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Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program®

The Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program was introduced into Oshkosh area schools and surrounding communities in October, 2002. It is a tangible step that teachers, parents, students and other concerned individuals can take to help prevent suicide and entails:

· Business-card size "yellow ribbon cards" are distributed to students and community members.

· Cards carry the message that there are people who care and will help, and also includes crisis intervention phone numbers.

· People contemplating suicide who don’t know how to ask for help are encouraged to tell a trusted adult that they "need to use their yellow ribbon card".

· Adults who participate in the program are given basic training, an explanation of how the program works and a yellow ribbon to wear or display to signify that they are committed to listening and getting help for people in need.

· Participating adults are NOT asked to be experts in any way, but are simply given training so they know where to go for help.

The program was developed by Dale and Dar Emme following the suicide of their teenage son (see www.yellowribbon.org for complete details).

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Yellow Ribbon Orientations

view front or back of the yellow ribbon card