<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 73, 83); font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 1.6875rem; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">September is Suicide Prevention Month. </span><span>I encourage you all to check on your family and friends plus take the pledge below. </span><br><span></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><b><font size="5">Here’s five ways to get involved</font></b><span style="font-size: 15px;">: </span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px; text-transform: uppercase; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">WALK.</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Walk in memory of a loved one...to end stigma...to raise awareness.</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Saturday, September 22 – <a href="https://nami-northernvirginia.akaraisin.com/Common/Event/Home.aspx?seid=16397&mid=8" title="NAMI Northern Virginia's 10th Annual Walk for Mental Health" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">NAMI Northern Virginia's 10th Annual Walk for Mental Health</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Saturday, September 29 – <a href="https://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.event&eventID=5353" title="American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Fairfax Walk" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">American Foundation for Suicide Prevention "Out of the Darkness" Fairfax Walk</a></li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px; text-transform: uppercase; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">ACT.</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Participate in CSB community partner PRS Inc.’s <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">#CallTextLive campaign </span>throughout Suicide Prevention Month. PRS Inc., a mental health, crisis intervention and suicide prevention nonprofit that runs the local crisis hotline and textline, has a <a href="http://www.prsinc.org/calltextlive" title="PRS Inc. #CallTextLive campaign " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">list of daily actions and activities to help inform and erase stigma of suicide</a>.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px; text-transform: uppercase; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">VOLUNTEER.</h2><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The National Capital Area Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is looking for volunteers to help fulfill their mission to save lives and bring hope to people affected by suicide. Attend a meeting on August 28, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Arlington Central Library (1015 North Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22201) to connect with current AFSP volunteers/board members, and learn more about AFSP and the upcoming volunteer opportunities available in our area. <a href="mailto:afsp.ncac.volunteers@gmail.com" title="Email the AFSP about volunteering" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Contact Bo Kim </a>with questions.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Help answer <a href="https://prsinc.org/crisislink-hotline-textline/" title="PRS CrisisLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">PRS CrisisLink’s</a> 24-hour hotlines. <a href="https://prsincvolunteers.applicantpro.com/jobs/" title="Apply online to volunteer for PRS Inc." style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Apply online</a>.</li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px; text-transform: uppercase; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">LEARN.</h2><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read the <a href="https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/community-services-board/prevent-suicide/warning-signs" title="Suicide warning signs" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">warning signs of suicide</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sign up for one of CSB's <a href="https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/community-services-board/training/mental-health-first-aid" title="Mental Health First Aid training" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Mental Health First Aid</a> training courses.</li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 28px; text-transform: uppercase; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">JOIN THE FIGHT.</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Get involved in the <a href="http://www.suicidepreventionnva.org/" title="Suicide Prevention Alliance of Northern Virginia " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Suicide Prevention Alliance of Northern Virginia</a> (SPAN). A partnership of the CSBs in the Northern Virginia region and PRS Inc., SPAN promotes <a href="http://screening.mentalhealthscreening.org/northern-virginia" title="Take an online mental health screening" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">confidential, online mental health screenings</a>and important mental health resources.</p><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Suicidal thoughts can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, background, or income; it is the third leading cause of death among young people in the Commonwealth of Virginia.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">If you or someone you care about may be at risk of suicide, <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">reach out for help right away</span>. Remember: suicide can be prevented.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Resources available 24/7 include:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">CSB <a href="https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/community-services-board/services/emergency-crisis" title="CSB Emergency Services" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">Emergency Services</a> at <span class="baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="tel:703-573-5679" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">703-573-5679</a><a href="https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/community-services-board/news/2018/suicide-prevention-month#" title="Call: 703-573-5679" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; border: currentcolor; border-image-source: none; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 16px; height: 16px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: middle; float: none; display: inline; position: static !important;"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" title="Call: 703-573-5679" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: currentcolor; border-image-source: none; vertical-align: middle; padding: 8px; max-width: 100%; height: 16px; margin: 0px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 16px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; float: none; display: inline; position: static !important;" data-unique-identifier=""></a></span>.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Text "CONNECT" to 855-11 to contact <a href="https://prsinc.org/crisislink-hotline-textline/" title="PRS CrisisLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">PRS CrisisLink</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Call <a href="https://prsinc.org/crisislink-hotline-textline/" title="PRS CrisisLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">PRS CrisisLink</a> at <span class="baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1" style="box-sizing: border-box; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="tel:703-527-4077" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">703-527-4077</a><a href="https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/community-services-board/news/2018/suicide-prevention-month#" title="Call: 703-527-4077" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; border: currentcolor; border-image-source: none; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 16px; height: 16px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: middle; float: none; display: inline; position: static !important;"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" title="Call: 703-527-4077" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: currentcolor; border-image-source: none; vertical-align: middle; padding: 8px; max-width: 100%; height: 16px; margin: 0px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 16px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; float: none; display: inline; position: static !important;" data-unique-identifier=""></a></span>.</li></ul><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>https://www.wearewithinreach.net/?gclid=CjwKCAjwtNf6BRAwEiwAkt6UQnVFCCe1i4TL0n0VJegLQZYCFsSgrIzBoZm_dzgRXl6TeAAXT2sKKxoCNjAQAvD_BwE</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Sent from my iPhone</span></div></body></html>