Dear Community Partner,
In the past 5 years our community has
been sadly impacted by the loss of 5 lives to suicide. The
affected residents were under the age of 23, 4 of them in our school
system. We are talking about 1 lost life per year within this age
group (keep in mind adults are being impacted as well). As we continue
with our "call to action" we invite you to a community planning
meeting for our upcoming March 4 Balance Community Outreach and Education
Campaign sponsored by Monrovia Healing Connections. Our planning meeting
will be on Wednesday, February 4th at 5PM
at the Monrovia Community Center.
Monrovia Healing Connections
Committee (suicide prevention task force made up of community members, City
officials, students and MUSD staff) will be sponsoring a city-wide
campaign, March 4 Balance, to coordinate,engage and execute a series of
community outreach and educational events to raise awareness surrounding suicide
and other related issues.
The campaign will …