WABI, WVII Cover Out of the Darkness Walk
WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the sixth annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk held at the University of Maine. Funds raised from the 5K walk through campus and surrounding areas will benefit research initiatives of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). “We are here to raise awareness about the issues of suicide and suicide prevention efforts in our community in hopes that we can — by talking about it — reduce the number of people who die every year to suicide,” said Kelly Shaw, outreach coordinator and clinical psychology resident at the UMaine Counseling Center.