WALK TO SAVE LIVES… In the United States, a person dies by suicide every 16 minutes, claiming more than 32,000 lives each year. It is estimated that an attempt is made every minute; with close to one million people attempting suicide annually.
AFSP (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) just broke $3.5 million raised with DonorDrive™! Congratulations!
By Dan Volkens, Interactive Designer
2 responses so far ↓
Eman Rimawi // January 15, 2009 at 6:36 pm |
Hi. I’m writing from The Jed Foundation which works nationally to reduce the rate of suicide and the prevalence of emotional distress among college and university students. We are presenting The Jerry Greenspan Student Voice of Mental Health Award for college students who have had mental health issues like the one’s you write about on your site and wanted for you to help spread the word.
The award is for a video on their experiences with mental health issues and how they are working to raise awareness and encourage their peers on the issue. The award includes a $2,000 scholarship, a trip to NYC to our annual gala in June 2009, recognition through our site and events and possibly appearing on MTVU. The info is on our site (link below).
We are interested in having you post the information on your blog. We are also interested in having folks write about the importance of doing work like this and show casing, if you will, this award we are presenting.
Thank you so much for your time and feel free to email me. I’d like to talk further about how we can work together.
http://jedfoundation.org/programs/student-voice-of-mental-health-award
Eman Rimawi
Dan Volkens // January 16, 2009 at 9:46 am |
Hello Eman, thank you for bringing the foundation and award to our attention! If you would like, could you write a guest article on the JED Foundation and the award, and I will post it here on DonorDrive’s blog as a guest article. Just let me know!