So where are you in your grieving process? How will you know when you “get there?” Are you grieving “normally” or “the right way?” Is your grief like that of other survivors? Why does it get better, only to get worse again? Will you ever get over this?In her best-selling 1969 book, “On Death and [ more ]
Thank you to the 115 volunteers that took time from their busy schedulesto join us for Fall Into Service – a Volunteer Sioux Falls event. We were able to help twelve non-profits complete their projects! A heartfelt thank you to our sponsors – Sanford Health, Capital Services, A&B Business Solutions, Kouri Insurance, Poet, Avera, Maximizing Excellence, [ more ]
Our 211 Helpline Center staff is continuously identifying ways in which we can better serve our communities. One new way of providing additional resource information is the development of HelpSheets. HelpSheets provide a brief overview of a designated topic that we commonly receive calls about, as well as the keywords to search in our online [ more ]
We will once again be creating Caring Cards for fellow survivors of loss to suicide. The handmade Caring Cards are a way to reach out to other survivors at a difficult time. The Helpline Center encloses the Caring Cards you make with each Surviving After Suicide support packet sent out. Caring cards are also sent [ more ]
For the month of June only, we will be hosting our support group meeting in a slightly different format. The June SAS meeting will take place on Thursday, June 7th at 7:00 p.m., at the Helpline Center offices. Since we have two new Survivor’s Voices graduates, we are going to give them an opportunity to [ more ]
A common thread among those who have lost a loved one or friend to suicide is a desire to help and support other survivors and also to prevent future suicides. Recently, Helpline held a two-day training (Saturday, April 28 & Saturday, May 5) designed to teach those bereaved by suicide how to speak safely and [ more ]
Suicide grief is hard. Grieving a suicide within a family can be extremely difficult, this occurs because family members are often in different places in their grief on any given day. A moment when one family member wants to talk or needs support might be a moment when another member is having an especially good [ more ]
In September 2000, Kevin Hines leapt from the Golden Gate Bridge, a method of suicide attempt that has resulted in death for most of the 2000 people who have made that jump since the bridge was erected in 1937.But Kevin survived. He survived, and in the 16 years since his near-fatal try, Kevin has become [ more ]
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The Helpline Center is happy to announce that we were able to reschedule our event with Kevin Hines (previously scheduled on May 10). We look forward to welcoming him to our community on June 20th! Join us to hear the story of suicide attempt survivor, Kevin Hines, who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and [ more ]
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