Allen Broesky crossing the finish line of his pandemic walking goal. (Allen Broesky)
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Manitobans continue to look for the best in less-than-ideal COVID-19 situations in this week s good news.
Another COVID-19 summer is on the horizon, and yet, plans for Kids Day Camps are still in the works.
Boyd Kleiver, program director at Roseau River Bible Camp, says their camp opened up registration to campers back in March and already have over 200 campers registered.
When it comes to restrictions, Kleiver says, We don t really think the restrictions (this year) will be more limiting than what they were last year. Our sports skills was one skill that we x ed, but all of the other skills were good to go. Archery and ropes had disinfection stations. We were able to make each skill work, with a few adaptions, to what a regular summer would look like.
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This week is mental health week, an opportunity to shine a light on mental health and an opportunity to break the stigma surrounding it.
Sean Miller is the executive director at Peer Connections Manitoba. He says many of us need a reminder that our mental health matters and we need to stay on top of it. I use the analogy of Christmas. We have that time of the year where we are really engaged and there is a joy and a bounce in our step, and we re connecting with people and we re really generous, but over time we leak, we leak those things, says Miller.
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This week is mental health week, an opportunity to shine a light on mental health and an opportunity to break the stigma surrounding it.
Sean Miller is the executive director at Peer Connections Manitoba. He says many of us need a reminder that our mental health matters and we need to stay on top of it. I use the analogy of Christmas. We have that time of the year where we are really engaged and there is a joy and a bounce in our step, and we re connecting with people and we re really generous, but over time we leak, we leak those things, says Miller.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Aaron Epp
Sean Miller, executive director of Peer Connections Manitoba, the organization formerly known as the Manitoba Schizophrenia Society.
James was experiencing severe depression, anxiety and loneliness exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic when he visited the Mental Health Crisis Response Centre on Bannatyne Avenue last fall.
James was experiencing severe depression, anxiety and loneliness exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic when he visited the Mental Health Crisis Response Centre on Bannatyne Avenue last fall.
As part of their response, health-care workers referred the 65-year-old retiree to Peer Connections Manitoba for one-on-one peer support.
Through this program, people experiencing mental illness or addiction issues are paired with a peer support worker with lived experience who listens, answers questions regarding accessing mental-health services and helps the person they are working w