Initiatives
2011 Out of the Darkness Walk to Prevent Suicide
This 1st annual walk will take place on Saturday, September 24th at Marathon Park in Wausau. Funds raised will help support research, education and advocacy about this very important community health issue. Please click on the following links for further information:
Where Does the Money I Raise Go?
Out of The Darkness Sponsorship Form
For more information contact Debi Traeder at 715-551-0966
QPR
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — three simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help.
Each year thousands of Americans, like you, are saying yes to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor. QPR can be learned in our Gatekeeper course in as little as one hour. According to the Surgeon General’s National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (2001), a gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide.
Gatekeepers can include parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, ministers, doctors, nurses, office supervisors, squad leaders, foremen, coworkers, classmates, police officers, advisors, caseworkers, firefighters, and many others who are strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide. As a QPR-trained Gatekeeper you will learn to:
- Recognize the warning signs of suicide
- Know how to offer hope
- Know how to get help and save a life
Gatekeeper training is available to anyone 13 years old and upward. We will come to your place of business or meeting – and it’s free in Marathon County.
Call Debi Traeder at 715-551-0966 to arrange for a QPR Presentation for your school, group, club, or worksite.
