVID-19 to systematic racism, sexual orientation and gender discrimination, there are global issues impacting our young people in our local neighbourhoods.

Please join us on May 5 for this important film screening and roundtable discussion about youth mental health in Fort McMurray and how we can work together as a community to better support our young people.

Take care,

Jason King
Executive Director

Get your tickets TODAY to support local mental health programming at SOS

When Keishsa lived in our community she faced many challenges. She was on suicide watch but actively worked with the staff at Some Other Solutions. When her family moved away, we hoped she would stay strong and continue to seek support.

It’s been two years, but recently we received this message from Keishsa and we share it with her permission:

“I just wanted to tell you that I graduated, I’m moving out, I’m 2 months sober and I got a job and my mental health is doing so much better!! You were very kind to me and I will never forget it.”

We are so proud of what she has achieved through the support of the SOS Mentorship and Community Helpers programs.

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