Take Your Pineapples Out
The Take Your Pineapples Out campaign was founded by Gabbey after the suicide loss of her soul sister, platonic life partner and lifelong best friend, Kyeema McIntyre. It sits underneath the Hope and Healing Social Work and Counselling banner and aims to raise awareness and start gentle conversations about the prickly subject of suicide and mental illness. It also aims to break down the silence and stigma that surrounds these, often prickly, subjects. There is also the Random Acts of Ky-Ness initiative which is about choosing to do random acts of kindness for people using a pineapple themed item, this also helps to generate conversations about suicide prevention and awareness or allows individuals the opportunity to do kind things for people they think might be struggling. Take Your Pineapples Out Support packs are given out for free to residents of Australia to help with suicide prevention and awareness. The social media pages also regularly have quotes, mental wellness tips, and other topics to start gentle conversations about the prickly subject of suicide.