Sep 10, 2015
Suicide Prevention Awareness Day
September 10th is Suicide Prevention Awareness Day Help us spread awareness to #saveteens! A little more than twelve years ago, Don Quigley and Scott Fritz, two New Jersey fathers, both lost teenage children to suicide. They were surprised and alarmed to learn that suicide was the third leading cause of death for teens and young adults. Armed with this news, they began a campaign for public awareness and education that became the Society for…
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Jul 09, 2015
You Are Not Alone T-Shirt Teaser
"You Are Not Alone" Celebrity partners with the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide Recently, the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide was approached by someone you all may know wanting to design a limited edition shirt collection to benefit our organization - and we're hoping that you will LOVE what she came up with! In advance of the release of the designs, we wanted to provide our supporters with a first chance look…
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Jun 10, 2015
SPTS welcomes new Program Director, Pat Breux
Before coming to SPTS, Pat Breux served as the Youth Prevention Specialist for the Suicide Prevention Center of New York. Because of the support of the New York state leadership that prioritized suicide prevention, she had the privilege to participate in many innovative projects, including a community initiative that saw the certification of over 200 trainers, as well as the training of over 16,000 New Yorkers. As an ASIST and SafeTalk trainer, she has also…
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