{"id":48311,"date":"2019-02-09T12:35:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T19:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=48311"},"modified":"2019-02-09T12:35:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T19:35:12","slug":"5th-annual-make-some-noise-rally-drums-up-attention-to-mental-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2019\/02\/09\/5th-annual-make-some-noise-rally-drums-up-attention-to-mental-health-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"5th Annual Make Some Noise rally drums up attention to mental health issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Drumming Up the Courage:<\/strong>\u00a0Chaplain Tim Nethercott from the United Church leads students and staff participating in the Make Some Noise for Mental Health pep rally in a drum circle inside of the Stan Grad building on Jan. 11. (Photo by Amanda Lee\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

S<\/span>tudents, staff, community partners, friends and supporters joined SAIT Trojans student-athletes on Jan. 11 for the fifth annual Make Some Noise for Mental Health mobile pep rally.<\/p>\n

T<\/span>he pep rally began in the Campus Centre and then toured around campus for an hour, involving about 100 students and staff along its route.<\/p>\n

During the event, a drum circle was held in the Stan Grad building.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose of the drum program is to bring some mental, emotional, spiritual well-being, wellness to campus,\u201d said Tim Nethercott, chaplain with the SAIT Interfraith Centre.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrumming is a widely used modality in mental health. It reduces heart rate, blood pressure and elevates the mood,\u201d said Nethercott, who is a United Church minister.<\/p>\n

Make Some Noise for Mental Health was created by Billie Busby, Marketing and Communications Co-ordinator for the SAIT Trojans.<\/a><\/p>\n

The idea for the event came to be after the Brentwood murders in the spring of 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt really empathetic for the families that were going through the tragedy,\u201d said Busby.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen something terrible and traumatic happens, people need to help each other out and show support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Busby and her team decided to work with student-athletes to focus more on mental health alongside their physical health.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsulting with the student athletes, they all decided that awareness and promoting the resources on campus was important to them,\u201d said Busby.<\/p>\n

In January, 2015, Make Some Noise for Mental Health was launched at SAIT.<\/p>\n

The first year was focused on athletics and recreation and over the years has grown across campus, as well as other schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s really important that we raise awareness for such a cause and I think it\u2019s great that the SAIT Trojans as a whole do it together,\u201d Irina Korovina, a SAIT student-athlete.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of mental health involved when it comes to being an athlete so I think it\u2019s really important that athletes focus on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started with the student-athletes because we feel that often they are looked at as role models,\u201d said Busby.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re often the last to ask for help. When things maybe go awry or they have issues come up in their lives they don\u2019t want to ask for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey feel there is an expectation on them and we wanted them to know that stigma doesn\u2019t need to be there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Make Some Noise for Mental Health is held once a year in January.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to focus on a particular time that we knew that SAIT students especially had extra challenges,\u201d Busby explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes when you start off in a regular semester season, you might find out where student development and counselling is but you might not need it then.<\/p>\n

\u201cMake Some Noise is an awareness campaign to try to open up conversations and reduce stigma on campus while promoting the resources that are available to students and staff,\u201d said Busby.<\/p>\n

Make Some Noise is promoted throughout campus through various activities as well as at Trojans games.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 21, Make Some Noise and student development and counselling collaborated on a stress less event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to do something over lunch that people can pop in and fit within their schedule,\u201d Busby said.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 30, a DJ Spin event, with spin bikes for people to ride, was held to promote wellness. That day was also Bell Let\u2019s Talk day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be honest, I\u2019ve been here 11 years and worked here six years and even I didn\u2019t know all the resources until we started really looking into this campaign and what could we do,\u201d Busby said.<\/p>\n

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Make Some Noise:<\/strong> SAIT students gather for the Make Some Noise mobile pep rally in the campus centre in Calgary on Jan. 11. About 100 students and staff participated in the event. (Photo by Amanda Lee\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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