1-800-SUICIDE still afloat

Desi @ Mia Culpa passed on word in the comments of another thread that 1-800-SUICIDE has been given a reprieve, a two-week extension.

The outpouring of support and donations was the largest we have ever received in our history in a single day. We received over 100 donations and the day is not done. We made our target of 10k to keep the line live for two more weeks. We received calls of support from people who credit the Hopeline with helping them through their most difficult times and now they wanted to help us in ours. We also received the most media coverage in our 8 year history. So many more people will learn of our service as a result of this campaign.

There is much work to be done to get our organization into a secure sustainable position but our all volunteer Board is dedicated to helping us to get there, and with the support of people like you this grassroots network of community based crisis centers can be even better and stronger than before. From all of us at the Kristin Brooks Hope Center and the members of the National Hopeline Network, we thank you for your continued support, faith in us to be stewards of the nation's suicide hotline network and belief in our mission to offer help and hope from unconditional and confidential crisis centers.

Best always,

Reese Butler, President and Founder
KBHC Board of Directors

As I posted earlier, the line has been targeted for extinction by the fundies in the Bush Admin, who plan to roll services into one of its agencies, the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), where sensitive at-risk caller data would be in the hands of this administration's fundamentalist Base.