4th annual Live-On Suicide prevention walk-a-thon - a moving experience

Many people gathered together on Saturday September 14th to support the efforts of Live On - suicide prevention and awareness.

Last year  in Calaveras County there were 15 confirmed suicides, just over 100 in the last ten years. Calaveras County exceeds twice the national average.

Live On promotes suicide prevention and awareness through community outreach by providing suicide prevention information and training as well as survivor assistance. The 2nd Monday of each month a survivors support group meets at Refuge Church (642 Murphys Grade Road) to meet with peers who have lost loved ones to suicide.

Photos in memory of those lost.

The shoes lining the track were a reminder of those that have lost their lives to suicide in Calaveras County in the last ten years.

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