Posted by: Laura Medow Location: South Bend on Jun 26, 2008
Stayin Afloat was a wonderful, fun event that truly celebrated life, offering a positive venue to bring awareness to a difficult subject. Suicide is about pain and isolation; two things Chris doesn't want anyone to have to suffer with. He's been through it and wants to help others know how to get help and that it's OK to get help... or, to help people recognize when someone they care about needs help. The information booths at the event educated on awareness, prevention, intervention and healing, and the news coverage was helpful in spreading the word as well. It's important to know that the more people realize that their mental health needs to be taken care of as a part of their general health, the more people will seek help when they need it. Also, others need to recognize when others need help. Officer Krueger used this fun event to get some very important information out there...kudos to him for a remarkable job!