CMHA Sixth Annual Ride Don't Hide Fundraiser For Mental Health Hitting The Trails This June

The sixth annual Ride Don’t Hide for mental health, with Canadian Mental Health Association of Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (CMHAHKPR) will take place at Nicholls Oval on June 18.

Sponsors gathered with CMHA HKPR at Toms Heating And Cooling on Friday. Photo by Angela O’Grady.

Ride Don’t Hide invites community members to hop on their bike and ride, while fundraising for mental health.

The funds from the 2022 Ride Don't Hide event will support CMHA HKPR's new Mobile Mental Health and Addictions Clinic, which is being launched this year. The clinic will serve the counties Peterborough, Haliburton, Kawartha, and Northumberland providing mental health and addictions care to under-resourced and underserviced communities.

The theme of this year's event is 'move more, stress less, cope better.' Recognizing the toll that the pandemic has had on individuals mental health.

This is the second year that Tom’s Heating and Cooling will partner with CMHA HKPR to present this event, though Ryan Waudby, president of Tom’s Heating and Cooling says this year they plan to do even more than last.

“We are so honoured to be a part of the Ride Don’t Hide event,” he said. “It was an awesome year last year and we broke some records, which was amazing and this year we’re going to do something a little bit different.”

This year, Tom’s Heating and Cooling will donate $50 to the campaign for every install they complete from now until the end of June, in the name of the employee that does the installation.

“What we’re seeing is we need more and more care,” said Jack Veitch, CMHA HKPR. “That’s why this mobile mental health and addictions clinic is especially integral because so many of our communities are isolated. Rural populations need care just like everybody else.”

Riders can register for a 4km, 12km or 26km ride along the Rotary Trail in Peterborough.

Registration is $30 per person and children 12 and under register for free. $30 is the minimum fee, riders are encouraged to fundraise leading up to the event.

This years fundraising goal in $25,000.

To register visit cmha.donordrive.com.

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