Mental Health and Wellness Fair and Third Annual Out of the Darkness Campus Walk - Student Health Center
- 10:00am - 12:00pm Mental Health and Wellness Fair
- 11:00am - 1:00pm Out of the Darkness Campus Walk - signup below
- Location changed to: Building 7, first floor, Fremont campus
Registration is now open for the Third Annual Ohlone College Out of the Darkness Campus Walk! The Walk is an opportunity for all to honor and remember those people who have been lost due to suicide.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2013
- Starting point: Quad between Buildings 1 and 5 on the Fremont campus
- 11:00am - Check-in and on-site registration for those who did not already register by noon on Friday before the walk (register online before the event)
- 12:00pm - Walk begins (twice around the perimeter of the campus down to Mission Boulevard and up around the fire gates; about 2.4 miles)
- 1:00pm - Closing ceremonies
- Fundraising Goal: $3,000 - Register, donate, track our progress
There is no charge to participate in the walk.
In the United States, a person dies by suicide nearly every 14 minutes, claiming more than 38,000 lives each year. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for college students, and the third for youth ages 15-24, with adolescent depression -undiagnosed, untreated or both- as the number one cause.
The Out of the Darkness Campus Walks are 3-5 mile walks taking place in communities across the country, with the proceeds benefiting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). By walking in the Out of the Darkness Campus Walks, you will be walking with thousands of students nationwide to raise money for AFSP's vital research and education programs to prevent suicide and save lives, increase national awareness about depression and suicide and provide support for survivors of suicide loss. In deciding to walk, you are taking us a step closer to making suicide prevention a national priority.
Register now! to get started. Once you have registered you will have your own personal fundraising page to help you with your fundraising efforts as well as watch your progress!
Thank you for your participation and support!
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2.3% of Ohlone students have attempted suicide
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Over 12% of Ohlone students received a lower grade on exam, lower grade in course or dropped a course due to depression
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25% of students have received mental health services from a mental health counselor
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8% of Ohlone students were diagnosed within the previous 12 months with depression
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21% of Ohlone students have considered suicide, 5.5% within the previous 12 months
(Source: Ohlone College National College Health Assessment Survey March 2010.)
Volunteers are needed to help monitor the route, register walkers, assist with the snack table and parking, and tear down.
We thank you for your efforts to raise funds to bring education, research and survivor programs to communities across the country and to break the silence surrounding depression and suicide.
Sponsored by AFSP (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention), the Ohlone College Student Health Center and ASOC. This is such a worthy organization that has chapters all over the United States that do education for prevention, intervention for those considering suicide and supporting survivors. Most of the volunteers for the organization have lost someone to suicide.
If you can’t participate by walking, please consider volunteering to help at the event by registering and then signing up as a volunteer or placing a donation.
If you have questions, please contact Sally Bratton at sbratton@ohlone.edu.
The first Out of the Darkness Campus Walk was held in memory of Stewart Dawson in April 2011.
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