Education and training for suicide prevention
The Green Bandana Project
About the program
The Green Bandana Project is a school-based program for youth and young adults that increases students’ awareness of available mental health and suicide prevention resources and their ability to seek support before or during a mental health crisis. Student participants take a suicide prevention gatekeeper training, carry resource cards, and tie a green bandana to their backpack or another visible location to serve as a visual cue that they are members of The Green Bandana Project and equipped with knowledge about resources on campus that support student mental health.
The Green Bandana Project Kluesner Scholarship
The Green Bandana Project Kluesner scholarship honors Al and Mary Kluesner and the Kluesner Family, and provides opportunities for the recipients to carry on their legacy through The Green Bandana Project. We will be awarding 4 individual one-time scholarships of $2,500 to high school seniors or current undergraduate/graduate students who have experienced the devastating loss of a parent, caregiver, or sibling to suicide. Scholarship recipients will serve as Student Member Leads supporting with promotion and recruitment, and working with other Student Member Leads to plan and facilitate meetings and events on campus, and serve on the SAVE Student Advisory Committee.
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