How to Create Community: Celebrating Our Volunteers
What do these 10 people have in common? They believe in Stella’s Place. They share a passion for film and young adult mental health. They agree that films can open up dialogue and encourage reflection in a way that little else can. They are the Get Reel Film Fest...
Let’s Catch Up for Giving Tuesday
It’s been almost two years since Stella’s Place turned virtual. During that time, the mental health needs of young people in this city have never been greater. Youth, especially racialized youth, are experiencing disproportionate employment, housing and food...
Fall Updates: What’s New at Stella’s Place
Change. What else is new? Everywhere we turn, things have changed. The pandemic has set the world on a path to change, to learn about just how interconnected we are. And vulnerable. The Black Lives Matter movement and the movement for Truth and Reconciliation for...
A Caring Corporation: Invesco
Invesco Cares Toronto, the charity arm of investment company Invesco here in the city, has been a generous corporate partner for the last three years. Invesco Cares first approached Stella’s Place after their charity committee, which is run entirely by employees,...
Beyond the walls of Stella’s Place: A Community of Peers
Stella’s story is a familiar one: Stella began to struggle with their mental health in high school and when their family started looking for age-appropriate and accessible mental health care, they couldn’t find it. At every turn, there were waitlists for care and...
How to Prep for a 5K: A Starter’s Guide
Amateur runners, never fear. A 5k run can be daunting but what a thrill when you cross that finish line! Here at Stella’s Place, we have a lot of experience hosting and participating in charity runs. We’re here to help you succeed every step of the way. We’ve all...
Final Strokes on 54 Wolseley
Terry Mazerolle, the site supervisor overseeing renovations at our new home on 54 Wolseley Street, is pleased with how things are coming along. He loves the great warm feel of the now exposed brick and wood in the over 100-year-old former candy factory. “I’m a...
So You’ve Signed Up for a Charity Run: How to Raise Money
Community engagement takes a variety of forms, from volunteering to fundraising, though the latter can be intimidating. If you’re interested in an event or campaign where participants are asked to fundraise for a cause and you’re unsure about what that even entails...
Building Community Through Film
For Mental Health week this year, Stella’s Place hosted our first film festival to raise awareness about mental health challenges, support the talented filmmakers and artists in our community, and bring people together in a time of isolation. From May 3 to May 7,...
RBC Pathway to Peers Program: An innovative peer support partnership between Mount Sinai and Stella’s Place
A typical day for Yolanda Delmonte, the Peer Support Worker in the Pathway to Peers Program at the Mount Sinai Hospital Emergency Department (ED), starts with checking to see if there are any patients between the ages of 16 and 29. If there are, she checks their...
