We can’t say this enough. If you’re EVER contemplating suicide, PLEASE get help!
Anyone who doesn’t know where to go for help can now download a smart phone app that will make sure they find it.
Guard Your Buddy is an app developed by Clark Flatt, president and CEO of the Jason Foundation, in conjunction with the Tennessee National Guard to help prevent soldiers from taking their own lives.
Since suicides in the National Guard have risen 450% since 2004, Flatt hopes the app will help reduce that rate, saying:
“We hope soldiers will download this smart phone application and pass it on to their fellow troops to ensure they have someone to talk to in times of trouble. It’s difficult to predict if or when a member of our guard family will face suicidal thoughts, but we want them to be able to get help if they need it.”
Any idea is a good idea when it comes to saving lives is you ask us!
[Image via WENN.]
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