There are Canadian Veterans struggling with mental health issues and thoughts of suicide every day.

135 people are affected by 1 suicide. Your compassion is their hope for recovery.

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Bring hope to Canadians Veterans.
Your donation makes it possible for Veterans Connect to tell more stories, reach more families, and connect Veterans to the help they need and deserve.

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Veterans Connect Canada is a registered Canadian not for profit organization therefore at this time we cannot issue a tax receipt.

With your donation you’ll be entered to win:

With a donation of $25 you will be entered into a draw for a pair of Cineplex Odeon tickets.

With a donation of $50 you will be entered into a draw for a $25 Starbucks gift card.

With a donation of $100 you will be entered into a draw for a $100 Keg Steakhouse gift card.

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This Giving Tuesday, your donation to Veterans Connect Canada will contribute to building an environment that lets Veterans take the first steps from isolation and despair to recovery.

Help Us Reach More Veterans

In 2019 we want to continue breaking down the barriers to seeking help for Veterans and their families by:

Getting More Veterans to Share Their Stories
Telling more stories of lived experience.
Developing Active Listening Workshops
Developing a workshop on active listening and emotional intelligence for Veterans and their families.
Developing a Mental Health Relief Fund
Developing a fund for Veterans that allows them to supplement or connect to therapy.

At Veterans Connect Canada we work on reducing the stigma around suicide and mental health issues to make it easier for Veterans to seek help.

Sharing stories of lived experiences shines a light into the darkness and helps Veterans work through their problems, and helps friends and family understand what they are going through. Trust creates an environment for help seeking.

In 2018 we met with more Veterans who have been affected by suicide and mental health issues when we were invited to the Sam Sharpe breakfast on Parliament Hill. We had the opportunity to discuss the issue of Veteran suicide with the Minister of Veterans Affairs. At this same event we were able to connect with other Veterans and discuss how listening to others’ stories helped them on their journey to recovery. Learning about other Veteran’s lived experienced further emphasized the importance of our work.

We’ve learned how powerful it can be for a Veteran to share their lived experience. We helped a young Veteran named Julie Basque tell her story. We sat down with her a year later and asked her what that experience meant for her. This is what she said.