We are working with the school system to develop a suicide-prevention program for teens. We're hoping to implement it next year. The school system is concerned about bullying and suicide.

We have a high number of elder people. If you look at factors that contribute to suicide, you have isolation and depression. With older people, there tends to be more isolation and depression. They have often lost a spouse or family members.

We have a vigorous suicide prevention program. Everyone at least once is trained to recognize the warning signs and council people who are troubled. We work and have for many years on that.

We believe there is a real shortage of treatment programs for people with mental health illness. To some degree, it is reflective of a very serious housing shortage problem in Lee County. For some of our people, homelessness has been an issue.

Our goal is to raise $40,000.

The organization is in really good shape. This is an opportunity for someone with real acute business sense to move into a leadership role.