The Tioga County Veterans’ Service Agency and Tioga County will recognize September as “Suicide Prevention Awareness Month”. To that end, they will be unveiling an exhibit beginning Sept. 4, and continuing through the entire month to bring attention to the national epidemic that is veteran suicide.
Twenty-two veterans die every day by suicide; that’s 154 per week, 660 per month and 8,000 per year.
The exhibit is now set up on the lawn of the County Building, located at 56 Main St. in Owego.
This exhibit is designed to raise awareness about the issue of veteran suicide, and allow us to pause and reflect on what we can do to help our veterans and prevent these unfortunate deaths, and what we need to do, as a community, to stop veteran suicide.
STOP 22 – Share the Struggle is Tioga County Veterans’ Service Agency’s project to get the word out. For more information about this event and to get involved in STOP 22, call John or Mike at (607) 687-8228.
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