The Latest Suicide Prevention News
Read the latest stories about Teen Lifeline and our ongoing commitment to prevent teen suicide in Arizona.
Celebrate National Telephone Day with a Potentially Life Saving Call or Text to a Teen
The Scottsdale Standard | April 2023
Staff and volunteers at suicide prevention nonprofit Teen Lifeline are urging anyone who knows a teen to Connect with Care on National Telephone Day, Tuesday, April 25, through a phone call or text.
“Connection, family support, and community support are all preventative factors that decrease the risk of suicide for our youth,” says Nikki Kontz, clinical director at Teen Lifeline. “There’s no better way to celebrate National Telephone Day than to use your phone for its best possible purpose – to connect with the teens you know and possibly save a life.”
Nonprofit Teen Lifeline Accepts Crypto Donations
Greater Phoenix In Business Magazine | February 2023
Phoenix-based nonprofit Teen Lifeline is now one of several thousand nonprofit organizations in the United States accepting cryptocurrency donations, joining the ranks of much larger, national nonprofits like the Ronald McDonald House, Save the Children and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America.
Tolleson High inspires hope with chain of messages
West Valley View | January 2023
For Teen Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Valley schools competed to make the longest chain of handwritten paper notes to start the conversation of teen mental health and spread hope to Arizona’s adolescents. Tolleson High School topped the 2022 contest, creating a Chain of Hope spanning 2,677 links, or just under two football fields.
Someone to Call
Gilbert City Lifestyle | November 2022
Teens are reaching out for help in record numbers statewide. Teenage depression and teen suicide are unspoken issues that many families in the East Valley are dealing with on a day-to-day basis. Here’s what’s going on with teens today, what parents can do to help, and how Teen Lifeline supports teens and families through crisis.
Previous Highlights
April:
- Celebrate National Telephone Day with a Potentially Life Saving Call or Text to a Teen | North Phoenix News
- Celebrate National Telephone Day with a Potentially Life Saving Call or Text to a Teen | North Tatum Times
- Celebrate National Telephone Day with a Potentially Life Saving Call or Text to a Teen | Paradise Valley View
- Celebrate National Telephone Day with a Potentially Life Saving Call or Text to a Teen | Scottsdale North News
- Celebrate National Telephone Day with a Potentially Life Saving Call or Text to a Teen | The Scottsdale Standard
- Celebrate National Telephone Day with a Potentially Life Saving Call or Text to a Teen | The Upper Westsider
- Telephone Day is time to connect | North Central News (pg 35-36)
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | Main Street
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | Up The Hill
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | Surprise Living
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | The Park
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | CB Living
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | The Hamlet
- Teen Lifeline (National Telephone Day) | Viva Magazine
February:
- Nonprofit Teen Lifeline Accepts Crypto Donations | Greater Phoenix In Business Magazine
January:
- Tolleson High inspires hope with chain of messages | West Valley View
- Someone to Call | Gilbert City Lifestyle
- Bad Birdie golf apparel to donate proceeds to Teen Lifeline | Daily Independent
- 100+ Women Who Care help out Teen Lifeline | East Valley Tribune
- ALA-Queen Creek’s Will Curtis, other Arizona high school football players spearhead public service campaign to prevent teen suicide | Queen Creek Sun Times
- Línea de prevención del suicidio de Arizona ofrece ayuda bilingüe e inmediata | Univision Arizona
- Centennial football player spreads hope | Peoria Times
- Yuma Catholic High School participates in PSA campaign to prevent teen suicide | KYMA
- Desert Edge football players spread hope | West Valley View
- Wilcox’s Pando gets involved with Teen Suicide Prevention Awareness | Herald Review
- Players participate in prevention campaign | North Central News
- Local football players teaming up to raise awareness for suicide prevention | KGUN 9 Tucson
- Refuel Investee Spotlight – Teen Lifeline | Social Venture Partners Arizona
- Teen football players spread hope through campaign | Tucson Explorer
- ‘You are not alone’: Arizona athletes raising awareness for suicide prevention | Channel 12 News
- Arizona’s Teen Lifeline says calls have increased 50% since the pandemic began | 91.5 KJZZ
