2023 Hong Fook Gala

After the three-year pandemic, our Hong Fook Gala returns on Saturday, June 17, 2023, at Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites, Conference Centre and Spa in Markham. This year, we are honoured to have Hon. Michael Tibollo, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, deliver the Opening Remarks. The Keynote Speaker, Yollanda Zhang, founder of Panda Mandarin and We Are Girl. Strong., will share her lived experience with bipolar disorder. We are thrilled to have Pauline Chan, CTV News Anchor, as our MC. The evening will showcase a diverse range of cultural performances reflecting the communities Hong Fook has served in the past 40 years, including Singing by Angela Zheng, Founder of AZ Vocal Studio, Jang Go Chum Dance by Navillera Korean Performing Arts Development, Ao Dai Fashion Show by Ao Dai Canada, and the Carryon Band with us throughout the function. We believe you don’t want to miss this evening of inspiration, hope, and giving for Asian mental health.

In the past decade, your generosity has:

• helped us secure a permanent location at Downtown Markham, which houses our Asian Youth and Family Hub and our future Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre in York Region, and opens an alternate door for us to better attend to the rising needs of mental health services in southern York Region with highly concentrated Asian communities;
• supported the expansion of our resilience-based Youth and Family Services, a safe space for our youth to develop concrete tools and strategies for mental wellbeing, and a channel for parents to understand their children better;
• fostered the growth of our innovative Culturally Competent Recovery College, a non-clinical model to improve personal recovery and create placement opportunities for peers to live a meaningful, autonomous and empowered life;
• supported our stigma reduction work to engage over 8,000 community members, building their coping skills and promoting their help seeking behaviors; and
• sustained our continuum of services and quality care helping 1,700 individuals with mental health challenges each year.