6th ANNUAL “THE HILLS ARE ALIVE” FESTIVAL
For the 6th year, the Village of Barrington Hills is hosting a community heritage festival. This year’s event promises to be another spectacular day!
As always the purpose of the festival is to bring the community together for a day of fun, and to highlight the organizations and activities that make our community unique. Join us of crafts, games, live music, fun games, food, bubbles, and balloons.
FREE EVENT
This event is offered in partnership with Humanity Rising.
Featuring guest speaker Kirk Smalley, co-founder of Stand for the Silent
In this moving and empowering talk, Kirk will discuss the impact of bullying and its connection to suicide, and offer motivation and practical tools to increase empathy, encourage hope, and end bullying. All are welcome, but especially middle and high schoolers, parents, and other concerned adults.
Learn more about Stand for the Silent and Kirk Smalley here.
Learn more about Humanity Rising and their efforts to create a better world through service here.
Space is limited. Registration is required.
Question. Persuade. Refer.
Three simple steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide.
Just like CPR, QPR is an emergency response to someone in crisis and can save lives. QPR is the most widely taught Gatekeeper training in the world. In just 90 minutes, you can learn how to save a life from suicide.
Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR Suicide Prevention learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone for help.
QPR Suicide Prevention is a nationally certified program taught by certified trainers. Those completing the course will receive a certificate. The course focuses on training individuals to be “Gatekeepers” – someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide.
Gatekeepers can be anyone but include parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, ministers, doctors, nurses, office supervisors, squad leaders, foremen, police officers, advisors, caseworkers, firefighters and many others who are strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide.
KEY COMPONENTS COVERED IN TRAINING:
Join BStrong Together and Mandy Burbank from AMITA Behavioral Health for this life-saving training.
Visit the QPR Institute to learn more.
Space is limited. Click here to register today!
