Someone attempts to kill themselves approximately every sixty seconds. Every sixteen minutes someone commits suicide. That’s 80 suicides a day and another 1500 attempts.
There is a mental and emotional health crisis occurring. Lots of organizations are looking to help with crisis intervention. They provide incredible resources to those are the brink. They help talk people through the crisis.
Would you be willing to help today, to provide counseling to someone, so that they never have to get into a crisis in the first place? People shouldn’t have to try to kill themselves before we as a community come around them and help. And for those that do end up there, lets make sure they are able to get the long term care they need after the immediate crisis is over.
Lets work together to make sure that long before friends are looking at suicide warning signs that people are talking through their hurts, dealing with their pasts and getting medication when necessary.
Today, we celebrate how many lives have been saved through very important crisis intervention programs. Tomorrow, let’s partner up and make sure that people have options for care long before they get to that point.
