{"id":102987,"date":"2020-09-22T22:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T02:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=102987"},"modified":"2021-02-17T15:42:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T20:42:51","slug":"award-ceremony-for-those-whove-contributed-to-suicide-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=102987","title":{"rendered":"Award Ceremony for those who&#8217;ve contributed to Suicide Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Lamont McClure, Director of Human Services Susan Wandalowski and the Northampton County Suicide Prevention Task Force will present nine awards to people who live in and\/or work in Northampton County and who\u2019ve contributed to suicide prevention at a ceremony at the DHS Building at 2801 Emrick Blvd. Bethlehem, PA on Thursday, September 24<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at 2:00PM. Awardees include those who have made suicide prevention their life\u2019s work, are actively contributing to the cause, or have assisted in preventing loss by suicide.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Suicide affects all ages and was the 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0leading cause of death in the United States in 2018. Over 2,000 Pennsylvanians die from death-by-suicide every year. Americans disproportionately impacted by suicide include Veterans, Physicians, Corrections Officers, members of the LGBTQ community, and workers in certain occupational groups like construction, the arts, and design, entertainment, sports and media fields. Suicide negatively impacts the health of others and the community.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Northampton County\u2019s Suicide Prevention Task Force is working to develop and implement strategies to reduce the risk of suicide and stigma of mental illness through collaborative methods. Their goal is to reduce death by suicide by 20% by 2025.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Anyone struggling with thoughts of suicide can call the local crisis line at 610-252-9060 or the National hotline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).<\/div>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBecky Bartlett<br \/>\nDeputy Director of Administration<br \/>\nNorthampton County Government Center<br \/>\n669 Washington Street<br \/>\nEaston, PA 18042<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Lamont McClure, Director of Human Services Susan Wandalowski and the Northampton County Suicide Prevention Task Force will present nine awards to people who live in and\/or work in Northampton &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=102987\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Award Ceremony for those who&#8217;ve contributed to Suicide Prevention<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,5738,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-northampton-county","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Suicide-Prevention.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/102988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}