Spirit of Hope Awards
Each year, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation presents the Spirit of Hope Awards recognizing youth, individuals and groups/organizations in the Hamilton, Niagara, Haldimand, and Brant regions who have overcome mental health or addiction challenges, or made impactful contributions to these fields.
Whether it’s an exceptional youth who is igniting change, an individual who is turning their pain into purpose, or an organization that is dedicated to supporting those when they need it most, we want to hear about them!
Thank You to Our 2024 Sponsors
Congratulations to Our 2024 Spirit of Hope Award Winners
Wayside House of Hamilton Organization Category
Wayside House of Hamilton is a bedded addictions treatment facility that provides abstinence-based care to men living with substance use disorder in Ontario. Working tirelessly to reduce the severity of substance dependence through client-centered counseling and evidence-based therapeutic interventions, Wayside House has made concurrent disorders a central focus of their program as addiction is often intimately linked to depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Sid Stacey Individual Category
Sid is a suicide-loss survivor with the death of his teen daughter, Rachel, in 2007. To honour her memory, Sid established an annual city-wide awareness and fundraising event for suicide prevention called Running for Rachael. Now on its 12th year, the event has created a sense of community, compassion, and hope among its many participants.
Sid is also known for his leadership roles in our community, including his work in facilitating the development and launch of the citywide Hamilton Suicide Prevention Strategy in 2010, and chairing the Suicide Prevention Community Council of Hamilton since 2014. He also currently Chairs the Regional Suicide Prevention Committee.
RE-Create Art Studio Youth Category
RE-create Studio is an open, free art studio and outreach program for vulnerable Hamilton youth between the ages of 16 – 24. The studio is a safe and welcoming space that provides a community for youth facing barriers such as poverty, mental health issues, homelessness, low socioeconomic status, family conflict or whatever else life has put in their path.