Last Day: Lake Orion students sell LOve T-shirts to fight suicide

A group of Lake Orion High School juniors have decided to sell "Love" T-shirts for $15 for The North Oakland Community Coalition, an Oxford- and Lake Orion-based nonprofit which focuses on substance abuse and mental health service programs.

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The students were inspired to help after 11 current or former Lake Orion students lost their lives to suicide within the last four years.  The class recognized that in order for plans to be implemented regarding suicide awareness and prevention, funding was needed.

Today is the last day the community can purchase the shirts.  Visit Lake Orion Love or send a check to Lake Orion High School c/o Cathy Srock, 495 E. Scripps Road, Lake Orion, MI 48360 with size (youth medium, youth large, adult small, medium, large, extra large or 2 extra large), name, phone number and email.

Read original story on The Oakland Press.

Monica's goal is to raise awareness about suicide and help erase the stigma associated with mental illness. In 2012, she won first place in News Enterprise Reporting by the Michigan Press Association for her series on suicide in the community, and in 2013, was named “Digital Innovator of the Year” by the Local Media Association. In 2019, she received the Ambassador Award from the suicide prevention nonprofit Six Feet Over. She started the blog Meant to Live to help others by sharing signs of depression, reasons to live, resources, suicide and bullying prevention groups, other people’s stories and memorials. She especially wants to show people that they are not alone.

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