BASF Corporation contributed $4,000 to the proceeds while employees raised additional funds by participating in the
AFSPs Out of the Darkness walk.
Several training programs addressing suicide prevention are also provided by the
AFSP Montana Chapter.
The
AFSP has chapters across the country, and every community has some kind of volunteer opportunity for people who are interested in mental health issues or suicide prevention.
However, the new GAO report claimed that the
AFSP database is woefully behind and some of the more than 25,000 foreign nationals who were in the FAA airmen registry were not found in the
AFSP database, "indicating that these individuals had not applied to the
AFSP or been vetted by the TSA before taking flight training and receiving an FAA airman certificate.
AFSP, founded in 1987, is the leading national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy.
As one heals, however, and their faith returns, the
AFSP shares the following prayer of remembrance that the survivors might find helpful:
The
AFSP reports that approximately 345 Americans ages 15 to 24 take their own lives per month.
Farandole is the first project of the
AFSP and will be run entirely by a group of native French volunteers.
According to the
AFSP, over 3,000 people die every year from suicide.
The Association Center "made it possible for an organization like ours, which was very small, to have an office," said Robert Gebbia, executive director of
AFSP.
Struggling in Silence," created by
AFSP, was partly funded by the American College of Physicians, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, and proceeds from a fundraising walk held in Boston, she said.
The
AFSP is bringing its College Screening Project, which employs anonymous online screening and interaction, to more campuses.
