3rd Annual Suicide Awareness Walk

“No one is alone,” Kelli Mendez said. “That’s what the community tonight showed everybody.” This past weekend Brownfield had its 3rd annual Terry County Suicide Awareness Walk and to no suprise the amount of people who came to support this movement. The event had dozens of of stands with helpful information about suicide and how to spot it as well with a story by Renee Redding Ross on her encounter with suicide. Mrs. Ross lost her son in a battle with depression and suicide in 2013 and this past Saturday Mrs. Ross shared her recollection of the months leading to his death and the day of. After the story the people at event headed out the doors to walk around the track for the people who lost their lives to suicide and also to raise awareness. Many people at the event wrote the names of loved ones on the concrete with Chalk and with many holding posters of inspirational quotes and pictures of lost loved ones as well.