This donation will help a lot to achieve our goal and mission.  <span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.93); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.93);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">CHEO is one of the largest providers of child and youth mental health services, and every child or teen who goes through their doors struggling with their mental health has a unique story. <p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;text-size-adjust:100%;vertical-align:baseline;background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.93);color:rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%">Prior to COVID-19, CHEO was already facing a crisis in pediatric mental health. CHEO has seen a 90 percent increase in mental health emergency visits since 2010 and mental health patients at times have represented up to 30 percent of the total hospital census population. In the past five years, the demand for services including emergency, inpatient, outpatient, neuropsychology and community care has been increasing dramatically year after year.<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;text-size-adjust:100%;vertical-align:baseline;background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.93);color:rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%">Though these worsening statistics can seem insurmountable, one key message is continuously reinforced: mental health disorders are serious but early intervention can make all the difference in transforming lives.<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;text-size-adjust:100%;vertical-align:baseline;background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.93);color:rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.93); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.93);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">Thanks to the generosity of donors, many of CHEO’s patients can write a new chapter of resilience as their courageous journey continues with triumphs, tears, setbacks and accomplishments.

This donation will help a lot to achieve our goal and mission.  CHEO is one of the largest providers of child and youth mental health services, and every child or teen who goes through their doors struggling with their mental health has a unique story. <p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;text-size-adjust:100%;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;max-width:100%">Prior to COVID-19, CHEO was already facing a crisis in pediatric mental health. CHEO has seen a 90 percent increase in mental health emergency visits since 2010 and mental health patients at times have represented up to 30 percent of the total hospital census population. In the past five years, the demand for services including emergency, inpatient, outpatient, neuropsychology and community care has been increasing dramatically year after year.<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;text-size-adjust:100%;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;max-width:100%">Though these worsening statistics can seem insurmountable, one key message is continuously reinforced: mental health disorders are serious but early intervention can make all the difference in transforming lives.<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;text-size-adjust:100%;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;max-width:100%">Thanks to the generosity of donors, many of CHEO’s patients can write a new chapter of resilience as their courageous journey continues with triumphs, tears, setbacks and accomplishments.

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