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SUMMARY:Help Spread Hope & Inspiration: Chalk Your Walk(ways) for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month!
DESCRIPTION:Ready to Chalk Your Walk(ways)?\n\nHELP SPREAD HOPE & INSPIRATION IN YOUR COMMUNITY\n\n \n\nTHIS SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH\, STHS BEHAVIORAL INVITES YOU TO GRAB SOME CHALK AND GET CREATIVE TO LET THOSE STRUGGLING KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALONE.\n\n \n\nSuicide is a serious public health problem that can have lasting effects on communities. Alarmingly\, a person commits suicide every 11 minutes in the United States\, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, making it a leading cause of death in the country   especially among teens and young adults.\n\n \n\nKnowing how to help someone experiencing suicidal thoughts can be a challenge\, but South Texas Health System Behavioral is helping raise awareness for suicide prevention across the Rio Grande Valley while letting those struggling with their mental health know they are not alone. But we need your help! This National Suicide Prevention Month\, we invite you to join us in spreading hope and inspiration throughout the community with uplifting chalk designs and messages in your neighborhoods\, places of work and at your home or business.\n\n \n\nSimply grab some chalk and get creative throughout the month of September!\n\n \n\nWe encourage you to share your own chalk messages on social media. Use the hashtag #STHSChalkTheWalk and tag us\, so we can share your beautiful messages on our accounts. Throughout the month of September\, STHS will repost selected images.\n\n \n\nIf you'd like to have your artwork featured at our upcoming Chalk the Walk event\, please submit your photos to the STHS Marketing Department via email to STHSMarketing@uhsinc.com by Tuesday\, September 8\, 2026. Any questions\, please call (956) 388-2033.\n\n \n\nAnd don't miss our fourth annual Chalk the Walk Hope & Inspiration Walk on Saturday\, September 12\, from 9:00   11:00 a.m. at STHS Behavioral. Please see the flyer attached.\n\n \n\nFor complete details\, visit STHSWellness.com.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong><span style="color:#e97132\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:16pt\;">Ready to Chalk Your Walk(ways)?</span></span></span></strong><br />\n<strong><span style="color:#c00000\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">HELP SPREAD HOPE &amp\; INSPIRATION IN YOUR COMMUNITY</span></span></span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="color:#c00000\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">THIS SUICIDE AWARENESS MONTH\, STHS BEHAVIORAL INVITES YOU TO GRAB SOME CHALK AND GET CREATIVE TO LET THOSE STRUGGLING KNOW THEY&rsquo\;RE NOT ALONE.</span></span></span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Suicide is a serious public health problem that can have lasting effects on communities. Alarmingly\, a person commits suicide every 11 minutes in the United States\, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, making it a leading cause of death in the country &ndash\; especially among teens and young adults.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Knowing how to help someone experiencing suicidal thoughts can be a challenge\, but <strong><span style="color:#c00000\;">South Texas Health System Behavioral</span></strong> is helping raise awareness for suicide prevention across the Rio Grande Valley while letting those struggling with their mental health know they are not alone. But we need your help! This <strong><span style="color:#e97132\;">National Suicide Prevention Month</span></strong>\, we invite you to join us in spreading hope and inspiration throughout the community with uplifting chalk designs and messages in your neighborhoods\, places of work and at your home or business.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Simply grab some chalk and get creative throughout the month of September!</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">We encourage you to share your own chalk messages on social media. Use the hashtag <strong><span style="color:#e97132\;">#STHSChalkTheWalk</span></strong> and tag us\, so we can share your beautiful messages on our accounts. Throughout the month of September\, STHS will repost selected images.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">If you&rsquo\;d like to have your artwork featured at our upcoming <span style="color:#e97132\;">Chalk the Walk </span>event\, please submit your photos to the STHS Marketing Department via email to <span style="color:#c00000\;"><a href="mailto:STHSMarketing@uhsinc.com" style="color:rgb(17\, 85\, 204)\;" target="_blank">STHSMarketing@uhsinc.com</a> </span>by Tuesday\, September 8\, 2026. </span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">Any questions\, please call <a href="tel:(956)%20388-2033" style="color:rgb(17\, 85\, 204)\;" target="_blank" value="+19563882033">(956) 388-2033</a>.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">And don&rsquo\;t miss our fourth annual <strong><span style="color:#e97132\;">Chalk the Walk Hope &amp\; Inspiration Walk</span></strong> on Saturday\, September 12\, from 9:00 &ndash\; 11:00 a.m. at STHS Behavioral. Please see the flyer attached.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11pt\;">For complete details\, visit STHSWellness.com.</span></span>
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