Catch a Game & Support CrisisLink!

On September 11, 2010, the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, CrisisLink will reach out to thousands at the Washington Nationals game to raise awareness of key resources with which to prepare and plan for major disasters, as well as support and survival information.

We want YOU to join us at the game: Purchase tickets through the Nats website and use the code CLNATS to receive a discount on your tickets.

Volunteer Opportunity: Volunteers are needed to help distribute CrisisLink resources to Nationals fans on Saturday, September 11. We will have our very own kiosk inside the stadium, allowing us to distribute information to thousands of fans!! Bring friends to help you and catch the game afterward!

If you are interested in helping us on Saturday, Sept. 11, please contact Elizabeth Yen by email or by phone at 703-527-6016.

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Make a Difference: Donate. Volunteer. Participate.

CrisisLink brings immediate help, hope, and healing to empower individuals facing serious life challenges, suicidal thoughts, emotional or situational problems. http://www.crisislink.org/.

CrisisLink Open House

Please join us for an open house at our new location. And what better time than during National Suicide Prevention Week! Thanks to the support and generosity of the community, we have a beautiful new space to call home.

Visit with donors, members of the Board of Directors, staff, and volunteers while touring our new offices and call center. Light food and refreshments will be provided.

NOTE: Open house hours are from 12-2pm and 6-8pm. We hope to see you then!

Details:
What: CrisisLink Open House
When: Wednesday, Sept. 8, 12-2pm, 6-8pm
Where: 601 S. Carlin Springs Rd., Arlington 20004
RSVP: information@crisislink.org, 703-527-6603

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Make a Difference: Donate. Volunteer. Participate.

CrisisLink brings immediate help, hope, and healing to empower individuals facing serious life challenges, suicidal thoughts, emotional or situational problems. http://www.crisislink.org/.

National Suicide Prevention Week Events!

We hope you'll join us for one or more of our exciting events during National Suicide Prevention Week (Sept. 5-12)!

Please click here to read about each of our events.

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Make a Difference: Donate. Volunteer. Participate.

CrisisLink brings immediate help, hope, and healing to empower individuals facing serious life challenges, suicidal thoughts, emotional or situational problems. http://www.crisislink.org/.

Conversations with Berrett & Harrison

The band Berrett & Harrison will headline this year's Life Rocks! Benefit Concert to Prevent Youth Suicide during National Suicide Prevention Week (Sept. 5 -12). We sat down with them to learn a little more about what music means to them!

How long have you been playing together as a band?
We have been playing music together for about four years.

What do you love most about music?
Music is a channel by which a person can express emotions, feelings, and concepts too complex or profound for words alone. What's so endearing about music and the reason it has always thrived and will always survive is that it is a natural extension of human communication, adding dimensions to what a human being is able to convey beyond language. And it's simply fun, which says as much or more than any other reason.


You're playing a show for CrisisLink on Sept. 9. Why do you support CrisisLink?
CrisisLink is a difficult cause NOT to support. It's beautiful in the sense that it stands for something with no political undertones- it's not something anyone can deny the importance and relevance of.

Is it important for teens and people your age to know about CrisisLink? Why?
Absolutely. People who are in the dark place in their minds need to know that there's an ever-present support system that they can turn to.

You can catch Berrett & Harrison at CrisisLink's Life Rocks! Benefit Concert at Jammin' Java on Thursday, Sept. 9, from 6-9pm. If you're interested in volunteering for this event, please contact Elizabeth Yen by email or phone at 703-527-6016.

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Make a Difference: Donate. Volunteer. Participate.

CrisisLink brings immediate help, hope, and healing to empower individuals facing serious life challenges, suicidal thoughts, emotional or situational problems. http://www.crisislink.org/.

CrisisLink Receives Grant from Arlington Kiwanis Club

The Arlington Kiwanis Club presented CrisisLink with a grant in the amount of $2,400 to help fund and support CrisisLink's efforts to raise awareness among Northern VA youth about suicide prevention.

The Arlington Kiwanis Club has been a long standing supporter of CrisisLink for over 10 years. Kiwanis President Khalid Siraj presents the check to Executive Director, Linda Eatmon-Jones and Director of Administration and Outreach, Emily Dickert at their monthly luncheon on August 18, 2010.

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Make a Difference: Donate. Volunteer. Participate.

CrisisLink brings immediate help, hope, and healing to empower individuals facing serious life challenges, suicidal thoughts, emotional or situational problems. http://www.crisislink.org/.

Schools Ready to Help with 2010-2011 Quick Guide to Community Resources

School guidance counselors and social workers will have access to the most recent contact information for community services as they help students cope with a wide variety of family and personal issues this fall. The Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC), with a first-time contribution from CrisisLink, has just published a completely updated version of this most popular 80-page pocket guide. Almost 2,500 copies were distributed free of charge to area school systems.

“I am pleased to announce publication of the 2010-2011 Quick Guide,” said Harry J. “Hal” Parrish II, Chairman of NVRC. “In the more than 25 years since the Quick Guide was first published, it has come to be relied on as a definitive source of critical information about human services for Northern Virginia residents. It represents one of our most effective examples of regional cooperation."

The 2010-2011 Quick Guide provides information about services including abuse and neglect of children or adults, alcohol and drug abuse, consumer complaints and protection, day care for children and adults, alcohol and drug abuse, consumer protection, day care for children and adults, disability issues, emergency needs, foreclosure counseling, multicultural services, health care information, shelters, and services for seniors and youth.

To purchase a copy of the Quick Guide call 703.642.0700 or download the order form from www.novaregion.org.

The Quick Guide online, at www.novaregion.org/quickguide, is updated throughout the year. The Quick Guide is a useful paper partner to the much more detailed information on services at www.211virginia.org .

The Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC), which publishes the Quick Guide annually, is a coalition of local governments focused on regional cooperation in addressing problems of greater than local significance. For more information about NVRC, check the web site www.novaregion.org or call 703.642.0700.

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Make a Difference: Donate. Volunteer. Participate.

CrisisLink brings immediate help, hope, and healing to empower individuals facing serious life challenges, suicidal thoughts, emotional or situational problems. http://www.crisislink.org/.

Picture of the Month

Scooter sighting! We were lucky to catch this scooter sporting a CrisisLink bumper sticker. Thank you to everyone who is helping us spread our important Hotline number out in the community!

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Make a Difference: Donate. Volunteer. Participate.

CrisisLink brings immediate help, hope, and healing to empower individuals facing serious life challenges, suicidal thoughts, emotional or situational problems. http://www.crisislink.org/.