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Kamfest is designed to be a vehicle for Canadian Mental Health Association, Kamloops Branch to develop a positive and constructive relationship with the community.

Because our mandate is to provide advocacy, support people and families that live with mental illness, create awareness, and reduce stigma, we felt we needed a stronger and more positive relationship with funders, business, and the community at large.

We are grateful for the overwhelming response we have received from service organizations and business groups who have helped us over the last year in so many ways.

We are humbled by the clients who have told us that their lives have been transformed by the many acts of anonymous kindness we have received at our clubhouses,  Homeless Women’s shelter, and Emerald on Third.

Our job is easy because we get to see the faces of the lives you have made better—or even saved. You give generously to us and our sister organizations based on hope, faith, and belief—that your giving does make a difference. And we are here at the Sagebrush to tell you that it does, in a more profound way than you can imagine.

Kamfest is our way to celebrate a beautiful, generous and vibrant city. It is the gift of mental health back to you from Interior Savings, The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group and CMHA.

Come out on March 20, 2010 to enjoy the laughter as Bowser & Blue entertain you with a fun filled night of music and comedy: It is good for your Mental Health!

Date: Saturday March 20, 2010
Location: Sagebrush Theatre
Time: 7pm – doors open at 6pm
Cost: $20 per ticket
Ticket On Sale At:Kamloops Live! Box Office
Street Address:1025 Lorne Street Kamloops BC

For more information regarding Kamfest, Canadian Mental Health Association’s Friend Raiser, check out the event poster http://kamloops.cmha.bc.ca/files/kamloops/K11×17Poster_10.pdf or contact the office 250 374 0440.

On March 20, 2010,  Interior Savings presents CMHA’s KAMFEST…featuring Bowser & Blue.  This annual event helps our agency develop a positive relationship with our community through music and laughter. 

This year, as in past years, we are honoring three individuals or agencies who have contributed to the mental health of Kamloops.  Please review the criteria for the Kamfest Award of Excellence, Kamfest Education Award, and Greg Jones Memorial Award of Excellence.  If you know of an individual, organization or agency who fits the criteria, please visit our website www.kamloops.cmha.bc.ca to download a nomination form.

Winners of the 2009 CMHA Kamfest Award of Excellence:

Congratulations to Out of the Cold - St Vincent de Paul

Congratulations to Infant Mental Health - Ministry of Children and Family Development

Criteria:

• Agency/individual that/who provides a service or services related to mental illness in our community.
• This agency or individual has developed/achieved something significant in the past year (outstanding achievement or effort).

Winner of the 2009 CMHA Kamfest Education Award:

Congratulations to Marilyn Hogg “Friends” Program School District #73

Criteria:

• Agency/individual that/who promotes mental health, encourages awareness of mental illness and educates the community around the needs of those diagnosed with mental illness.
• This agency/individual demonstrates inspirational leadership.

Winner of the CMHA Greg Jones Memorial Award of the Arts:

Congratulations to Patricia Owen

Criteria:

• Through artistic endeavors, this agency/individual has contributed to persons and the community’s acceptance and understanding of mental illness.

Kamfest tickets are $20 and available at Kamloops Live Box Office.