Friday, August 21, 2009

2009 Halifax Walk for World Suicide Prevention Day

Please join us on Sunday September 13th at 1:30 pm sharp to walk for World Suicide Prevention Day. The walk gets underway at Victoria Park in Halifax across from the Public Gardens on the corner of South Park Street and Spring Garden Road and ends at Grand Parade in City Hall.

There will be refreshments and a guest speaker, as well as info tables with displays by community based organizations.

Important note: The 2009 Walk time has been changed to the afternoon - tentatively! The time could change...please check back for confirmation that the start time WILL be at 1:30 pm. Suicide prevention is everybody's business. Please feel free to forward this invitation to your friends, family and colleagues. See you there!

For more information, media inquiries and a copy of the Halifax Walk poster to display, or to request a table for your community group at the walk please contact Laurel at halifaxwalkwspd@yahoo.com

This is a rain or shine event!

The Halifax Walk is proudly supported by CMHA - NS Division and Communities Addressing Suicide Together (CAST).

PLEASE NOTE: THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED OVER THE NEXT WEEK WITH MORE WALK INFO, CONFIRMATION ABOUT THE TIME OF THE WALK AND INFO ON THE MEMORIAL WALL - Keep checking back! Feel free to post comments and questions.

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  1. Thank you for posting this. Your activity has now been entered on the IASP website at: http://tinyurl.com/n9ehtb and has been tweeted (www.twitter.com/IASPinfo)

    We wish you a successful event.

    IASP

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