Canadians and people around the world took the theme of Bell Let's Talk Day 2020 – Mental Health: Every Action Counts – to heart, sharing a record 154,387,425 messages of support for mental health on Bell Let's Talk Day and driving $7,719,371.25 in new mental health funding by Bell.
"An amazing outcome for our 10th anniversary Bell Let's Talk Day as the mental health message resonated like never before," said Mirko Bibic, President and CEO of Bell Canada and BCE. "With record numbers of Bell Let's Talk Day messages and the countless activities supporting mental health in every region of the country yesterday, Canadians took action to show they want everyone who lives with mental illness to get the help they need. Thank you everyone for your truly inspiring support for progress in mental health."
"My thanks to everyone for answering the Bell Let's Talk Day call to action and joining together to talk about all the ways we'll make a real difference for everyone affected by mental illness," said Mary Deacon, Chair of Bell Let's Talk. "We've made incredible progress in increasing awareness and acceptance of mental health issues, and now we're making every action count. I invite you to learn more about the actions large and small you can take to create positive change for people living with mental illness."
Eligible interactions included Bell mobile calls, long-distance calls and texts as well as tweets, retweets, filters, frames and video views on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube – all at no charge to participants beyond what they would normally pay their provider for phone or online access.