Total Donations: $158,459.08

Top 5 Participants

  1 -  Victoria Vermes ($6,815.00)
  2 -  Loree Vick ($4,315.00)
  3 -  Sam Weidenkopf ($3,520.00)
  4 -  Joseph Calabrese ($3,020.00)
  5 -  Julie Boothe-Rhodes ($2,883.00)
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Top 5 Teams

  1 -  University School ($12,472.37)
  2 -  Pauline E. Vermes Team ($6,815.00)
  3 -  Jessica Boothe's Friends ($6,530.00)
  4 -  Tim's Team ($5,395.00)
  5 -  Loree Vick ($5,325.00)
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Sunday evening, September 30, 2012
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Check-in 6:00 p.m.
All Walk activities end by 8:30 p.m.

OUR WALK GOALS:

  • To “shine the light” on depression and suicide prevention.
  • To provide an opportunity for survivors of suicide to experience healing in a safe, anonymous way.
  • To raise $120,000 to support SPEA’s proven prevention education program, Recognizing Teen Depression and Preventing Suicide.


Walk Registration fee is $20 and includes:

  • Light snack and beverage.
  • Complimentary luminaries and In Memory/In Honor placards.
  •  Program featuring speakers & musical performance.
  •  Glow necklace

BE A LIFESAVER

Personally raise $100 or more to receive a Lifesaver T-shirt at the Walk on September 30.

  • Suicide is the third leading cause of death for those 15-24 years of age.
  • More teenagers die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease combined.
  • Half of all lifetime cases of clinical depression begin by age 14.
  • According to The Ohio Department of Mental Health: 20 percent of high school students have seriously considered suicide 14 percent have made a plan 8 percent have made a suicide attempt.

 

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