{"id":7193,"date":"2025-07-19T04:20:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T04:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/7193\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T04:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T04:20:04","slug":"buy-a-tree-to-be-planted-at-ontario-shores-to-honour-a-mental-health-hero-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/7193\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy a tree to be planted at Ontario Shores to honour a mental health hero in your life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.durhamradionews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trees-for-life-campaign-co-trees-for-life-on-facebook-636x315.jpg\" title=\"Buy a tree to be planted at Ontario Shores to honour a mental health hero in your life\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"640\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trees-for-life-campaign-co-trees-for-life-on-facebook-640x315.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health is partnering with the non-profit Trees for Life to honour mental health heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Together, they launched the \u201cTrees for Hope\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.qgiv.com\/for\/tfl-ontarioshores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">You can buy a tree<\/a> to recognize a mental health hero in your life. It could recognize someone\u2019s mental health journey, the work of mental health workers or the advocacy of a mental health champion in the community.<\/p>\n<p>The trees purchased will be planted on the ground of Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby.<\/p>\n<p>If you buy a tree, you will receive a charitable tax credit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a mental health hospital, Ontario Shores is often surrounded by fear and stigma,\u201d said\u00a0Tracy Clegg, CEO, Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health. \u201cPartnerships like the one with Trees for Life truly magnify the importance of standing with the mental health cause and Ontario Shores \u2013 the beacon of hope that it is. Thank you, Trees for Life, for enabling the opportunity to honour mental health heroes in this unique and symbolic way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrees play a vital role in supporting mental and physical wellness, with the benefits of time spent in nature including reduced stress and improved mood,\u201d said\u00a0Marina Dimitriadis,\u00a0Executive Director, Trees For Life. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be renewing our partnership with Ontario Shores to expand their urban forest footprint and create a tranquil space for reflection, connection and meditation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last falls, Trees for Life planted almost 350 trees on the Ontario Shores hospital campus with the support of National Resources Canada, one for each inpatient bed. They acknowledged the strength of patients and healthcare workers at Ontario Shores.<\/p>\n<p>A news release says the new campaign will help expand the budding forest.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of Trees for Life on Facebook<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mistape.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mistape-link mistape-logo\"><\/p>\n<p>If you have found a spelling error, please, notify us by selecting that text and pressing Ctrl+Enter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health is partnering with the non-profit Trees for Life to honour mental health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-7193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}