Our Founder and her husband organized our first-ever Faces of Suicide awareness walk; they accepted 100’s of pictures from families that lost loved ones to Suicide and wanted to have them remembered. Ilana and her husband prepared picture walls that contained over 650 photographs of lost loved ones. They had to turn people away when time ran out, and they did not have enough help to get to every picture. This broke their hearts, as they wanted to remember as many lost loved ones as they could for these grieving families. We did not accept donations for this event. Free hot dogs and water was provided thanks to Food Lion and Store Managers Brian Oswalt, Chris Daniels, and Dianna Torres.The only thing that the Founder wanted to do with this walk was to raise awareness about the 47 000 people that lose their battle to depression, anxiety, and other mental disorders every year, not including people under the age of 18. That is 1 person every 11 minutes taking their own life. 1 Veteran lost every 22 minutes due to Suicide, and most of these loved ones just fade into that grey area of “that’s a shame, if only someone knew, maybe they are better off…” all these things that people who have never lost a loved one to Suicide say out of the goodness of their hearts to make us feel better. Not knowing that this is preventable, with counseling. With the help that should be readily available to people who have these thoughts and feelings. And these people should not be treated like criminals when they go and ask for help. Instead, they should be treated with kindness, understanding, and compassion because they need it. Change the STIGMA, speak their truth and save a life today.