MONTREAL, CANADA, March 11, 2010
/24-7PressRelease/ -- A first-ever IASP Facebook Fan-Raising Weekend will be held on March 13th and 14th, 2010.
The purpose of this event is to honour the achievements of this esteemed organization and to increase suicide prevention awareness locally and worldwide.
On the weekend of March 13th and 14th, participants will use the official 50th IASP image as their personal Facebook profile image and will also encourage their friends to become IASP Facebook Fans.
The goal of this event is to tap into the 300 million active Facebook users and to encourage .00016% or 50,000 fans to support the work of the IASP.
Each year as many as 1,000,000 people are estimated to die by suicide across the globe; many, many more make nonfatal attempts. We cannot underestimate the impact these fatal and nonfatal attempts have on loved ones, friends and associates.
If you are a Facebook user, we invite you to support the IASP and become a Facebook Fan of the IASP.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Association-for-Suicide-Prevention/115204064521
For further information, contact:
Mrs. Vanda Scott OBE
Administrative Secretary
Cell: +44 7824 99 55 67
office@iasp.info
Dr. Tony Davis
General Secretary
Cell: 61 402 247096
Anthony.Davis@health.sa.gov.au
Kenneth Hemmerick
Webmaster
Phone: 514-482-3399
webmaster@iasp.info
About IASP
the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) was founded in Vienna (1960) as a fellowship of researchers, clinicians, practitioners, volunteers and national and local organizations. IASP, in official relations with the WHO, believes that suicide prevention should be given greater priority at global, national, and local levels incorporating research that has shown suicide is preventable. IASP co-sponsors World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th every year with the WHO.
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