The County of Grande Prairie Firefighters Charitable Foundation raised $10,722 for the Grande Prairie Palliative Care Centre through their mustache competition and Stash Bash event in November.
According to the charitable group, these funds will be used to help develop the #mengrievetoo program, which reportedly will focus on programs and services that will help men deal with emotions that come with grief and loss.
In November, Firefighter Mike Mcleod told mygrandeprairienow.com that one of the reasons supporting the program at the Palliative Care Centre is so important is because everyone has lost someone and had to deal with grief and loss at some point in time.
“What we want to do is bring awareness to this and help support such an amazing society within the local community that we have. We want that support to be there so you can have that support system for you when you are dealing with the worst times of your life,” Mcleod said.
In their announcement, the Charitable Foundation thanked everyone who donated or supported the campaign in some way.