"This COOL video was designed, recorded, taped and edited by students at Bothell High School and features BHS students. This is just one example of the great things that can be accomplished when you realize that you CAN make a difference! Great work."
Kelly Chatwood, MPH
King County Field Coordinator
Youth Suicide Prevention Program
“The faculty meeting was very impactful…and the closing activity (the human chain) was very emotional.”
— Doris Dorr, faculty liaison, Toppenish
Below are just a few examples of the many possibilities for Campaign messages and ideas.
Toppenish High School:
- Team held a workshop for teachers with treats, crisis hotline resource cards and prevention curriculum overheads
- Distributed 600 pencils with hotline number
- Read a Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul story over the PA system about a young boy saved from killing himself because of the kindness of a peer
- Teachers, staff and students made a human chain to reinforce ‘making a connection’ theme
East Valley High School:
- Morning PA announcements to all classes
- Distributed candy, Yellow Ribbon cards
- Team answered suicide awareness questions during lunch
South Kitsap:
- Suicide education team gave 8 classroom presentations wearing campaign t-shirts
- Distributed lifesaver candies, campaign buttons, keychains and brochures
- Showcased several PSAs and asked classmates to sign a campaign banner to "watch for the signs."
Bothell High:
| Campaign included presentations with interactive exercises. |  |
Cheney:
Campaign included key chains, posters, book covers.
