Updated 8.23.07

Suggestions for Activities for 
International YR Suicide Prevention Week
World-wide events
 To enable those who want to attend activities in areas world-wide, please email us with
your prevention week activities and we will post them on the Events page.

We invite you to develop prevention week activities locally, 
please feel free to use these ideas!

Hold a 'Walk for Life', 'Run for Life', 'Ride for Life'

Hold a 'Memory Ceremony' :  Release 'bubbles, balloons, doves or butterflies'. 

Hold a candle lighting memorial

Contact local support groups to let them know about the YR Week.  Invite them to events, especially the candle lighting and/or memorial events.

Contact local schools and universities, service groups and agencies to offer to help make cards and yellow ribbon available.  Offer to place large Yellow Ribbons on school doors, office doors church doors and youth center doors.  Offer to make posters and flyers

Write a letter to the editor of your newspaper and contact your local Radio/TV stations emphasizing the epidemic level of youth suicide in the U.S.

Have an open house or other activity to promote your services and participation in the community. (If you are a service provider agency)

Help make cards available to public locations: schools, churches, hospitals, businesses, libraries, banks, clubs and service organizations.

Get ribbon from craft stores and cut small lapel ribbons (in the design of the ones on the cards) to distribute before and at your events.

The Yellow Ribbon is the symbol of
Suicide Awareness and Prevention, and for Survivors Hearts world-wide!

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