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FASHION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU
THE RODE.
HAPPENING HERE IT'S THE OUT
OF THE DARKNESS WALK.
ONE OF SEVERAL HAPPENING AROUND
THE COUNTRY FOR THE AMERICAN
FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE
PREVENTION.
JOINING US TO TELL US MORE IS
KATIE FROM THE RHODE ISLAND
WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
FIRST PEOPLE HEAR SUICIDE AND
WITH IT.
TELL US WHAT IS HAPPENING.
THIS IS HAPPENING AT THE PARK
IN PAWTUCKET.
AND IT IS TO HELP RAISE
PREVENTION.
IN RHODE ISLAND IT IS A HUGE
PROBLEM, ALL AGES.
AND WE WILL BE HAVING
SEVERAL -- I SHOULDN'T SAY
SEVERAL, BUT WE HAVE BRIDGE DARE
GENERAL COMING TO SPEAK AND KICK
THINGS OFFFOR US, AND THERE WILL
BE LOTS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES,
THE CAROUSEL WILL BE OPEN.
WE'LL HAVE FOOD.
AND IT'S TO KIND OF HELP PUT A
WILL.
RIGHT, BECAUSE PEOPLE HEAR
THE WORD SUICIDE AND YES, IT'S
HORRIBLE THING.
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU ARE RIGHT, PEOPLE HEAR THE
THING.
IT.
BUT IT'S CAMMED THE OUT OF THE
DARKNESS WALK TO HELP PEOPLE BE
MORE AWARE OF MENTAL HEALTH
MILITARY.
IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN THE
MILITARY RIGHT NOW, AND RIGHT
CHILDREN.
A LOT OF THESE MILITARY FOLKS
ARE COMING BACK HOME.
THEY HAVE SEEN SO MUCH AND
ABSOLUTELY.
AND JULY HIT THE RECORD FOR THE
NUMBER OF SUICIDES AT LEAST IN
THE ARMY.
IT WAS 26 AS OF THE END OF JULY.
AND THESE ARE VETERAN SOLDIERS.
THESE ARE NOT YOUNG SOLDERS NOT
KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
ON THE FRONT LINES BEFORE, AND
IT'S AN ALARMING RATE.
PEOPLE WILL RAISE MONEY TO BE
PART OF THIS WALK.
WHAT WILL THE MONEY GO TO?
ALL OF THE MONEY GOES TO THE
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE
PREVENTION, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION, AND IT'S FOR
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, ADVOCACY,
AND -- FOR EVERYBODY.
AND IT'S CALLED OUT OF THE
DARKNESS SO THAT PEOPLE,
OBVIOUSLY CAN COME OUT AND TALK
ABOUT THINGS.
AND TO HELP PUT A POSITIVE SPIN
ON IT, AND IT'S -- IT'S ALL
PROCEEDS GO RIGHT TO THE
PREVENTION.
AS OF NOW WE HAVE 65 PEOPLE
REGISTERED ALREADY, AND WE
RAISED OVER $7,000 AND THAT WAS
AS OF THIS MORNING.
SINGLE DAY.
YOU CAN REGISTER THE DAY OF THE
WALK.
IT STARTS AT 9:00, REGISTRATION,
AND THE WALK BEGINS AT 10:00,
AND WE'RE USUALLY DONE BY 12.
AND IT'S A FAMILY FRIENDLY
EVENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.