FREE: Stand Up for Mental Health Classes

Classes start October 10 from 10-12 Learn how to do STAND Up Comedy about your recovery journey!! Founded by stand up comedian and counselor David Granirer who himself suffers from depression, Stand Up For Mental Health is an award-winning program that teaches folds with mental health issues how to perform stand up comedy as a way of building confidence and fighting public stigma. For more information go to http://www.smhsociety.org. The classes will culminate in a show on December 7 at the Vertigo Theater at UVIC. Best of all there is no charge for the class! To take this class you must: -Have a mental health or addictions issue -Have stable housing -Have a support system -Be in recovery -Have a reasonable command of written and spoken English -Have the motivation and desire to create healthy change -If there are addiction issues you must have at least one year stability -Above all else, have a desire to do stand up comedy!!! To register call 250-384-4225 or email admin@mhrp.ca (David Granirer, Founder, Stand Up For Mental Health, p: (604) 205-9242 f: (604) 205-9243 david@standupformentalhealth.com www.standupformentalhealth.com)