St. Thomas, ON, Canada / 94.1 St.ThomasToday.ca
Dec 13, 2020 1:07 PM
For their efforts in raising awareness around mental health challenges and suicide rates amongst first responders, St. Thomas paramedics Jill Foster and Shaun Taylor received the United Way 2021 ChangeMaker Labour Appreciation Award Thursday. Dani Bartlett, Labour Programs & Services Coordinator presented the award to Taylor. Afterward, Taylor noted the award recognizes what they do on a daily basis.
Strathroy, ON, Canada / 105.7 Strathroy Today
Dec 9, 2020 9:18 PM
On Thursday United Way and Labour United will present Jill Foster and Shaun Taylor with the 2021 ChangeMaker Award. They were selected for their efforts in raising awareness around mental health challenges and suicide rates amongst first responders with the ivegotyourback911 social media campaign. As active frontline paramedics, Jill and Shaun worked together to develop the idea of a social media awareness campaign highlighting the fact that suicide by first responders was a very real issue. The duo, along with paramedics Denise Laing and Stephanie Romano, launched the campaign to draw attention to the increase and rise of mental health issues within the first responder community.