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Suicide Prevention Month

 
As your community mental health center, The Center is proud to provide a variety of resources and educational opportunities to support those who may be experiencing a mental health challenge, as well as working with many of our community partners to participate in events across our region during the month of September. 

Events
Some of our community partners are sponsoring events related to suicide prevention and awareness. We encourage you to support one or more of these events in your local community.

Events you can participate in, donate to, or attend include: 
  • Trek for Life Hike/Pedal Your Butte Off!—Crested Butte
    • September 10 and 11 (see the www.trekforlife.net website for details)
    • Raises funds to cover services for those who cannot afford them in The Center's Crested Butte office
  • NAMI Suicide Prevention Awareness—Montrose
    • September 18, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Elks Lodge, Montrose
    • Awareness event to highlight suicide prevention efforts in our community
    • Email [email protected] for more information
  • Telluride Out of Darkness AFSP Walk—Telluride
    • September 26, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Telluride Town Park
    • Raises funds for AFSP Colorado and local initiatives to help prevent suicides
    • www.Afsp.org/swco    
Montrose Suicide Forum  
In addition, as the leader in suicide prevention work across our communities, The Center is sponsoring a community forum to help community members save lives and reduce suicides in our community. This event is going to be on Tuesday, September 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Montrose Event Center, 1036 N. 7th Street, Montrose. Come early to talk to our presenters and meet other community members. The presentation will start at 6 p.m. and will feature a panel presentation and discussion with Laura Byard, Ed Hagins and Nic Taylor addressing these and other questions: 
  • What leads to suicide?
  • How can I stop suicides in my community?
Mental Health First Aid and QPR Classes
Finally, we are hosting two in person Mental Health First Aid courses in September and our usual virtual QPR training in early October. Registration for these classes is available on our website at centermh.org/classes.  
  • QPR—October 5: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
  • MHFA—All registrations through the Classes page on our website
    • September 20, Montrose: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., CMH Admin Building
    • September 28, Telluride: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wilkinson Library
We hope that you will be able to attend one or more of these events or trainings in September to honor and recognize Suicide Prevention Month. 

Resources and Community Outreach
In order to ensure that everyone has access to suicide prevention resources, our website has been updated to include more information about suicide prevention. You can access information and resources in a user-friendly way to learn how to be a lifeline and make a difference, including our new one page information sheet that shares risk factors, warning signs and how to get help.  Visit the new Suicide Prevention page for more information.

The CMH website also has links to several stories of lived experience with suicide and suicidal ideation that are powerful to read and impactful to share. 

Be sure to follow The Center on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn to share our content about suicide prevention with your communities. 

You can make a difference in your community and save a life!  Help us prevent suicides in our communities.

–The Center for Mental Health

             
http://centermh.org Source: The Center for Mental Health