In collaboration with the Charlevoix mental health and addictions table and Bell Cause for the Cause, the Call of the Mountain event invites people to come and enjoy the mountain's facilities for the benefit of 5 organizations working in mental health. The cost of each round-trip gondola ride will be entirely donated to the various organizations. Profits raised by participants will be doubled by Groupe Le Massif to a maximum of $5,000.
Information about the participating organizations are below.
La Marée
La Marée is a non-profit community organization that has been working for 31 years with the family and friends of a person experiencing a mental health problem.
The organization aims to support the family and friends of a person who presents signs of a mental health problem by offering them a range of services to equip them and actualize their potential for a better life balance.
La Marée is a certified member of the Réseau Avant de Craquer, and helps hundreds of families each year through individual and group interventions, awareness activities, wellness and respite.
Centr'hommes Charlevoix
Centr'hommes Charlevoix's mission is to welcome, intervene, share and promote healthy lifestyle habits for men presenting different challenges. In addition, the organization must contribute to the global evolution of the male condition and provide housing services for men in the greater Charlevoix region.
The Appel de la montagne event will allow the organization to have permanent premises. The goal is to offer greater confidentiality for individual interventions, as well as more stability and opportunity to meet through weekly group activities.
Vision d’espoir de sobriété
Vision d'espoir de sobriété is a community organization in Baie-Saint-Paul that has been providing support and accompaniment services for people with substance use disorders since 1980.
The organization also offers a living environment with daily meals at low or no cost. With the funds received through the L'Appel de la montagne challenge, the organization wishes to develop its outreach service for the Baie-St-Paul region with a view to reducing the risk of rural homelessness by making their services and available assistance known. This service is aimed at a marginalized clientele, living with an addiction, mental health problems, with little or no income.
L’Éveil Charlevoisien
L'Éveil Charlevoisien is a community organization offering services to adults in Charlevoix who are experiencing mental health challenges. The organization's purpose is to support people with mental health challenges and to promote the improvement of their quality of life, their interpersonal relationships and their integration into the community.
The Appel de la montagne event will allow the organization to resume its collective kitchens, which aim to promote food autonomy and therefore the living conditions of users, to encourage the acquisition and exchange of knowledge on food, to promote social integration, to break isolation and to reduce the effects of poverty.
Centre de prévention du suicide de Charlevoix
Centre de prévention du suicide de Charlevoix offers services to suicidal people and their loved ones, as well as support services to people who have lost a loved one to suicide.
The organization aims to offer the citizens of Charlevoix who have lost a loved one to suicide the opportunity to get together by creating a support group for people bereaved by suicide. The funding obtained through L'Appel de la montagne will make it possible to launch this service in the region.
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Participate in your well-being and that of others on October 2, while enjoying Le Massif de Charlevoix in all its colors.