Danbury Walks Out of the Darkness for Suicide Prevention

Join your friends and neighbors on Sunday September 18, and walk for a cause at Tarrywile Park in Danbury.

It's the Out of the Darkness walk to fight Suicide and it's coming to Danbury on Sunday September 18th. Join a quarter of a million people from hundreds of cities across all 50 states to raise awareness and funds that will save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide.

According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention site, suicide takes more lives than war, murder, and natural disasters combined, and yet suicide prevention does not receive anywhere near the funding given to other leading causes of death.

Sharon Pelky from the local chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention told me that suicide is not something to be kept quiet:

It's time for people to start talking about it to get rid of the stigma about suicide. It's okay to be sad. Suicide is 100% preventable.

The organization also sponsors programs like "Talk Saves Lives", and "More Then Sad" that they offer to area schools and businesses.

You can pre-register for the walk, or register the day of the walk which starts at 1 pm at Tarrywile Park in Danbury. All those who raise $150 through sponsorship's will receive a free walk t-shirt. The walk will be approximately 3 miles long and it will follow two of the trails around the pond at Tarrywile.

Here's more info on suicide prevention and the walk to make a difference:

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