This is my second year running in RBC's Race for the Kids in support of the Family Navigation Project (FNP) at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. FNP works with families and their youth with mental health and/or addiction issues to understand their needs and match them with support and services to enhance their health and family functioning.

As many as two million young people in Canada are struggling with mental health issues such as an anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, depression or addiction; yet only one in five will get specialized treatment. This is largely because families don’t know where to turn to find the services their children need.

$250 of support will allow FNP to provide an in-take assessment for a new patient.

$750 of support will allow FNP to navigate one family member to mental-health support.

Thank you for sponsoring me - you are helping youth find the right mental health support, when they need it most.