Charlie the Anti Suicide Bear was created to support survivors of suicide, Reach Out and Educate People on Suicide Awareness, Suicide Prevention and Mental Illness & Bullying.
The reason for Charlie Bear....I was driving home from work and when I got to Duval and 183 , there were police and EMTs everywhere. I look over and leaned against a tree covered in blood was what seems to be a dead man. It was surreal....i notified the news department at KVUE news and they advised me that the young man was a suicide victim. I want to create the bears for those in crisis.
I am also doing this for my cousin Charlie. He was more than a cousin he was a brother to me. I wish I had known how he was feeling and could have reached out to him or given him something to hold on to when he was at his darkest hours.
The reason for Charlie Bear....I was driving home from work and when I got to Duval and 183 , there were police and EMTs everywhere. I look over and leaned against a tree covered in blood was what seems to be a dead man. It was surreal....i notified the news department at KVUE news and they advised me that the young man was a suicide victim. I want to create the bears for those in crisis.
I am also doing this for my cousin Charlie. He was more than a cousin he was a brother to me. I wish I had known how he was feeling and could have reached out to him or given him something to hold on to when he was at his darkest hours.