GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY

SECRET BURDEN GOLF DAY

As part of YTB Plumbing’s charitable contributions to Peter Bond’s local King Lake Junior AFL club. YTB Plumbing were invited to their recent presentation night to present the award for the best and fairest which stood as an amazing opportunity to get involved.

YTB Plumbing were recently a major sponsor of the Secret Burden golf day. The story of The Secret Burden began on Mother’s Day in 2015 when co-founder Kendall Thomas went to Facebook to document her 14-year-old daughters’ admission into hospital for Anorexia Nervosa.

Kendall and her husband Andrew had tried everything they could to help their daughter Ashlee recover from Anorexia. After 26 weeks of unsupported and limited professional help at home, Kendall and Andrew had no choice but to admit Ashlee into a children’s mental health ward in Brisbane.

Kendall decided to share her family’s struggle online to vocalise the difficulty of recovery and the intensity of the illness, in the hope conversations about eating disorders would start and change would occur to help more families suffering.

In 2020, The Secret Burden was founded with the goal of making a change in the eating disorder space. They work in the prevention and early intervention space for eating and mental health disorders providing one-on-one support for families and individuals going through eating or mental health disorders.

They also offer information and resources to families who need it during their eating or mental health journey as well as hosting events which YTB were grateful to be a part of supporting this cause.

You can see our team during the video from the day here:

https://www.facebook.com/thesecretburden/videos/656285619741002