World Suicide Prevention Day – September 10, 2010
May 20th, 2010Several community groups are organizing a commemorative event on World Suicide Prevention Day to remember those who have died by suicide, support those who grieve, and to raise public awareness that reducing the risk of suicide requires community participation.
The event will take place outside the Vancouver Art Gallery (Georgia, between Howe and Hornby) from 11:45 am to 1:00 pm on Friday September 10, 2010 and will feature speakers, music, drumming, a candle lighting ceremony and a minute of silence.
Attendees and participants are encouraged to bring serviceable shoes in honour of loved ones who have died by suicide . These will be placed in a display on the steps of the Art Gallery, commemorating the hundreds of people who die by suicide every year in BC. After the ceremony, the shoes will be donated to Lookout Emergency Aid Society.