Keyword: suicide prevention
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Fox Hollow, an indie rock band, is raising money at this year’s Homecoming Show to benefit the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Local band to rock out for a good cause in Glen Cove
Hicksville indie rock band Fox Hollow is coming to the end of their 2018 tour across the east coast and they are coming to Glen Cove. Per band tradition, their homecoming show will raise money for … more
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The Wantagh High School Key Club attended the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Out of Darkness 5K to help raise money for suicide prevention. Thousands of people gathered for the event at Jones Beach State Park on Oct. 22.
Casting a light into the dark
Jones Beach State Park was a sea of purple on the morning of Oct. 22 as more than 4,000 people came together at Field 5 to raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.  The … more
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We can all do more to support veterans
For anyone who has not served in combat, it’s impossible to understand the horrors of war. We can try to imagine them, however. We can imagine . . . more
Upcoming events in Long Beach
From Thursday to Sunday, Sept. 15-18, the Long Beach Public Library is proud to present the 14th Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival. As always, the festival will be produced by local resident and musician, Steve Adelson, and will feature music from two-dozen acts in the library’s auditorium. more
Wheeler Deli Owner Dan Babich died by suicide in May. He was 25.
After suicide, family takes on silent killer
Dan Babich’s family didn’t see any of the signs a suicidal person might display before he took his own life at the Valley Stream deli he owned on May 1. He was 25. more
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Eric Dunetz/HeraldMembers of Team RWB, a service organization whose mission is to enrich the lives of Americans by connecting them in their community through physical and social activity.
Out of the darkness
The Long Island Crisis Center held its 7th annual suicide awareness walk on the boardwalk at Laurelton Boulevard last Sunday. The walk is the center’s culminating event on Long Island … more
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Bellmore native Kristofer Goldsmith, a 29-year-old Long Beach resident, advocated for several pieces of federal legislation designed to help veterans suffering from mental illness as a result of their war experiences.
Bellmore native helps pass veterans legislation
Kristofer Goldsmith, 29, compiled yet another thick packet of documents to be sent to the Army Discharge Review Board last weekend. The Bellmore native, who now lives in Long Beach, has appealed his … more
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Goldsmith delivered a petition, organized by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and signed by 60,000 people, to Sen. Harry Reid in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, urging him to bring the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Bill to the Senate floor for a vote.
Local veteran fights to stop suicides
After a trying deployment in Iraq in 2005, former U.S. Army Sgt. Kristofer Goldsmith suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. By 2007, the psychic pain seemed inescapable for the Bellmore … more
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Mepham High School students assembled on Nov. 2 at Old Westbury Gardens for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s “Out of the Darkness Walk,” which raised $303,000 for the AFSP’s work.
Mepham pitches in at suicide-prevention walk
Mepham High School’s Key Club and kickline team recently joined in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s “Out of the Darkness Walk” at Old Westbury Gardens. more
Don't ignore the signs of depression
If the tragic death of Robin Williams shows us anything, it’s that depression can affect anyone — even those who seem the most successful, the most well off, the happiest. more
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