Saving Lives by Providing Suicide Prevention Programs and Resources
- Responsible for 132 separate suicide-prevention training programs for 4,200 participants from a cross-section of organizations including:
- Suffolk Public Schools 8th & 10th Grades
- Suffolk Public Schools teachers, parents, bus drivers, community members
- St. Patrick Catholic Schools 7th grade
- Portsmouth Public Schools Counselors & Mental Health Professionals
- First Lutheran Church of Norfolk
- Old Dominion University
- Tidewater Community College
- Catholic Campus Ministry
- Peace by Piece Psychology
- Virginia Beach Community Services Board
- Fitness Guru
- Cohen Military Family Clinic at the UP Center
- O’Connor Brewing Company
- Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 48
- Episcopal Archdiocese of Southeastern Virginia
- Presbytery of Eastern Virginia
- Norfolk CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)
- Coastal Virginia United Unitarians
- Trinity United Methodist Church, Smithfield
- Engaged with approximately 3,600 residents of Hampton Roads through a presence at 19 separate events
- Trained and supported approximately 55 presenters and volunteers
- Continued to build partnerships and participate in suicide prevention coalitions:
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Community Service Boards (Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Western Tidewater, Hampton-Newport News)
- Erika’s Lighthouse
- Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters
- The Barry Robinson Center
- Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
- Old Dominion University
- Youth Partnership of South Hampton Roads
- Mentally Healthy Norfolk
- The Lizzy Foundation
- The RYDE Foundation
- Virginia Juvenile Justice Association
- The UP Center
- Employed Executive Director and Program Coordinator (part time)
- Executed a fully-funded $44,871 budget
- Income of $40,053 from donations, grants, special events
- Board of Directors in 2019
- Mr. Franklin Hudgins, Jr. (2014)
- Col Eric F. Peterson, USMC(Ret.) (2014)
- Ms. Michelle Peterson (2014) (Executive Director)
- Dr. Steven Bell, Ph.D. (2017)
- Ms. Amy Woods (2017)
- Ms. Susan Nixon (2017)
- Ms. Paula Barclay Cook (2017)
- Dr. Carl St. Remy, MD (2018)
Depression is Not Your Fault—Stay Alive!