Upcoming Events
Get ready to shake off the cobwebs with live band HIGHWAY 21 at Knock Off the Rust Dance 2024! Join us for a night of fun and dancing on Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m at 180 McDonald Street, Goderich, ON N7A 3N5.
Bring your friends, or come solo - we guarantee a night filled with good vibes. And even better, support a great cause that brings awareness to Mental Health and Addictions in our community!
Dodging The Stigma Tournament
Join Tanner Steffler Foundation's Youth Advisory Council as they host their first ever Dodging The Stigma Dodgeball Tournament! This tourney will take place on March 9th at GDCI in Goderich from 9am - 5pm, and will be raising funds for the Youth Advisory Council for 2024. This tournament is a youth-led initiative. Many prizes to be had, including a grand prize of $400, award for best dressed team & more!
This tournament will be a maximum of 15 teams. Each team must consist of a minimum of 5 players and a maximum of 8 players and be co-ed. Admission is $60 per team.
Knock Off The Rust
Past Events
Past Events
PUMPKIN-FEST AT LAYTON FUNNY FARM
October 14th 2023 at the Layton’s Funny Farm.
Thank you to everyone who came out to support our Youth Advisory Council at their first ever Pumpkin Fest! We hope all who came enjoyed the festivities, whether it be pumpkin games, goats, pumpkin painting, family photos, delicious treats baked by the incredibly talented @rachelbakes4 (instagram) & more. YAC wanted to hold an event that brought fun for all, and we hope you had a blast!
SIX STRING OUTDOOR CONCERT 2023
July 22, 2023 at the Legion in Seaforth, ON.
Be sure to check out these amazing photos from the night of by very talented Jessica Carnochan at Bend Photo & Design. Thank you to the Seaforth Legion Branch 156 for hosting Six String for 2023. Thank you to our presenting sponsors, Southwest Marine and Powersports, Exeter Lions Club & JD Electrical and Controls LTD for helping to make the night the best it could be. Thank you to all the incredible artists we were able to have preform, like Owen Riegling, Mary Paige St. Onge, Divison/Line, Haley McNeil & Tyler Smale. Thank you to our incredibly dedicated team of volunteers, and of course, thank you to everyone who came out to enjoy Six String with us this year! 🥰
DRIVING THE STIMGA OUT GOLF TOURNAMENT 2023
July 29th, 2023 at the Goderich Sunset Golf Club in Goderich, ON.
What started out as a rainy, grey day turned into a beautiful breezy sunny Saturday for our 3rd annual Driving The Stigma Out Golf Tournament. It goes without saying that we are incredibly grateful for all who came out to participate and enjoy this beautiful day with us - And we can't go without shouting out Southwest Marine and Powersports, Exeter Lions Club for their presenting sponsorships of our tournament, as well as Progressive Turf Equipment, Inc., Forever Furniture & Stratford Crane Rental Ltd for their sponsorships as well! And not to mention the wonderful staff at Goderich Sunset Golf Club.
LET’S GET REAL: CONVERSATIONS - STRATFORD, ON
May 25th, 2023 at Factory163 in Stratford, ON.
On Thursday, May 25th we hosted our second Let's Get Real: Conversations night at Factory163 in Stratford! We want to give thanks to everybody who came out for the night, whether to share your story, volunteer, ask questions, learn more about local services, or simply just to listen. We are so blessed for the community that supports us in holding these events where we get to share stories of lived experiences with mental health in Huron & Perth communities. We couldn't do it without you.
LET’S GET REAL: CONVERSATIONS - CLINTON, ON
March 1st, 2023 at the Libro Hall in Clinton, ON.
Our first ever Lets Get Real: Conversations event was held on March 1st 2023 at the Libro Hall in Clinton. At this event, our panelists told their stories of living with mental health and/or addiction in Huron and Perth Counties. Five truly brave and inspiring panelists got to share their lived experience with mental health and addiction to a room of over 100 people from our community.
Past Community Events
Community engagement is at the root of our foundation. We pride ourselves on getting out and engaging with our community. Check out these past community events, held in support of our foundation.
Let’s Start The Conversation
December 12, 2023 - TSF staff had the honour of attending Let's Start The Conversation, a student-led event to promote fighting the stigma surrounding suicide and mental health. We enjoyed a bake sale and art show/sale, and Paulie O'Byrne of I'm 1in5 spoke to his lived experience, awareness, prevention, healing and the journey to recovery. At the end of the night over $1800 was raised for our Foundation!
WALTON RACEWAY 2023 - RIDE WITH ME
Ride With Me began and is held in memory of Jeff Ward, a beloved brother, son and father. On July 2, 2018 we lost Jeff to suicide. After Jeffs passing the Ward family founded Racing For Mental Wellness, a community dedicated to suicide awareness and ending the stigma around mental health. Ride With Me allows the motocross community, and all of us, to come together to raise money for mental health and addiction focused organizations.
Tanner Ward's "Ride with Me" charity campaign raised $14, 500 for the Tanner Steffler Foundation / CMHA in 2023.
Community Curator Exhibit at the Huron County Museum
February to December 2023 - On November 30th, it was time to say goodbye to our “Mental Health is a Journey” exhibit that was set up at the Huron County Museum. ith this exhibit, we asked members of our Youth Advisory Council and the Tanner Steffler Foundation Team to submit “artifacts” which work to represent their own unique, personal journeys with mental health. Along with these submitted artifacts are artifacts from the museums own collection, which help to represent just how far we have come with our understanding and treatment of mental health and addiction.
To celebrate this, we hosted a small event that consisted of a nighttime tour of the Huron Historic Gaol and a movie screening of the Barbie movie at the Huron County Museum. At the end, we all gathered around the exhibit to read it one last time, and took a couple of pictures as a group in front of it to commemorate this successful night.
Kadylack Farms Sunflower Walk
We visited Kadylack Farm Sunflower Walk and met with Diane DeJong, to talk about the amazing success of the walk and their decision to dedicate proceeds from the walk to groups working with mental health and many other areas.
Through the walk, Kadylack Farms have been able to support numerous local causes including Wellspring Stratford, Perth County Concussion Support Group, Mikey Network and Carter Schoonderwoerd Memorial Day, and our Foundation to name a few!
Mental Health Yoga with Jolt Fitness
February 15th 2024 - Jolt Fitness in Centralia hosted Mental Health Yoga with procceeds supporting the Foundation. Thank you to all who attended, and the Jolt Fitness team for hosting this yoga in support of the Foundation!
“Most people start a fitness routine for physical health. However, what we see long term is people stick with fitness because of the positive effects it has on their mental health. Most members are more shocked in how their outlook on life, energy, mood, decision making, drive and purpose changes by joining a fitness community. We’re keen to once again support the TSF!” -Coach Siggy