MONTREAL – It's Bell Let's Talk Day, and time to talk, text and join in on social media as Canadians everywhere share in the national conversation about mental health.
Bell will donate 5 cents to Canadian mental health programs for each of these interactions today:
– Every text message, mobile call and long distance call made by Bell Canada and Bell Aliant customers;
– Twitter: Every tweet using #BellLetsTalk – which now includes a Bell Let's Talk hashtag emoji;
– Facebook: Every view of the Bell Let's Talk Day video on Facebook.com/BellLetsTalk;
– Instagram: Every Instagram post using #BellLetsTalk;
– Snapchat: Every use of the Bell Let's Talk geofilter on Snapchat.
"Let's get talking Canada! The reality is that mental illness affects all of us – 1 in 5 directly, and 5 in 5 of us in some way every day with the impact of the disease on our family, friends, neighbours and work colleagues," said Canada's six-time Olympic medalist and national Bell Let's Talk spokesperson Clara Hughes. "But we can and we are making a difference. Start your own conversations today by talking about mental health with everyone you know, and join the millions of people in Canada and worldwide showing their support by making a call, sending a text or getting the word out on social media. Together, we all sent almost 126 million messages of support on Bell Let's Talk Day last year – and I know we can take our fight against the stigma even further this year!"
Last year, the 125,915,295 interactions on Bell Let's Talk Day meant $6,295,764.75 in new Bell funding for Canadian mental health programs. #BellLetsTalk was the most used hashtag in the world on Bell Let's Talk Day 2016 and the #1 Twitter hashtag in Canada for all of 2016; #mentalhealth was also in the top 10, a clear indication that Canadians are talking about mental health all year long.
