Mental health and addictions services for youth in the Maritimes are getting a significant boost.
The IWK Foundation has received a $25-million donation from Myron and Berna Garron. It’s the largest donation the foundation has ever received and the single largest individual donation to health care in Atlantic Canada.
“Their generosity will once again save and change lives, not only today, but for years to come,” said IWK Foundation President and CEO Jennifer Gillivan.
The money will go towards supporting a reimagined therapeutic environment for mental health and addictions intensive services. The foundation said this is the final component of its “Mental Health and Addictions Services,” which it said is the first of its kind in the world.
The IWK Foundation supports the IWK Health Centre, a Halifax hospital that serves women and children from the Maritimes. The foundation says it contributed over $25.2 million to the IWK Health Centre in 2023.
More to come…
