JENNIFER ILLICH

I want to thank you for your continued support of FirstLink’s mission and vision. Together we are making our communities safer from suicide. I have had the opportunity to hear inspirational stories of life, recovery, and success.

A while back, I presented Suicied Education Outreach (SEO) at a middle school class covering behavioral health, potential thoughts of suicide in life, and what to do if these thoughts ever ender their minds. After class, a student shared their journey of having depression that developed into thoughts of suicide. They talked about how scary it was to pick up the phone and slowly dial 9-8-8, about wanting to hang up when the call specialist answered the phone but decided to talk because their voice sounded friendly.

This student said this was 3 months ago, and they are still