Welcome to the Web site of the Delaware County (PA)
Suicide Prevention & Awareness Task Force.
Our purpose is to promote understanding that suicide is a preventable community health problem in our county.
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT!
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Suicide
Prevention
Updates
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Thank you to all who came
out to help raise community
awareness of suicide prevention at our
4th Annual 5K Run/Walk!
On Saturday, May 2, 2009, the Delaware County Suicide Prevention & Awareness Task Force held it's 4th Annual 5K Run/Walk at Ridley Creek State Park. We had over 100 participants and raised over $5,000! Thank you to all who came out and helped support our cause!
Our volunteers got there at 6:30 a.m.!
Enjoying the Resource Fair & staying out of the rain!
One of our youngest participants!
And they're off!
Here come the walkers!
What a team effort!
Don't forget to save the
date for our
5th Annual Run/Walk:
Saturday, May 1, 2010!
Check out our NEW Spring 2009 newsletter!
Click here to view it!
This is our THIRD newsletter and we hope it
continues to be a success!
We are looking for community submissions for future newsletter editions (due
July 1st), so please feel free to email any material to Terri Erbacher at
terbacher@dciu.org.
To view our Winter 2009 newsletter, click here.
DCSPATF Announces Poster Contest
Winners!
Youth from Delaware County, PA were invited to enter their original designs
in the DCSPATF 2009 Poster Contest. Among the great artwork submitted, Susan
Zhang was awarded 1st Place, her artwork will appear on T-shirts given to
all May 2nd Walk/Run participants. The Poster Contest provided a way to
involve area youth in the effort to raise community awareness of suicide.
The Task Force thanks all participants for the outstanding designs submitted
and their personal efforts to help raise awareness for the prevention of
suicide. The winning designs are presented below.
1ST PLACE:
Susan Zhang,
Strath Haven High School
2ND PLACE:
Kelly MorriS
Strath Haven High School
3RD PLACE:
Ilana Petrescu
Strath Haven High School
Congratulations to the winners!!
Learn more about what the
Delaware Co. Suicide Prevention & Awareness
Task Force is all about!
DCSPATF pamphlet
View or print a copy
here
Click
here
to view the Task Force's Action Plan for 2009-2011.
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Six Fact Sheets
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Firearms and
Suicide
Suicide
among Older Adults
Teen Suicide
Suicide and
Serious Mental Illness
Alcohol and
Suicide
Suicide among
Adults in Pennsylvania
Take advantage of
all the resources
Delaware County
has to offer!
Check out our Resource Guide
Upcoming
Events:
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Steering Committee Meeting
June 11th
5PM-7PM
American Day Treatment Center
401 Pilgram Lane
Suite 100
Drexel Hill, PA 19026
610-645-7520
View the
complete
Steering Committee Meeting Schedule for
2009
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Upcoming Event
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8th Annual Candlelight Memorial
Remembering Those Lost to Suicide
Throughout the Delaware Valley
Sept. 10, 2009
7:30pm-8:30pm
More details to come soon!
DCSPATF can be reached by e-mail at
info@delcosucideprevention.org
2009 Delaware County Suicide Prevention Awareness Task Force. Website credit: Aria Burgess