Youth suicide prevention materials to be handed out at secondary schools

Correction to the photo caption, article updated 06-10-2013

Youth Suicide Prevention committee filling the sacks with the handout materials
purchased for the Youth Suicide Prevention Program.
From left Karen Valiquette, Bill Bear, Heidi,  Laura Quinn (KCCOP)

King County Community Organizing Program has granted $300 to the Northshore/Shoreline Community Network for the purchase of youth suicide prevention materials from the state funded Youth Suicide Prevention Program.

The materials will be distributed to four Shoreline School District Schools: Shorecrest, Shorewood, Kellogg, and Einstein.

The Youth Suicide Prevention committee, which is part of the Community Resource Team (CRT), has been meeting to determine the best method of informing the community about suicide and what they can do to help.

The Life Savers Club, students from Shorewood High School, informed us that they could not afford to purchase the handouts that they provide for students. The committee determined that they could partner with KCCOP and purchase these materials as a resource for the staff and students.

There was enough money to purchase materials for all four secondary schools. 

We hope that this can help raise awareness about the critical issue of youth suicide prevention.