Formed over 20 years ago by Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen and his wife Lauren Monroe, the Raven Drum Foundation is helping many people, including veterans and first responders experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

“It shouldn’t be an afterthought,” Allen told Global’s This is BC . “It should be part of being a first-responder. You have the resources in order to be the healthiest person you can be.”

Now branching into Canada for the first time, winemaker Jason Parkes Customs and The Hatch Winery in the Okanagan are the first to get on board, with a portion of sales from a new release going to support the foundation.

“This one particularly spoke to us because of what we’ve seen with all the fires and things that have happened here, my personal experience seeing what t

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