One organization is asking for children’s help to boost the morale of Calgary’s first responders as the COVID-19 outbreak continues across the globe.
Laura Szarka is the founder of the Code 15 project, an initiative aimed at improving first responders’ mental health by connecting those in need with resources and peer-to-peer support.
Szarka has reached out to the community to ask for their support in thanking these workers who continue to put their health and safety at risk amid the pandemic. “With the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s really highlighted the need for our first responders’ mental health to be a priority,” she said during an interview with CHQR 770 . “Paramedics, firefighters, police officers and nurses; they’re serving our community