Sackville’s Noah Throop says the Daybreak Activity Centre has helped him get through dark times and supported him in his journey to live with anxiety. The urge to show his appreciation led him to start Noah’s Run, an awareness and fundraising event in its fourth year, happening this Saturday.
“I want to give back to them for helping me,” says Throop. Daybreak’s programs and activities helped him “get back on track” says Throop, and he feels it can help others as well.
Throop is hoping his run, as well as a community ‘walk around the block’ slated for 11am Saturday, can help end the stigma around mental health challenges. “Before I found Daybreak I never talked about it,” says Throop. Now he wants people to know, “it’s okay to have bad days… We can all get through this.”
Throop’s goal is to run a half marathon on Saturday morning (at an undisclosed location, to avoid the spotlight) and then land at the Sackville Farmers Market where donations are being accepted at a Daybreak booth. Volunteers will lead community members on a ‘walk around the block’ at 11am as part of the event.
Throop says any and all donations can help, no matter how small. “To me, it’s just great that people are helping,” says Throop.
Donations can be e-transferred to sackvilledaybreak@gmail.com, or brought to the Daybreak booth at this Saturday’s Sackville Farmers Market.
