Michelle Peterson, Sarah’s mother, has held the position of Executive Director since the foundation’s inception in 2014. A former educator, Michelle has a B.A. in education from Michigan State University and is a certified trainer of safeTALK and Soul Shop. She is trained in ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training), Mental Health First Aid, and ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences training). Michelle also organizes and presents our core programming.
The Sarah Michelle Peterson will be hosting a FREE community safeTALK training this Friday. To our delight, the training quickly sold out and we will be hosting more in the…
Thanks to dedicated volunteers and generous donors, 2018 was a milestone year. We conducted 140 separate suicide prevention training programs for 3,214 participants! We also engaged with approximately 3,500 additional…
Please read our 2018 Newsletter below or click the link to download. With the year coming to a close, we are proud of all that we have accomplished. With your…
Throughout the Fall season The Sarah Michelle Peterson Foundation will be providing 5 free trainings of Talk Saves Lives around the Hampton Roads Area! Talk Saves Lives is a community-based…
After the great success of GiveLocal 757 we haven taken that energy and continued to get out into our community. This summer we have: Sponsored the Clipper Classic race at…