The Tioga County Veterans Service Agency and Tioga County is once again recognizing September as Suicide Awareness Month with the Field of Forgotten Fallen.
For the eighth straight year, the exhibit will remain up throughout the month of September on the lawn of the County Office Building in Owego.
The Field of Forgotten Fallen aims to bring attention to the national tragedy that is Veteran and military suicide.
Twenty two Veterans/military members a day complete suicide, that’s 154 per week, 660 per month and 8,030 per year.
STOP 22 – Share the Struggle is a Tioga County Veterans Dwyer Peer Program project.
For more information about this event and to get involved in STOP 22, call Dennis or email him at [email protected]
