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Yellow Ribbon Week is the third week of September each year. This is an opportunity for communities to focus on awareness and preven­tion of youth suicide. The Light for Life Foundation of S. California is available to help coordinate activities and provide materials to schools, parent groups, community organizations, government agencies and the faith community to create a culture of caring and communication for our youth. This is a proactive way to reach out year after year with the message: You are not alone.

Here are some ideas for Yellow Ribbon Week activities:

• Hold an in-service training for school staff about the Yellow Ribbon Program, have all staff and students wear yellow ribbons during the week.

• Have Peer Listeners/Mediators, ASB, Human Relations Council, etc. promote and coordinate Yellow Ribbon Week activities.

• Distribute Yellow Ribbon cards in classrooms and/or through the counseling office and health office.

• Show the video: Depression: On the Edge, from the PBS TV program In the Mix and/or perform the Yellow Ribbon skit.

• Sponsor a week of life-skills topics such as: awareness and prevention of suicide, depression, eating disorders, relation­ship violence, abusive situations, etc.

• Visit local Middle Schools to distribute yellow ribbon cards and to share the story “I’ll Always Be With You” from Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul---perform the skit too!

• Ask local merchants to give discounts to patrons wearing yellow ribbons or pins during Yellow Ribbon Week.

• Circulate Yellow Ribbon information at Back-to-School night and/or sponsor a parent/community information meeting.

MORE THAN 2500 LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED!

4.5 MILLION YELLOW RIBBON CARDS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED.

38,000 LETTERS ASKING FOR HELP AND TELLING OF LIVES SAVED

COUNTLESS YOUTH HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO THIS PROGRAM, AND ARE USING IT TO SAVE THEMSELVES, THEIR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES!