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International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day Press Release
August 2011 - Shining Light of Hope Gala at Infinity Park Event Center
by Margerite Lucas of the Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle
"When I've talked to people who have been suicidal, they often say that they feel like they're in a dark room and there is no way out; it's as though they've been caged by darkness," explains Dr. Spencer-Thomas. "We believe that people can be shining lights of hope for those who are engulfed in darkness."
July 25, 2011 - Coors Foundation Grants $500,000 to Youth Suicide Prevention Program.
by Electa Draper of the Denver Post
"Colorado kids are getting hands-on experience in running a business, while at the same time preventing the unthinkable grief of teen suicide," Pete Coors, chairman of the Adolph Coors Foundation, in a statement about the award.
June 13, 2011 - CARSON J SPENCER FOUNDATION RECOGNIZED AS INNOVATORS IN PHILANTHROPY
Bank of the West’s Philanthropy Awards Celebrate Nonprofit Accomplishments in Innovation and Community Impact and Gives CJSF $5,000 award for “The Fire Within” Program
The Carson J Spencer Foundation (CJSF) announced that it has been recognized as a finalist in Bank of the West's first annual Philanthropy Awards for Colorado.
CJSF received a Bank of the West Innovation in Philanthropy for the outstanding contribution of its “The Fire Within Program,” an intensive program that takes high school students through a year‐long course in social entrepreneurship, mental health advocacy, and leadership training, resulting in youth‐run social enterprises that raise revenue and awareness for suicide prevention.
Visit the bank’s Community Affairs page for more information on the awards program.
June 26, 2011 - New campaign will use "manspeak" to help men deal with suicidal thoughts by Electa Draper Denver Post If you think it's hard for a guy to ask for directions, then consider how much harder it is to ask for help with suicidal thoughts. The group most likely to take their own lives is the same demographic least likely to seek out a mental-health professional. "This is double jeopardy for working-age men," said psychologist Sally Spencer-Thomas, executive director of The Carson J. Spencer Foundation. Working-age men, 21-65, die by suicide at twice the baseline rate of other Americans, according to studies. The Spencer Foundation and partners are preparing a fall education campaign that they believe will be edgy, intriguing and even darkly humorous enough to get men's attention. It might even erase the stigma men attach to mental-health care. May 22, 2011 - 9News Video on the importance of providing media context to the issue of suicide. May 11, 2011 - Families of Colorado Suicide Victims Stand Together to Find Hope by Electa Draper Denver Post Joyce Spencer's son Carson was almost 35 when he hanged himself. He had appeared to have everything — successful career, beautiful wife and young daughter. He also had bipolar disorder. "He went into a hole too deep to climb out of," Spencer said. "I was watching this train moving so fast, and I couldn't stop it. We let him out of our sight for two hours. His dad found him. "We have turned our grief into the Carson J. Spencer Foundation." |
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