Mental Health Fundraiser Hike For Happiness

Thorndale Therapy Services & Job Posting Family Service Thames Valley would like to extend its sincere condolences to family, friends and the community of Thorndale. If you require counselling support during this difficult time, we offer free walk-in counselling services every Tuesday at our 125 Woodward Ave, London location from 1pm-7pm. If you are in need of on-going counselling for yourself or your family please contact our intake team at 519-433-0183. If you are in crisi...s and require immediate support, contact Reach Out at 519-433-2023 or you can attend the CMHA Middlesex Crisis Centre at 648 Huron St, London ON We are currently hiring an additional counsellor for Middlesex County and will be bringing services to Thorndale. Hike to Happiness has advocated for services in Thorndale and continues to raise money that supports our free walk-in counselling services. Job Posting https://g.co/kgs/yoLtM7

A shout out to Finch Auto Group for matching my donation to Hike for Happiness! This $1000 put the Canada Life team over $10,000. With the matching funds from Canada Life we will have raised $22,650 and counting!!

Today we Hiked for for Happiness. We broke the Hike into 2 time slots to keep everyone safe. We also have lots of people hiking on their own. Please share your photos of your hike!! This year we expect to raise over $20,000 for Family Services Thames Valley and we cross the $100,000 mark raised over the years by the event. Thanks to all who donated and hiked!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The government of Ontario in an effort to keep everyone safe has limited outdoor gatherings to 25 people on private property. Our hike will be taking place largely on private property. Given how large and private this property is we still think this is the safest place to hold the Hike. The public gathering limit is 25 and was just announced and is effective immediately. ... To keep in compliance with this limit and to keep everyone safe please email Beth Jones at [email protected] if you still plan on attending the group Hike and if so how many people are coming with you. The plan now is to have 2 start times. One leaving at 9am and the second leaving at 10:15am. In your email please advise if one of the start times does not work for you.

We hike tomorrow and trying to find an interesting route for us in the private trails of John and Bonnie Ross ...

Happy to announce that we can hold an in person Hike for Happiness and keep people safe. Just a short walk from the corner of our subdivision is a lovely wooded lot of John and Bonnie Ross. They have extensive loops and trails through their woods. The paths are about 8 feet wide. The grass is regularly mowed. It is a delightful wooded area. They are letting us hold our Hike on their property ... this means that we can control who is on the trail and the direction of travel. Public trails have variable levels of people on them and if you meet on a narrow path social distancing may be a challenge. With this location we now think we can Hike for Happiness safely. More details to come!!