OCDCanuck Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Here in Canada, the most important day of the year for mental health is coming up in Wednesday, the 28th. On that day, Bell - one of our major Telecom companies here - donates five cents for every call, text, or long distance call made by their customers towards Mental Health initiatives. . Now, unless you live here and are a Bell customer, you can't do any of those. However, they will also donate five cents for ANY tweets made with the #BellLetsTalk hashtag. If you are on Twitter, please remember to add that hashtag to your tweets. Five cents might not sound like much, but with the national press given to this event, they were able to raise over five million dollars in last year's Let's Talk Day. Thank you. Link to comment
PolarBear Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Thanks for bringing this up. Link to comment
OCDCanuck Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Yeah. Little disappointed that no one here acknowledged my post and their ability to help out on that day. Money goes to mental health initiatives, including research, which helps us all. Link to comment
OCDCanuck Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 No one said anything here but today is the day, so I will remind everyone again... If you're on Twitter today, please add #BellLetsTalk to your tweets. It is a very important day here in Canada for mental health Link to comment
PolarBear Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Just sent out about 15 tweets with #BellLetsTalk in them. The more the merrier! This is a big deal in Canada. Link to comment
OCDCanuck Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 But you don't have to be in Canada to participate... Hint, hint Link to comment
PolarBear Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 As of a half hour ago, $1.8 million had been raised. Woo hoo! Link to comment
Guest nervous Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I just sent out some tweets, for those who don't know Bell runs some advertisements to help break down the stigma surrounding mental health and get people talking. I feel really good about their initiatives. Link to comment
OCDCanuck Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 At 7:30 EST, they are approaching the $5 million mark. Looks like last year's record will be easily beat. Link to comment
Guest PaulM Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Over $6 million raised. Breaking the stigma is priceless. Link to comment
Guest itsnotmeitsmyocd Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Wow!! $6 million, that's amazing Link to comment
OCDCanuck Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 6.1 million dollars. Over 122 million texts, tweets, and calls. Awesome job. Link to comment
PolarBear Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 It was amazing watching the number grow all day. Such an easy thing to do. I have to think Twitter played a big part in the fundraising. Link to comment
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