The following is information cut and pasted from the outofthedarkness.org website. Me and My friend Amber both lost our husbands to Suicide last October. We have created team M.A.D.E (Mike, Amber, Dan, Elizabeth) and will be walking on September 26th at Wheeler farm to honor our husbands. We are hoping to raise money to benefit the organization as well. Donations can be made by going into the outofthedarkness.org website and click on make a donation and then go into where it says support a participant and type in our team M.A.D.E name. Thanks so all who comes out and joins us on this day and all who makes donations this is a great cause, and affects a lot of people.
WALK TO SAVE LIVES... In the United States, a person dies by suicide every 16 minutes, claiming more than 32,000 lives each year. It is estimated that an attempt is made every minute; with close to one million people attempting suicide annually.
By walking in the Out of the Darkness Community Walks to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), you will be walking with thousands of people nationwide to raise money for AFSP's vital research and education programs to prevent suicide and save lives, increase national awareness about depression and suicide, and assist survivors of suicide loss.
WALK TO HONOR A LOVED ONE...Many of our participants walk in memory of a loved one lost to suicide. AFSP provides opportunities for survivors of suicide loss to get involved through a wide variety of educational, outreach, awareness, advocacy and fundraising programs. Each walk site has its own unique remembrance activity in which you can participate to honor a loved one.
WALK TO RAISE AWARENESS... AFSP funds research aimed at improving our understanding of suicide and ways to prevent it as well as educational activities to increase awareness about prevention, warning signs and the psychiatric illnesses that can lead to suicide.
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