On Sept. 10, people from over 50 countries will connect, communicate and care by recognizing World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD).
Since 2003, WSPD has publicly brought the need for suicide awareness and a greater commitment to suicide prevention to the world stage.
According to the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention, it is estimated that each day in Canada, 11 people will end their life and 210 will attempt to.
Suicide occurs across all age, economic, social and ethnic boundaries. The pain that leads individuals to take their lives is unimaginable. Their deaths leave family and friends bereft and their communities impacted.
On Sept. 10, the Suicide Awareness Council Wellington Dufferin invites you to be one in your community and be one with the world.
Be one who plants tulip bulbs of hope. The Suicide Awareness Council WD invites you to pick-up a bag of orange tulip bulbs at various sites across Wellington and Dufferin counties. The locations include Canadian Mental Health Association offices, Family Health Teams and libraries.
Be one who speaks up. Visit the Suicide Awareness Council WD’s Facebook page and join us on Twitter @SACWDCouncil for ways that you can spread the messages of WSPD through social media.
Be one who wears a ribbon. Be one of 100,000 Canadians to wear the new international suicide awareness ribbon. The beautiful orange and yellow ribbon gives a voice to promoting informed communities that create dialogue around supporting those at risk, and promoting resiliency and wellness.
Be one who lights a candle. By lighting a candle and placing it near a window at 8pm on Sept. 10, the candle will be “a beacon of caring and compassion,” officials say. The candle recognizes those who have been bereaved by suicide and survivors of suicide.
Be one to make a difference.
