CAMH spokesperson selected for 2010 Olympic Torch Relay

Marie Asuncion was selected by Bell Canada to participate in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Torch Relay on Wednesday, December 16^th. She will run at 5 pm from Oshawa.

Marie Asuncion, ready to take part in the Olympic Torch Relay in December

Marie is a Transforming Lives Awardsrecipient and frequent public speaker on behalf of CAMH, raising awareness of mental health issues.

“I am very honoured to have been selected to be a part of the torch relay and am especially proud to represent both Canada and those living with mental illness,” Marie says.

“The fact that I have been chosen shows that the veil surrounding mental illness is being lifted one step at a time,” she adds, “And that the work that many organizations, including CAMH, have done to fight stigma is working.”

Bell Canada initially approached the CAMH Foundation because they value the difference that CAMH as an organization makes to the well-being of our communities.

“We are very excited that Marie has been selected as a torchbearer to represent CAMH during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay,” says Darrell Gregersen, President and CEO of the CAMH Foundation, which is engaged in a great deal of community outreach work on CAMH’s behalf this year.

Keep watching www.camh.net and CAMH's Facebook page for further details about Marie's part in the relay.