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Nominations
Courage To Come Back Awards Nominations
Nomination Categories
Mental Health:A person who has demonstrated inspirational achievements overcoming the challenges of living with a major mental illness, and who has given back to his or her
community.Physical Rehabilitation: A person who has demonstrated inspirational achievements following major trauma or injury which has required extensive physical rehabilitation (perhaps sustained in an auto accident, at work or during a recreational pursuit), and who has given back to his or her community.
Medical: A person who has demonstrated inspirational achievements overcoming the challenges of serious medical conditions (such as cancer, heart disease or AIDS), and who has given back to his or her community.
Addiction: A person who has demonstrated inspirational achievements overcoming the challenges of addiction and has maintained recovery for at least the past five years, and who has given back to his or her community.
Social Adversity: A person who has demonstrated inspirational achievements in the face of discrimination, abuse, poverty, or other significant adversity, and who has given back to his or her community. (In the case of new British Columbians, it may be the result of political upheaval or war experienced before settling here.)
Youth: A young person, under the age of 22 years as of December 31, 2008, who has demonstrated inspirational achievements overcoming illness, injury, addiction, or social adversity, and who has given back to his or her community.
Why We Host The Courage To Come Back Awards
Imagine not having enough to eat, a paycheque, a place to call home. The solution begins with the type of help Coast Mental Health provides: food, support, opportunities, a home. A place to heal.
At Coast, our clients with a mental illness show tremendous courage in their daily lives. In our housing facilities and service centres, individuals strive to overcome illness, adversity and stigma, and we strive to support their recovery.
Their triumphs, like those of the Courage To Come Back Award nominees and recipients, motivate and inspire us.