Dad puts up suicide prevention signs to encourage people to talk mental health

One dad from Washington, United States is effecting change in his community by putting up suicide prevention signs in a bid to inspire hope among the young. Colby Wallace, who has young daughters of his own, wanted to take action due to the helplessness he felt as a parent whenever he would hear stories of suicide, as per Q13 Fox on May 22. "As a parent, you feel really helpless when you hear these stories, that this is happening," he said in the report. "This is happening a lot, but nobody wants to talk about it." Wallace's initiative started in 2017 in Oregon and saw him erecting signs with simple messages such as "You matter" and "Don't give up" along sidewalks. Today, it has b...

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