"I think it's immensely successful," Manhas said, acknowledging the performers, vendors and treatment organizations that donated their time to help with the event.
"We sold it out three-and-a-half weeks before the actual day," he added. "I feel honoured and grateful just to be part of that." The fundraising total includes both cash and in-kind services from the recovery facilities involved, Manhas said, adding that the event would help five people advance their recovery journeys.
"We're going to send all five people to second-stage housing, between three months to nine months of second-stage treatment, and then we're getting each and every one of them either recovery coaching or counselling to go with that," he said.that he hopes to make it an annual event. "To be able to help even just one person a year is a miracle, but I think we can do better and I think we can do more," he said at the time.Festival-goers CTV News spoke to Saturday were enthusiastic about seeing SoberFest happen again in the future.
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