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Dear Margaret,
As SAVE begins its 36th year, we are mindful of the impact our work has every single day in helping not just raise awareness about suicide, but in preventing it and saving lives.
Because May is Mental Health Awareness Month, now is the perfect time to raise our voices, increase awareness, and dedicate ourselves to prioritizing mental health for everyone. It’s also a great time to check in with your friends, family, and colleagues—your support can truly make a difference in their lives.
At SAVE, we promise to keep fighting to eliminate the stigma of suicide and create meaningful, impactful, and evidence-based approaches to preventing it.
Our four mission pillars are education, advocacy, support for suicide loss survivors, and lethal means safety. Here are just a few ways SAVE is making an impact this year:
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SAVE and WTW just launched the complete IBEAM (Ideal Body, Environment, and Mind) program. It’s a groundbreaking training suite tailored for the construction industry, one of the hardest-hit sectors impacted by suicide. And thanks to WTW's generosity, it's completely free to anyone in the industry.
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The Green Bandana Project has grown to support nearly 445,000 students—roughly 432,000 in 51 colleges and 13,000 in 14 high schools—nationwide. It’s a grassroots program empowering young people to create visible networks of peer support on campuses everywhere.
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So far in 2025, 409 people have taken One Step Ahead, our free, interactive, 40-minute online training to help you have a conversation with a friend, family member, or coworker about suicide, and empower you to help support them in a crisis.
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We’re gearing up to launch the first LOSS Teams managed by SAVE in the state of Minnesota, using the model created by Dr. Frank Campbell in 1997. Beginning in July, the volunteer-based program will partner with emergency departments to provide immediate, compassionate support to families and communities after suicide loss.
- The KiDS: Keep It Digitally Safe campaign has grown internationally to engage 36 partner organizations and activate youth across the globe. The campaign’s scholarship contest is encouraging young people to design warning labels and public service messages to hold big tech accountable and protect young people online.
Your financial support allows us to continue this important, mission-driven work. Every dollar you donate is another free One Step Ahead training we can provide, another Green Bandana Project chapter launched on a high school or college campus, another construction worker who can receive support in an educated, psychologically safe workplace.
More than 90 cents of every dollar donated to SAVE supports our programs to prevent suicide and save lives.
Please consider donating today. Together, we can transform despair into hope for countless people.
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