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No bandage. No stitches. No clear answers. It’s the pain you can’t see. Children and youth with mental health struggles are navigating some of the hardest moments of their lives. For too many families in Alberta, this is the reality they face every day. But it doesn’t have to be.
The CASA Minds Over Mountains Cycle Tour helps raise funds for CASA Mental Health, a non-profit organization that provides free mental health services for Alberta kids, youth and their families. These services are needed now, more than ever.
CASA’s programs aim to meet the needs of the missing middle: services between home and hospital, where mental illness is too complex to be cared for in the community or by physicians alone, but should not require a hospital. CASA’s services centre around the child and wrap around the entire family.
Whether you’re trying to conquer a hill or mental health struggles, these mountains represent the challenges we face in our everyday lives – the challenges that children, youth and families with mental health struggles navigate daily.
CASA is expanding its mental health care programs across Alberta. Once these expanded services are fully operational, about 2,000 more children, youth and family members will receive vital and timely treatment per year, as well as more than 11,000 already served.
Every kilometre you pedal helps bring free mental health care to more kids and families.
2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the CASA Minds Over Mountains Cycle Tour presented by Clark Builders.
Did you know?
The late Ben Davidson, renowned Haida Gwaii artist and CASA champion, created the buttercycle in 2014 for a cycle tour from Haida Gwaii to Edmonton. It was brought to CASA in 2015 for our very first Cycle Tour and continues to hold great meaning for all participants in CASA’s Minds Over Mountains Cycle Tour.
The buttercyle design was made to honour all the children who have passed before their parents. In the wings of the butterfly are the faces of two children. The first child has a labret in their lower lip, which is also the eye of the butterfly. The butterfly’s proboscis is also the drop bar of a bike, while the body and legs of the butterfly are the abstract of the bike’s frame and wheels.
Thank You to Our Partners
Partnership opportunities for the CASA Minds Over Mountains Cycle Tour offer valuable company recognition at all levels. For more information, please contact Greg Shannon, Philanthropy Officer, Meaningful Giving.
