Saturday, September 24, 2022 Artesani Park, Brighton, MA Registration at 8:00am; Race Start at 10:00am The 5K Run/Walk for Suicide Prevention is Samaritans’ largest annual event. More than 2,500 runners, walkers, volunteers, and spectators gather together in celebration of life. The 5K provides an important sense of community for suicide loss survivors and creates a
Join us on Sunday, November 6, 2022 to cheer on our amazing #TeamSamaritans2022 for the TCS New York City Marathon! This will be our 3rd year running in NYC and all proceeds help fund Samaritans’ life saving services, including our 24/7 Helpline, suicide prevention workshops, and grief support services.
Our annual Breakfast for Hope showcases our lifesaving services while raising vital funds for suicide prevention. For more than 600 guests, there is no better way to appreciate the impact Samaritans has on the lives of others and the hope we bring to our community.
As the school year wraps up and summer begins, this is a chance to unwind and take care of yourself. Come hang out with friends, meet new people, and get creative! There will be art activities (curated and led by Artists for Humanity youth artists), games, food, giveaways, and music. This event is brought to
In recognition of Suicide Prevention Month and in response to escalating gun violence in the U.S., panelists from DeeDee’s Cry, the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, the MGH Center for Gun Violence Prevention, and Samaritans will discuss connections between access to firearms and suicide risk.
Each September, more than 1,000 people attend our 5K to connect with our community, remember loved ones we have lost to suicide, and raise critical funds that support our free lifesaving services.
September is Suicide Prevention Month, and we invite you to join us at the Watertown Public Library to learn how you can take action to prevent suicide.
Join the Samaritans community at our Annual Meeting to discuss our strategic vision and highlights from the previous year. This event is free and open to anyone in the Samaritans community, including board and council members, donors, volunteers, community partners, and those who use our services.
Join us to cheer on our amazing Team Samaritans at the TCS New York City Marathon. Marathon runners raise funds to support the lifesaving services of Samaritans, including our 24/7 Helpline, suicide prevention workshops, and grief support services.
Having someone in our lives die by suicide can be one of life's most painful experiences. The feelings of loss, sadness, loneliness, and even anger experienced after any death are often elevated in suicide grief.
Join our Annual Memorial to honor loved ones lost to suicide. At this open event, loss survivors and other members of the Samaritans community come together to connect, find support, and share memories.
Having someone in our lives die by suicide can be one of life's most painful experiences. The feelings of loss, sadness, loneliness, and even anger experienced after any death are often elevated in suicide grief.
Join us at the State House to celebrate 50 years of lifesaving suicide prevention work and advocate for Samaritans.
Our Boston Marathon® team started out with two runners in 2007, and now raises more than $200,000 each year! All proceeds help fund Samaritans’ life saving services, including our 24/7 Helpline, suicide prevention workshops, and grief support services.
Join us at our annual Breakfast for Hope to celebrate our 50-year legacy of human connection and take part in our mission to prevent suicide and support those affected by it.
Learn about local resources, including programs designed to support communities of color. Find out how you can be the connection to support someone who is struggling.
Join us at the 26th Annual 5K Run/Walk for Suicide Prevention to mark our 50 years of impact, honor loved ones lost to suicide, and support those who are struggling.
Join Samaritans on World Mental Health Day for a powerful and compassionate webinar featuring a panel of suicide loss survivors who will share their personal journeys of grief and healing.
Connect with our community, celebrate our 50th anniversary, and learn about a new grief support meeting for the LGBTQ+ community launching in September 2024.
Samaritans SafePlace meetings are open groups of caring people who have lost a loved one to suicide. SafePlace peer support groups for suicide loss survivors are facilitated by trained volunteers. SafePlace meetings are caring support groups for suicide loss survivors. Meetings are facilitated by trained volunteers who have also lost a loved one to suicide. SafePlace
Join us on Sunday, November 3, 2024 to cheer on our amazing Team Samaritans for the TCS New York City Marathon! This will be our 5th year running in NYC and all proceeds help fund Samaritans’ life saving services, including our 24/7 Helpline, suicide prevention workshops, and grief support services
To better serve our community, we are launching a new virtual SafePlace meeting for suicide loss survivors in the LGBTQ+ community.
Join us on International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day for a screening of the award-winning film, “Talking OutLOUD: Teens & Suicide Loss, A Conversation.”
This webinar, co-hosted by Samaritans and Greater Boston PFLAG, will explore how caregivers can manage their own mental health while supporting LGBTQ+ youth in their lives over the next four years. Families of LGBTQ+ individuals, particularly those with transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) youth, face unique challenges in a political climate that increasingly threatens their
Join our Annual Memorial to honor loved ones lost to suicide. At this open event, loss survivors and other members of the Samaritans community come together to connect, find support, and share memories.
SafePlace is not a professional therapy group, but rather a peer support group offering nonjudgmental listening, peer connection, and shared understanding.
This virtual presentation introduces Soul Exhaustion, a concept developed by Sarah Gaer to explore the profound effects of trauma, grief, and adverse life experiences on the human spirit. For those grieving the loss of a loved one to suicide, Soul Exhaustion provides a framework to acknowledge the depth of that loss beyond traditional grief models.
This SafePlace support group provides a forum for parents and guardians who have lost a child to suicide to explore feelings not often understood by others. Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month.
This SafePlace support group provides a forum for parents and guardians who have lost a child to suicide to explore feelings not often understood by others. Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month.
SafePlace is a peer support group offering nonjudgmental listening, peer connection, and shared understanding for those who have lost someone to suicide. Meetings are held on the first Saturday of each month.
Samaritans SafePlace meetings provide a forum for suicide loss survivors to explore feelings not often understood by others. This meeting is held on the last Tuesday of each month. The group is open to people of any religious background.
This SafePlace suicide grief support group is open to LGBTQ+ people who have lost someone to suicide and those who have lost an LGBTQ+ person. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month.
This monthly SafePlace support group offers a chance for parents to connect with others who understand the profound grief that comes with losing a child in this way. Meetings are held the third Saturday of every month.
Support Team Samaritans as they run 26.2 miles for suicide prevention. Each year, members of our community run the Boston Marathon and raise funds to support our lifesaving programs — crisis services, educational workshops, and suicide grief support.
SafePlace meetings provide suicide loss survivors a forum to explore feelings not often understood by others.
SafePlace meetings provide suicide loss survivors a forum to explore feelings not often understood by others.
Samaritans SafePlace meetings provide a forum for suicide loss survivors to explore feelings not often understood by others.
SafePlace meetings provide suicide loss survivors nonjudgmental listening, peer support, and shared understanding.
