For the tenth consecutive year, the Fondation du Grand Chemin invites the population to embark on the OcSobre challenge and put aside a bad habit or adopt a healthy practice throughout the month of October. The objective is to raise awareness of addiction problems among young people while raising funds to help them.
Whether it is its consumption of sweets, alcohol or even its presence on social networks, OcSobre aims to raise awareness among the population about sobriety and what nearly 55,000 young Quebecers suffering from addiction experience each year.
For 35 years, Le Grand Chemin has supported an average of 250 young people aged 12 to 17 who are struggling with addictions. The organization, located in Montreal, Quebec and Saint-Célestin, offers them internal therapies for eight to ten weeks with the possibility of follow-up in reintegration.
Young people are thus supported through different activities to acquire tools to deal with their addiction.
“If it’s difficult for you to cut out coffee, let’s imagine how difficult it is for these young people who have reached a point where their consumption has taken over their lives, where they have lost control or the desire to go to school,” explains the coordinator of philanthropic activities for the Grand Chemin Foundation, Véronique Turcotte.
This year, several public figures will take up the OcSobre challenge, such as Bob le chef, Éliane Gagnon, Ludovick Bourgeois, Julien Lacroix, Annie Marcotte.
The Grand Chemin Foundation accepts donations from people participating in the challenge, but also from the general population and sponsorships.