Helping Those Most at Risk

Helping those most at risk

Anyone who thinks about suicide is experiencing intense and overwhelming negative feelings and cannot see any other solution. Image: Ozz/stock.adobe.com I am writing this article as a Lived Experience suicide thriver and my role as a CORES Suicide Intervention Facilitator. I realise the subject of suicide is in our faces that much that the majority of us switch off whenever we hear the word suicide. I urge you to please continue to read this cri…

News roundup: OARC helps those in need

by Michael Prochaska Oconee Area Resource Council has transitioned its school-year food distribution program to its Summer Food for Kids program. “This is a 10-week program designed to assist families during the summer by supplementing their food with a box of nutritious food, including fruits and vegetables from local farmers,” according to the OARC website. “Children who are registered in the Oconee Food for Kids program usually receive free a…