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“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

Toppenish photo Toppenish photo Toppenish photo


East Valley High School:

  • Morning PA announcements to all classes
  • Distributed candy, Yellow Ribbon cards
  • Team answered suicide awareness questions during lunch

East Valley photo East Valley photo


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."

South Kitsap photo South Kitsap photo


Bothell High:

Campaign included presentations with interactive exercises. Bothell photo

Cheney:
Campaign included key chains, posters, book covers.

Cheney photo Cheney photo

 


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