MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) — September 4 kicks off the first day of Suicide Prevention Awareness Week.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2020, suicide was among the top nine leading causes of death for people ages 10-64.
Experts say it's an important time to help reduce the stigma surrounding mental health care and it's the reason why Jack Brown's Burger and Beer Jointis shedding light on the topic and serving beer for a cause.
Starting Sunday until September 10, $1 from every Rogue Honey Kolsch sold will be donated to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
It's a cause especially important to the restaurant after losing an employee to suicide earlier this year.
"Being more vocal about the struggles that we deal with daily either within ourselves, or people we care about, or people we hear about is very important. And our goal is to decrease the amount of suicides worldwide because each loss hurts everyone. We are a family not just within Jack Brown's but within the world and we need to take our lives more seriously," Mallory Gambill, with Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint, said.
The fundraiser is taking place across the region and includes the restaurant locations in Murfreesboro, Cincinnati, Kentucky, and Nashville's Edgehill and Germantown neighborhoods.
For more resources for yourself or those who may be at risk for suicide, you can visit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's website.
If you or someone you know is currently experiencing thoughts of suicide, help is available. You can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988, en Español: 1-888-628-9454; Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 1-800-799-4889, or find more information at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline website. Veterans can dial 988 and press 1 to reach the Veteran Crisis Line. You can also message the Crisis Text Line by calling or texting HOME to 741741.
