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Our goal is to provide education of suicide in our community,
through awareness activities, fund-raisers and presentations. Our hope
is to be successful in developing the Ontario Chapter of
the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program, which is specifically aimed at the prevention
of teen suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death between
13-25 year old Canadians, and our goal within this program is to lower
these statistics. We need to begin by saving one life at a time.
Many non profit organizations, including the Light for Life Foundation
International (Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program) charges per
diem fees for presentations. Our chapter has decided to not follow the
same guidelines, and we would like to state that any presentations or
activities provided by the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program (Ontario Chapter) will be
free of any charges. The presentations and activities will only be made
in the vicinity of the Greater Toronto Area, as of this time. All of
the money from donations and our sponsors, will go towards community
based education, special presenters and materials. The Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program (Ontario Chapter) mainly consists of teens who devote their time
without sacrificing their responsibilities, thus eliminating the need
to compensate money lost from absences from jobs and family.
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