This week we were honoured to be welcomed at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. After almost six months of planning, the team at Trent Central Student Association, led by its President Alaine Spiwak, hosted an uplifting celebration for the students to...
We enjoy - and are grateful for - every unveiling ceremony for The Lucas Fiorella Friendship Bench and #YellowIsForHello student mental health campaign that we participate in. Each has it's unique character, story, and memories. Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo...
W.L. Seaton Secondary, a Vernon, BC school unveiled the #YellowIsForHello student mental health awareness campaign yesterday in a ceremony attended by 900+ students, alumni, faculty, and community members. The effort to bring The Lucas Fiorella Friendship Bench to...
St. Mary's College in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario was the 3rd consecutive unveiling in as many weeks for The Lucas Fiorella Friendship Bench as we enter our second scholastic year attempting to paint the country yellow for student mental health awareness. . St....
What a wonderful celebration of students and positive mental health that we experienced yesterday! Centennial College launched its first Friendship Bench and #YellowIsForHello mental health campaign at its Story Arts Centre campus in Toronto, ON. Before the...
This week our team visited Fletcher's Meadow Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario to officially unveil The Lucas Fiorella Friendship Bench and our #YellowIsForHello campaign. The school's principal, Dana Sheahan, Siobahn Catalano, and the student mental health...
The Lucas Fiorella Friendship Bench unveiled its iconic yellow bench and #YellowIsForHello student mental health campaign at Niagara College this week, which makes it the first of its kind dedicated to a Canadian college. This is the third such unveiling...
Yesterday was an important milestone for The Friendship Bench, as the first benches were unveiled in Ottawa, Ontario. We chose Carleton University as the location for the inaugural unveiling for a number of reasons. First, it was the university Lucas Fiorella, the...