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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!
 

Suicide Prevention Updates
 


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.


Six Fact Sheets

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


Upcoming Event
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