Get email alerts on the Public Health topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Castle Dale Proclaims September 2026 Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month; Local Events Planned
Summary
Four Corners Behavioral Health and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention requested a proclamation citing high county suicide rates; council proclaimed September 2026 Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month and organizers announced a candlelight vigil (Sept. 10) and Hope Walk (Sept. 12).
Amanda MacIntosh, suicide prevention liaison for Four Corners Behavioral Health and board member of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, asked the council to declare September 2026 as Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, citing persistent high suicide rates in Utah and especially in Carbon, Emery and Grand counties. "The state of Utah has consistently been in the top states for suicide deaths since 2012," MacIntosh said, and she emphasized that awareness, safe messaging, training and knowledge of local resources can reduce risk.
The council unanimously approved the proclamation. MacIntosh announced two local events: a candlelight vigil to remember loved ones on Sept. 10 at Huntington City Park and the 13th annual Southeast Utah Hope Walk on Sept. 12 at the Price Peace Gardens, which raises funds for local education, training and grief support.
AI generated
The text on this page is AI generated. Summaries, highlights, analysis, and video transcripts are all produced from the original source material.
AI can make mistakes, so if you spot one, and we will fix it for everyone.
Note: the source content is unaltered by us. Any content source we link to, be it a video, an audio recording, or a document, is presented exactly as its publisher released it. That publisher is usually a government body, sometimes an individual official or another organisation.
