suicide prevention

The Samaritans Southcoast organization is holding a Hug-A-Thon in September to raise funds for suicide prevention. Here's how you can participate.

Whether you need someone to talk to or are looking for an opportunity to help others, Samaritans will be here for you.

Seeking caring, compassionate volunteers to staff the suicide prevention crisis hotline.

Rev. David Lima is working year-round to raise awareness about suicide and how we can help prevent it.

The number of suicide deaths is, unfortunately, rising. We need to stop ignoring suicide and start having real conversations about how to prevent it.

A new documentary on suicide prevention will premiere this week at Keith Middle School in New Bedford. Admission is free.

Mattapoisett teen, Conrad Roy, committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning last July. Roy had a history of mental illness, and was found in his car behind the Fairhaven K-Mart. That local story is now circulating nationwide due to the fact that strange texts were discovered between Roy and Plainville teen, Michelle Carter...

It's called "A Day In My Shoes"  The Suicide Prevention Awareness Walk  and it will be held this Saturday in New Bedford. Rev. David Lima was a guest on the morning show today and he told us about the walk and some amazing statistics about suicide in America and Massachusetts...

Suicide is often a quiet matter, kept private by the immediate family, and sometimes perceived as an embarrasment. But New Bedford is looking to change those views as more than 200 people took to the streets Saturday morning, spreading the message of "we need to talk"...

Can you imagine a local middle school child whose solution to the current problem they have is to end their life?