About Help Us Save Lives Format
Help Us Save Lives TV Show
13 Episode Docu-Series TV Show
Help Us Save Lives, in partnership with our production company, Handcraft Film, will produce a TV series featuring 13 (or more) unscripted episodes per year. The premier episode is SAAD- Suicide Awareness, Anxiety, and Depression. The other 12 episodes are outlined below. These will be a blend of drama, documentaries, sponsors, and news stories, which we refer to as "Docu-Series".
The episodes will be filmed in a documentary AND live panel discussion format, with panelists and invited guests narrating the videos and stories told. Each episode will air on our websites, other Internet locations, client and partner's websites, podcasts, and cable TV channels, as well as other social media platforms.
Each episode will be translated into a dozen different languages, both for audio and/or subtitles. The market for these is worldwide and each one will be available in both a 30-minute AND expanded 60-minute format, depending on the viewing options available. They will differ from traditional fundraising methods most documentaries are limited to, which is donations, sponsors or grants. These shows will include selected product placement, commercials AND sponsors, grants and loans to produce this series, which is in pre-production now. See the Slated link here. https://www.slated.com/films/988732
Help Us Save Lives Digital Magazine
Our Help Us Save Lives digital magazine will feature stories that mirror the topics of our TV show. The magazine will include stories, links to videos and other articles in an interactive format. It will also be available for download as a PDF to print on demand. Each issue will be full color and translated into several foreign languages. Watch this website for more information about our premier issue of the Help Us Save Lives digital magazine.
Help Us Save Lives Website
Our Help Us Save Lives website will include all episodes of our TV show, our digital online magazine, and translation into many foreign languages. Each section will include sponsors and selected advertisers that complement our topics.
Special Offer for Sponsors
Sponsor One, Six, or Sponsor All 13 Episodes!
Experts suggest tracking results, so here's our offer. We produce a docu-series TV show and a digital, online magazine. Sponsors can add their name to the film credits on one or all episodes,
for $100 Cdn each, any 6 for $500 Canadian all 13 episodes for $1,000 Canadian. (If you have multiple dealerships or companies, each additional one is $100 added to the above rates for one).
Add your name, or company name, to the film credits shown for each episode and show you support that documentary and topic. You can include your name, OR in memory of someone that may have been affected by that topic and situation or event we cover in that episode.
Our docu-series TV show is NOT just another documentary! Far from it! We feature a panel discussion with several experts AND people affected BY that topic, as well as video and live interviews from others, around the world, that collectively offer real-time ideas, action steps, and solutions. The TV show, digital magazine, AND website are translated into a dozen or more foreign languages.
Simply choose which three, or all of them, you wish to sponsor, then message or email me with your choices and I will send you an invoice, which you can pay with a credit card, company check, or in Canada by eTransfer. These funds help us hire additional video editors, add more stories and interviews and produce our TV show, online digital magazine, and website. Here is the list to choose from. See them on this page below.
Episode #1 - SAAD- Suicide Awareness, Anxiety, and Depression
Episode #2 - Help End Domestic Violence and Spousal Assault.
Episode #3 - Ending Sexual Assault Against Women.
Episode #4 - Finding Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women and Children.
Episode #5 - Speed Kills-Reducing Teenage Vehicle Accidents.
Episode #6 - Keeping Health Care Workers Safer!
Episode #7 - Real Solutions for Ending Homelessness!
Episode #8 - Obesity-A Worldwide Epidemic.
Episode #9 - Police Brutality-A Workplace Crisis.
Episode #10 - Food Banks Feed Many Needed Families.
Episode #11 - Repeat Offenders-The Revolving Door.
Episode #12 - Ending Sexual Assault in the Military.
Episode #13 - Bullying and Harassment Of Our Youth.
Please, help us, help others, and save lives with your sponsorship today.
About Us
Help Us Save Lives TV Show
Episode #1 - SAAD- Suicide Awareness, Anxiety, and Depression.
Nearly everyone suffers from anxiety, depression, loneliness, and even suicidal thoughts. It is how those are processed in our brain that determines if we can manage them or if they overwhelm us. Our premier episode for the Help Us Save Lives TV show identifies signs of mental illness and a pathway toward mental wellness. Suicide IS preventable. Anxiety and depression are the early signs of mental stress and illness and suicide is the end of someone's life when the pain overwhelms them to the point that ending that pain is better than choosing to continue their life, with endless agony and pain for the ones they leave behind.
Help Us Save Lives Episodes
Episode #2
Episode #2
Episode #2
Help End Domestic Violence and Spousal Assault. Every six days a woman dies at the hands of her partner! They find themselves in dangerous relationships that are ruined by domestic violence against them, and their children. This video, translated into several languages, outlines steps we can take to keep women, men, and their children safe. See the link below and please sponsor this important documentary today.
Episode #3
Episode #2
Episode #2
Ending Sexual Assault Against Women
In this short one-minute trailer Michelle Novakowski, Executive Director and Mandy Glinsbockel, Community Engagement/Marketing Coordinator from Elizabeth Fry Society discuss with Keri-Lynn Turney how and why women are often reluctant to come forward about a sexual assault. They also explore the statistics of how many assaults are reported and more importantly, how many are NOT reported, and why they are not.
