And the Winner Is FAME!!!!!!!!

Last week I posted about two young fellas from Lakeshore Collegiate, Terence Francois and Ryan Rahman. They came up to the FAME offices to interview me about the organization so that they could make a presentation about us at school. As it turns out there is a bit more to this than what we realized. There was a small pot of gold at the end of this presentation rainbow for one of the organizations. The students were competing to win a donation of $5,000 to the charity that they were making their presentations on. When they told me about this possibility I never put much thought into it. I was just happy that a couple of really smart young men had made the effort to come up to our offices and learn about who we are and what we do.

Early this afternoon I got a call from Terence. He told me that him & Ryan had made their presentation in front of a panel that included business people, community people, other students etc. He was really excited because the panel chose FAME as the recipient of the prize!!!!! How amazing is that!!!! That just rocks!!!! Congratulations to Terence & Ryan for this wonderful effort on their part. They must have just rocked that presentation. We are so proud of their hard work and their commitment.

Terence & Ryan will be joining us at "simply divas" for a special nod of recognition. C'mon out and celebrate with us! What a special day for everyone.

Respectfully,
the E.D. Christine

Out of the mouths of the babes....

Meet Ryan & Terence. These days most youth seem to get a bit of a bad rap which perhaps isn't really fair. Anyway, a couple of days ago I was contacted by Terence asking for an interview for a school project. Ryan & Terence attend Lakeshore CI and they are working on a project for their Civics class on Philanthropy & Community organizations. I welcomed them in to the FAME office and I met with them late today(Friday May 1st). I have to say I really like these guys. In the middle of this interiew they realized how little they really new about mental illness and the issues around it. Out of this, I found myself saying to them "well....how about you help us (FAME) understand how much youth really understand about mental heatlh....". They were total gamers and by 6 p.m. today we worked together and have put up a survey on line, directed specifically to youth between 13-24 years of age. It was just a small list of really basic questions.....hey, it doesn't have to be complicated does it? We just have to ask the questions, right? The goal is to get 1,000 responses by the end of May. So if you are between the ages of 13-24 years....we want to hear from you! What you have to say is important to us. So if you'd like to particpate in this survey click on this link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=dKnhwxzkS8esBQPb6rozLw_3d_3d

What youth think is important to us. We need to hear from you.

Thanks,
Christine, Ryan & Terence
Posted by From the desk of the FAME E.D. at 8:09 PM