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The Reklaws Launch 'Flo Walker Stardust Fund' for Mental Health in Memory of Their Mother
The Canadian country duo of Jenna and Stuart Walker lost their mom in 2022 and are honouring her with a new fund supporting Kids Help Phone, set to launch at a fundraiser in Toronto on September 27.
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Canadian country duo The Reklaws are launching a new initiative for mental health care.
Siblings Jenna and Stuart Walker unexpectedly lost their mother Flo in 2022, and to honour her memory they will launch the Flo Walker Stardust Fund in September. The fund supports Kids Help Phone, the only free, 24/7 mental health support service for Canadian youth nationwide.
The Reklaws are set to launch the fund at a Toronto concert they're calling The Reklaws' YEE HAW Fun-Raiser' on September 27.
On what would have been their mom's 60th birthday, they'll bring together family, friends and supporters at RendezViews in Toronto to raise money for the fund, beginning with their own six-figure donation. The fundraiser aims to bring the spirit of the farm the duo grew up on — known as YeeHaw Adventure Farm — to downtown Toronto, including games, food and drink and custom merch.
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That same day, the duo will also release a collection of three new songs, titled “Outliving (For Mom),” in tribute to Flo.
"Two years ago we lost our mom to mental health," the siblings shared on Instagram. "Come join us in Toronto as we raise money for mental health by bringing a little bit of our childhood adventure farm to the big city."
Earlier this summer, The Reklaws appeared on America's Got Talent, performing an original song "People Don't Talk About" inspired by the loss of their mom.
The platinum-selling siblings will also head to Edmonton in September for the CCMAs, before coming back home to Ontario to launch the fund and celebrate their mom.
Tickets for the YEE HAW Fun-Raiser go on sale Friday, September 6.
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