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Phillies Suicide Prevention Night

Phillies Suicide Prevention Night

Dear Suicide Prevention Night at the Phillies Supporter,

We want to thank you for your previous purchases of tickets for Suicide Prevention Night at the Phillies and alert you to the details of this coming season’s game.

Date: Saturday, April 27 @ 6:05pm

Opponent: Miami Marlins

Bryce Harper is now one of many great Phillies additions this offseason and tickets are going very fast. So to get your tickets for this year’s game ahead of the big rush and guarantee your seat, please visit: www.phillies.com/preventsuicidepa. If you are bringing groups of 25 or more, there are instructions on the link above for how you can order tickets together and have your group recognized at the game. This year, $7 from each ticket purchased will go toward suicide prevention efforts.

Once again, we thank you for your support of suicide prevention and Phillies baseball. And don’t forget to come out early and check out this year’s winning high school PSA video right before opening pitch!

Go Phillies!

Building Bridges Autism Conference

Building Bridges Autism Conference

This conference, sponsored by Foundations Behavioral Health, the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Ruttenberg Autism Center, will assemble the region’s leading researchers and clinicians to present best practices in autism across four key age ranges: early childhood, school age, transition planning, and adulthood. The Director of the PA Bureau of Autism Services, Nina Wall, and Philadelphia City Councilman At-Large Derek Green, Esq., will kick off our conference, leading into a pivotal keynote presentation by renowned researcher and clinician Dr. Giacomo Vivanti, who will share some of the most exciting best practices in autism from research-to-practice. Providers, educators, family members, self-advocates, and others are welcomed together as we pave new roads for better outcomes and quality of life across the lifespan within the autism community.

Location: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Evans Hall 4190 City Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19131 Date: March 1, 2019 Time: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

Co-Sponsors: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ruttenberg Autism Center, and Foundations Behavioral Health Four Age-Group Offerings: Early Childhood, School-age, Transition Planning, and Adulthood

Target Audience: Doctoral-Level Psychologists and Other Mental Health Professionals Level of Instruction: Intermediate Number of CE Hours/Credits: 5

Cost: Early Online Registration: $45 (through January 31st) Online Registration $60 (until February 22) Walk-In Registration: $75 per adult (neurodiverse family members would be admitted at no cost when accompanying a paid registrant; advanced online registration is recommended). For any questions related to the cost of registration please contact Katiega@pcom.edu or call 215-871-6463.

Candle Light Memorial 2018

Candle Light Memorial 2018

Come join those left behind by the loss of a loved one to suicide. You are not alone and will find comfort with many others remembering your loved one’s life. There will be reading of loved one’s names, shared remembrances and recollections, life keeper memory quilts, music, releasing of balloons and the lighting of the candles.

Monday, September 10, 2018 6:45-8:30 pm

Rain date: Thursday, September 13, 2018

Rose Tree Park Amphitheater Route 252 above US 1 Upper Providence, PA

If you would like to attend please rsvp with the number of people so we can have enough balloons and candles. If we do not have your loved ones name you may email it to lindafalasco@icloud.com to be added to our remembrance. Also anyone who like to speak, sing, play music or be part of the program in any way please contact Linda Falasco. You make the program what it is!

Sponsored by Survivors of Suicide, Inc. & M.E. Carpenter for Suicide Awareness For more information go to http://www.sosphilly.org or if you would like to make a donation to support SOS, Inc you can mail it to PO Box 127 Morton, PA 19070-0127

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2018 Poster Contest Winner

2018 Poster Contest Winner

We would like to congratulate Grace from the Radnor Township School District for winning this years Suicide Prevention Poster contest. The Task Force’s purpose is to promote understanding that suicide is a preventable community health problem in our county. The goal of this contest is to encourage emotional well-being by promoting the concepts of communication, hope, community and friendship, in an effort to prevent suicide.