BC Place Brightly Shines Yellow in celebration of World Suicide Prevention Day
September 9th, 2016
BC Place will shine yellow on September 10, 2016 in celebration of World Suicide Prevention Day. Efforts to prevent suicide have been celebrated on World Suicide Prevention Day – September 10th – each year since 2003.
For over 46 years, the Crisis Centre has been committed to empowering individuals to help themselves and others, in times of distress. In 2015, the Crisis Centre impacted the lives of over 108,000 individuals through our Distress Services and Community Education Programs. The Crisis Centre utilizes a holistic approach to suicide prevention in our communities, working to further our mandate to de-stigmatize suicide.The Crisis Centre provides life-saving phone calls that provide hope to people in crisis, eye-opening workshops which inspire young people to communicate about their feelings, opportunities for older adults to seek support from isolation and loneliness, and valuable training for community service providers to learn suicide intervention skills. The Crisis Centre saves lives.
For more information, visit https://crisiscentre.bc.ca/