Stories about AFSP Hudson Valley/Westchester
Construction Hike for Hope: How Two AFSP Volunteers Joined Forces to Fight Suicide in Their Industry
Two AFSP volunteers, Vince Hafeli and Rob Labbe, share how they joined forces to fight suicide in the construction industry by creating Construction Hike for Hope and expanding it across the country. Now, what began as a construction-driven initiative has grown into something larger.
Bringing Hope to Other Loss Survivors Has Helped Me Heal
In 2008, at the age of 20, Judy Battista’s son Daniel died by suicide. Met with love and support from her community, she was invited to an Out of the Darkness Walk. Later that year, she attended her first International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day (also known as Survivor Day) event and began volunteering for AFSP.