Honour House Provincial Tour of Honour makes stop in Nelson
By Nelson Daily Staff
After touring around the province for the past few months, The Honour House Provincial Tour of Honour makes its stop in the West Kootenay — Nelson, June 24-25 and Castlegar, June 27.
Since beginning the tour April 28 in Victoria, The Honour House Provincial Tour of Honour has stopped a numerous fire halls, RCMP detachments, ambulance stations and military facilities to raise awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD) and mental health injuries which emergency services and military members have a greater risk of developing.
The Tour of Honour will visit more than 38 communities across British Columbia over 10 weeks to bring local awareness to emergency services and military personnel and their families about PTSD and Honour House.
“Suffering from any form of serious illness or critical incident is a very stressful event in anyone’s life,” said Al DeGenova, President of Honour House Society.
“Consider a person who’s day to day job involves some of the most tense and stressful situations imaginable and then include this kind of personal event for them or a member of their family. Providing a free, safe, comfortable and relaxing home away from home for some of our bravest Canadians is the very least that we can do.”
Local BC Ambulance Paramedic Corey Viala will be part of the tour beginning in the Okanagan.
To learn more please contact us at Honour House or take a look at the dates that we’ll be arriving in your town listed below.
The public can also visit the Facebook page where announce the exact venues and times or you can just keep up to speed with how the tour is going.
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