- Managing the Mind: Mental health resources across the Valley | ABC15
- Solutions Spotlight: Mental Health | Cronkite News
- Proposed bill aims to boost parental rights regarding student information | ABC15
- Ways to help children struggling with their mental health | ABC15
- Proposed bill aims to boost parental rights regarding student information | ABC15
- Ways to help children struggling with their mental health | ABC15
- Valley woman remembered for helping teens in need | ABC15
- Ayuda disponible para adolescentes que enfrentan una crisis de salud mental | Univision
- Nonprofit of the Month: Teen Lifeline | Fabulous Arizona
- Centennial’s Servin tackling suicide prevention | Peoria Times
- Gridiron stars helping to prevent suicides | The Glendale Star
- Gridiron stars helping to prevent suicides | West Valley Tribune
- Basha’s Cole Martin joins Teen Lifeline in suicide prevention initiative | East Valley Tribune
- Arizona high school football players tackle suicide prevention | 12 News
- Peoria student: You are not alone | Peoria Independent
- High school football players raising awareness to prevent teen suicide | KOLD News 13
- Local high school football players speak up on teen suicide prevention | KVOA News Tucson
- Arizona high school football players hope to prevent teen suicide with PSAs | KTAR News 92.3 FM
- High school athletes work together to prevent teen suicide | ABC15 Arizona
- At Teen Lifeline, Teens Provide a Lifeline To Their Peers! | Giving Back & Moving Forward
- Nonprofit Innovation Hub: Teen Lifeline answered the call for youth in need of support | ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Innovation
- Teen Lifeline receives $5K donation | Scottsdale Independent
- Governor Ducey Announces $550,000 From AZ Coronavirus Relief Fund To Support Mental Health Organizations | Office of the Arizona Governor
- Suicide hotline tags now required in schools | Arizona Public Media’s Arizona 360 Show
- Suicide hotline tags now required in schools | Ahwatukee Foothills News
- New law requires suicide hotline number on school ID cards | KOLD News 13
- Mercedes-Benz of Scottsdale Selects Teen Lifeline as its 10th Recipient of a $5,000 Donation | Arizona Foothills Magazine
- National Mental Health Awareness Month: Organizations Making a Difference | GreatNonprofits
- East Valley panel gives parents tools to help Arizona kids with mental health | Arizona’s Family
- Will the Kids Be All Right? | Raising Arizona Kids Magazine
- How saving lives with student IDs started with Paradise Valley Superintendent Dr. Troy Bales | Fox 10 News Phoenix
- Arizona student IDs to require suicide prevention phone number by July 1 | KTAR News 92.3 FM
- Watch Cronkite’s “Life Is…” Documentary on Youth Suicide in Arizona | Cronkite News
- At Teen Lifeline, teens help in ways only they can | Cronkite News
- Education, health officials concerned about the mental health of students | KOLD CBS 13
- Peer-run Teen Lifeline answers calls of despair with attitude of care | West Valley View
- En Foque Arizona: Por que no cuidamos nuestra salud mental? Un tabu entre los Latinos | Telemundo Arizona
- Suicide Prevention Week: Teens helping teens | KYMA NBC 11
- Valley high school football players make suicide prevention videos for peers | AZ Family
- Suicide hotline offers young people hope and a chance to talk with peers | Cronkite News
- Phoenix Stories 2020: Teen Lifeline | Phoenix Business Journal
- Quaran-teen: What is life like for LGBTQ+ youth at home during COVID-19 | Echo Magazine
- Five tips to cope with loneliness and isolation| Teen Strong AZ
- More teens calling Arizona hotline for help during Coronavirus crisis | KTAR 92.3 FM
- Teen Lifeline named Top-Rated Nonprofit | Arizona Business Magazine
- Connections of Hope raises $484k | Arizona RedBook
- Teens make a paper chain around Arizona State Capitol with messages of hope | KPNX NBC 12
- Thunderbirds Charities donates $100,000 to Teen Lifeline | Arizona Business Magazine
- Teen Lifeline earns GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency | Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits
- Phoenix hotline addresses rising suicide rates | Raising Arizona Kids
- Teen suicide prevention: Highlighting the warning signs | KNXV ABC 15
- Saving Lives! Teen Lifeline | KESZ 99.9 FM
- Every teen suicide is a tragedy; here’s what Arizona is doing to prevent more | The Arizona Republic
- Teen Lifeline…suicide is not the answer | Teen Strong AZ
- Arizona suicide hotline lets teens in crisis get help from other teens | KTAR 92.3 FM
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