Episode #4
Episode #2
Episode #4
Finding Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Children. This short video shows the history of how Indigenous people were removed from their land, put into non-traditional homes, then allowed to return to their own land. Many of these children forced into residential schools were never seen or heard from again. Many are also buried in unmarked graves across Canada and the United States. Murdered women and children must be accounted for too. See an article here.
Episode #5
Episode #5
Episode #4
Speed Kills (Finished video approximately 30 to 60 minutes with sponsor information included). This is the initial 11-minute video we co-produced for the RCMP in Kelowna in 1996 to help teens slow down and live by avoiding speeding and vehicle crashes. This video will be updated with new information about texting and distracted driving, as well as in-depth interviews of survivors of accidents and the lessons learned.
Episode #6
Episode #5
Episode #6
Keeping Health Care Workers Safer!
Healthcare work is the HIGHEST risk job in Canada! Stats show 95% of ALL healthcare workers get assaulted, in some manner, in their careers. Workers in hospitals, care home, and especially in-home care are at risk; often alone and subject to sexual and physical assaults. Sponsor/product placement available. See the link below and please sponsor this important documentary today.
Episode #7
Episode #5
Episode #6
Real Solutions for Ending Homelessness! Nearly every country in the world has a homeless population. Some countries such as Japan and Finland have successfully solved homelessness, while others have failed miserably! This episode identifies which countries and individual states have successful solutions and which ones do not. See more on this study on how each country helps with this problem. https://thehomemoreproject.org/blog/how-homelessness-is-handled-in-different-countries
Episode #8
Episode #10
Episode #8
Obesity-A Worldwide Epidemic
Obesity is a ticking time bomb in some countries, and non-existent in others! Globally 39% of the world's population was overweight or obese in 2016 but in the United States the figure rose to includes nearly 70% of all adults!
The main culprits are fat and sugar, which can become highly addictive! This episode explores the risks of excessive wekgiht gain and obesity and steps that can be taken to reduce our weight and ristk from this deadly situation.
Episode #9
Episode #10
Episode #8
Police Brutality-A Workplace Crisis
The world has become an increasingly violent place and the very ones hired and entrusted to protect us are the ones causing the violence! In every city in the US, Canada and other countries the police often resort to brute force, beating, shooting, and killing people, often with criminal charges being laid AGAINST the officers that commit those offenses. This episode identifies changes that need to be made and how to hold the police forces accountable worldwide.
Episode #10
Episode #10
Episode #10
Food Banks Need Help!
BC Food Banks Trailer. Over 100,000 people a month are served by 100 food banks in BC alone, with over 1.5 MILLION people using food banks across Canada each month! See this two-minute video for these clients. One unique opportunity we offer is your name, logo, and website ad the end of a short video or documentary like this one. These can range in length from a few seconds to two minutes. See the short video sample here and let us know if we can build one for you, your company, or your organization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO4x5HttFUc&t=5s
Episode #11
Episode #11
Episode #10
Repeat Offenders-The Revolving Door
In most cities and countries the majority of crimes commited are by re-offending felons or convicted criminals. According to the Kelowna Capital News story (May 5, 2022) in December 2021, Kelowna RCMP identified 15 people who had 1,039 negative contacts with police in the first 11 months of the year.
One particular offender has generated 346 RCMP files since 2016 and received 29 convictions for property crime and assault offences.The individual has “no-go” conditions to 11 businesses but has been routinely released with conditions and continues to re-offend. https://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/kelowna-mayor-basran-backs-provincial-crackdown-on-prolific-offenders
Episode #12
Episode #11
Episode #12
Ending Sexual Assault in the Military
Women AND men are sexually assaulted in the military worldwide. This CNN report from Sept. 2021 outlines the details of one stidy. Consider that, according to a 2020 analysis by the DOD of active duty service members surveyed, women who were sexually harassed in 2018 were 12 times more likely to be sexually assaulted that year. Men who were sexually harassed were 42 times more likely to be sexually assaulted that year. LITTLE is being done to solve this golbal issue and we need to find solutions now! Here is the CNN report. https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/16/opinions/military-sexual-assault-prevention-fixes-merryman/index.html
Episode #13
Episode #11
Episode #12
Bullying and Harassment Of Our Youth
Our youth face increasing risks; not only from other children and teens but from adults as well. At an age that young people should be exploring life, they find themselves threatened and bullied, or worse yet in danger of school shootings and other risks and hazards. We explore the underlying reasons children and teens bully or are bullied by others and find solutions and steps to help keep our youth safe; not only from other children but from adults as well. Here is a report on the mental health risks from bullying of kids today. https://www.mcleanhospital.org/essential/bullying-kids-teens
How to Become Involved
Sponsorship and Advertising Opportunities
The challenge with a pure documentary is always funding and distribution. Even if you solve one, you may never solve the other! We amended the documentary format to create a "docu-series TV show" with a half-hour to one-hour episodes, with multiple sources of funding;
- Sponsorship with your name in film credits for $100 Cdn each, any 6 for $500 Canadian all 13 episodes for $1,000 Canadian.
- Selected product placement within the episodes.
- Selected advertising video commercials mentions within the episodes.
- Printed advertising, linked to the digital magazine and website, within the episodes.
For more information about these exciting opportunities, contact us.
