The City of Long Beach, along with Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford and Long Island Crisis Center's Executive Director, Linda Leonard, will sponsor the second annual "Let's Walk, Let's Talk...Stepping Together to Prevent Suicide" fitness walk on Sunday, September 26 on the Long Beach boardwalk.
Walkers can register online at website, where they can create a personal webpage and receive online donations, or on the day of the event at 11 a.m. (arrive early!). At 11:45 a.m., an awards ceremony and live entertainment will take place, and at 12:00 noon the walk itself will begin. The event will take place rain or shine. A $15 minimum donation per person is suggested.
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The approximately 3-mile course begins at Riverside Blvd. and continues to New York Ave. and back. The course features interval training of different workout disciplines including yoga, mat pilates, martial arts and a fitness obstacle course.
"I am very pleased to be associated with this outstanding agency," said Legislator Ford who has been a staunch supporter of the center. "With Long Islanders struggling in these very tough times, Long Island Crisis Center's mission is more relevant than ever."
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For 39 years, the Bellmore-based Long Island Crisis Center (LICC) has been the lead agency for suicide prevention in Nassau County. The center provides free, confidential help with specially trained counselors answering the crisis intervention hotline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is also the first agency to offer one-on-one online counseling through its website, www.longislandcrisiscenter.org.
A recent government study found that more than 8 million Americans seriously consider suicide each year and about 32,000 suicides occur in this country annually. According to the American Association of Suicidology (AAS), a person commits suicide every 15 minutes in the United States; that's more than 90 suicides each day. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in this country for young people between the ages of 15 and 24.
