Hope House - Club 84 model recognized with award

Club 84 and its sponsoring agency, Canadian Mental Health Association, Sault Ste. Marie/Algoma Branch are celebrating the announcement that Clubhouse International and Fountain House, New York, have been selected to receive the 2014 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize of $1.5 million. Local2's Shaylan Spurway stopped by the Canadian Mental Health Association branch office on Queen St. to find out what the local club has to offer.

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CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION SAULT STE MARIE

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HOPE HOUSE – Club 84 and its sponsoring agency, Canadian Mental Health Association,

Sault Ste. Marie/Algoma Branch are celebrating the announcement that Clubhouse International and Fountain House, New York, both pioneering organizations that have created a successful model to help those suffering from mental illness to reclaim their lives and realize their potential through work and the support of a caring community, have been selected to receive the 2014 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize of $1.5 million.

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation presents the annual award, the world’s largest humanitarian prize, to organizations that are doing extraordinary work to alleviate human suffering.

An independent international jury makes the final selection.

“On behalf of clubhouse International and our 340 member Clubhouses around the world, who share in this recognition, I want to express our sincere and deep appreciation to the Hilton Foundation and everyone associated with the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize,” said Joel Corcoran, Executive Director of Clubhouse International.

“It provides the opportunity and inspiration for us to dramatically scale up our work fostering sustainable Clubhouses. It gives us the great hope of reaching many more individuals living with mental illness everywhere that would otherwise be exiled to a life of isolation and despair, who will now have access to hope, opportunity, dreams, and a future rich with purpose and respect.”