POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH HEALTH
HOW YOUR DONATIONS ARE BUILDING POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH United Way invests in prevention and early intervention programs which provide a wide range of community-based services that help improve social support, self-regulation of emotion and coping skills, as well as increase access to help and support. With positive mental health, we are better able to cope and thrive personally and professionally.
Thanks to your generous donations,
$635,710 was invested in our community in 2021 to ensure that people can access the supports they need to experience positive mental health.
NOW I AM HAPPY, I ENCOURAGE, I SYMPATHIZE, AND I FEEL "I have cried, I have been sad, I have been hurt, I have been depressed, and I have attempted suicide. That was before this program entered my life. Now I laugh, I smile, I joke, I am happy, I encourage, I sympathize, and I feel. Sometimes I still get sad, but the people in the program help the sadness goes away. Coping with life is still challenging, but I practice this mantra from a book I read: "I show up. I listen. I try to laugh." I show up. Enough to carry on with my life now. A life I once thought was not worth living. I owe so much to this program. If it had not come to me when I needed it most, I would not be here today to write about my story. Thank you to this program and the United Way."
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UNITED WAY GUELPH WELLINGTON DUFFERIN | 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW
