Please join hundreds of us as we walk in unified solidarity to erase the stigma around suicide and the many forms of mental illness such as depression and substance abuse that can lead to suicide.
Join us as we help those in need on Sunday, September 10, 2017, at Oakledge Park- Upper Shelter (Flynn Ave.) at 11:00am with the walk beginning at 12:30.
You can find out more and register at www.afsp.org.
There is a suicide in Vermont every 3 days. Suicide is currently the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. The rate of suicide among middle schoolers (aged 10 to 14 years old) in our country doubled between 2007 and 2014 for a variety of factors. The epidemic affects all of us and it is time to act. When you walk in the Out of the Darkness Walks, you join the effort with hundreds of thousands of people around the country to raise awareness and funds that allow the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) to invest in new research, create educational programs, advocate for public policy, and support survivors of suicide loss. Please join us and share this with everyone you know. And if you know of anyone in immediate crisis, please have them call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Please let them know that they are not alone and that there is hope.
Thank you!
Ashley P. McAvey
Vermont Board Member, AFSP
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