One week until Bell Let's Talk Day: Our thanks to organizations across Canada for highlighting the world's biggest conversation about mental health

MONTRÉAL, Jan. 23, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - As we count down to Bell Let's Talk Day next Wednesday January 30, we thank the hundreds of organizations across Canada that are generously providing their support to get the word out about what will be the biggest conversation about mental health in the world.

"Everyone's engagement in mental health is crucial to making progress, and we can all join the conversation on Bell Let's Talk Day by sending messages of support to fight the stigma, call for action and directly drive Bell's funding for mental health programs. We're grateful to these leading organizations for encouraging everyone to get engaged in the mental health cause and make sure our voices are heard on what promises to be the biggest Bell Let's Talk Day ever," said Mary Deacon, Chair of Bell Let's Talk.

The list of organizations involved in promoting mental health and the Bell Let's Talk Day campaign keeps growing every year. More than 200 Canadian universities and colleges are holding campus and athletic events this year to promote mental health programs. Other institutions and organizations nationwide – including content creators and media organizations, festivals, social media platforms, government and military, unions, sports teams and athletic organizations, associations, corporations and competitors – are all lending their voices and platforms to the cause.

Bell Let's Talk offers sincere appreciation to all these organizations for their support:

8tracks	Government of Canada	OFX Media
Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television	The Charlottetown Guardian	Ontario University Athletics
Acadia Broadcasting	Hamilton Bulldogs	Ordre des Psychologues du Québec
Accessible Media	Hot Docs	Oshawa Generals
AccuRadio	iHeartRadio	Osheaga
ASEQ/Student Care	IMAGI	Ottawa Senators
Atedra	Impax Media	Outfront
Atlantic University Sport	Impérial Bell	Pattison OneStop
Banff World Media Festival	Indigo	Pattison Outdoor
Bell Media	Instagram	Peeks Toronto Caribbean Carnival
Belleville Senators	Intuit Canada ULC	Pelmorex
Brampton Beast	Jeffrey Latimer Entertainment	Penguin Random House Canada
Branded Cities	Juice Mobile	Peterborough Petes
Brockville Braves	Junior Chamber of Commerce of Montréal	Postmedia
Cablevision	Just for Laughs	Raptors 905
Calgary Stampede	Kingston Frontenacs	Rogers
Canada Basketball	Kitchener Rangers	The Rossy Foundation
Canada West	Lan ETS	Rouge Media
Canadian Armed Forces	Le Massif	Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian Association of College & University Student Services	La Presse	RYU Apparel
Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association	Laval Rocket	The Saint John Telegraph Journal
Canadian Film Centre	lg2	Snapchat
Canadian Media Production Association	LinkedIn	SOCIETY @ M.E.
Canadian Olympic Committee	MLSE - Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment	Soo Greyhounds
Canadian Paralympic Committee	Major League Soccer	Spotify
Canadian School Counsellor	Media City	Sudbury Wolves
Canada Soccer	Media Experts	Taxi Media
Capitales Médias	Metro / StarMetro	TELUS
Captivate	Mississauga Steelheads	The Telegram
Cavendish Beach Music Festival	Mobile Syrup	Timmins Rock
CBC / Radio-Canada	The Moncton Times & Transcript	Toronto Argonauts Football Club
Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montréal	Monster Media	Toronto FC
Cineplex	Montréal Canadiens	Toronto International Film Festival
Colleges and Institutes Canada	Montréal Council on Foreign Relations	Toronto Maple Leafs
Culture Days	Montréal en Lumière	Toronto Raptors
Curium Magazine	Montréal en Santé	Toronto Rock
Dauphin Countryfest	Montréal Museum of Fine Arts	True Patriot Love Foundation
DAX Digital Audio Exchange	National Music Centre	TuneIn
DHX Television	National Newswatch	Twitter Canada
DreamHack Canada	National Soccer Coaching Conference	UB Media
Dynacare	Native Touch	UNIFOR
Enthusiast Gaming	NBA Canada	Universal Music Canada
evenko	Neo-Traffic	Universities Canada
Facebook	Newad	V Télé
Festival d'été de Québec	Newcap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Francos de Montréal	NFL Canada	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Fredericton Daily Gleaner	Niagara Ice Dogs	Winnipeg Free Press
The Halifax-Chronicle Herald	North Bay Battalion	Winnipeg Jets
Global	North Forge	The Writers Guild of Canada
The Globe and Mail	OATH	Xpeto
Google		Zoom Media

Join in on Bell Let's Talk Day
Everyone is invited to join the conversation on Bell Let's Talk Day by sending messages of support across multiple platforms to drive both awareness and action in mental health. Bell will donate 5 cents to Canadian mental health programs for each of the following interactions on January 30, at no extra cost to participants beyond what they would normally pay their service provider for online or phone access:

• Talk: Every mobile and every long distance call made by Bell wireless and phone customers
• Text: Every text message sent by Bell wireless customers
• Twitter: Every tweet and retweet using #BellLetsTalk, featuring the special Bell Let's Talk emoji, and Bell Let's Talk Day video view at Twitter.com/Bell_LetsTalk
• Facebook: Every view of the Bell Let's Talk Day video at Facebook.com/BellLetsTalk and use of the Bell Let's Talk frame
• Instagram: Every Bell Let's Talk Day video view at Instagram.com/bell_letstalk
• Snapchat: Every use of the Bell Let's Talk filter and video view

Total Bell Let's Talk Day interactions since the first event in 2011 stand at 867,449,649 and are expected to exceed an all-time total of 1 billion on January 30. Bell's funding commitment for mental health, including the company's donations based on Bell Let's Talk Day engagement plus its original $50-million donation to launch the initiative, is now $93,423,628.80 and expected to surpass a total of $100 million on January 30.

About Bell Let's Talk
The Bell Let's Talk mental health initiative is focused on 4 key action pillars: Anti-stigma, Care and Access, Research and Workplace Leadership. Since its launch in September 2010, Bell Let's Talk has partnered with more than 900 organizations providing mental health services throughout Canada, including major donations to hospitals, universities and other care and research organizations. To learn more, please visit Bell.ca/LetsTalk.

Media inquiries:

Jacqueline Michelis
613-785-1427
[email protected] 
@Bell_LetsTalk 
@Bell_News

SOURCE Bell Canada

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