Bell Let’s Talk donation to help expand Friendly Calls to support Indigenous communities

WINNIPEG – Bell Let’s Talk and the Canadian Red Cross announced today a $250,000 partnership, which will help expand the Red Cross’s Friendly Calls program to support Indigenous communities in Manitoba and elsewhere in Canada. Friendly Calls pairs a trained Red Cross volunteer like Cheryl Horgan (pictured above) “with a youth or adult who is feeling isolated or lonely for a social conversation, and connects them with mental health resources available in their community to help meet their needs,” a press release explains. The donation announced today “will help the Red Cross to work with regional Indigenous organizations, including the...