Over one million people a year commit suicide!

Visualizing one million people is hard to put your mind around so, look at this picture of the super bowl playoffs.  Roughly one hundred thousand people were in attendance.

That’s right!
Ten times the amount of people in this picture commits suicide, each year!

They were, and are going to be, someone’s friend, Daughter, Son, Mother, Father, Grandparent, and Grandchildren.   Does it really matter?  Should it matter to you?  Maybe it would matter more if it was one of your friend’s, or family members?  What if you knew what to do, or say, to change their mind before hand? Do you know how to save a life?

That’s why we help anyone, anywhere, when they ask.  But, we can’t do this work without your support to get the message out that suicide is preventable.  Education is the first and only defense against this preventable cause of death. Suicide is ranked number 3 for causes of death in the United States.  There are twice as many suicides in this country, then those that die from homicide.  We wouldn’t ask for your financial help to do post-suicide family support, conduct classes, workshops and lectures for those that can't afford it if we didn’t need it.  So, anything you can give is greatly appreciated and it will be put towards a good cause.

In closing, the sad truth about suicide is that most people don’t feel the need to give support, or to seek advice about what to do, until after a tragedy has already occurred.  An important fact about suicide prevention; the life you save today, could be the one that saves yours tomorrow!

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