Mobile Billboard Truck Carries Suicide Prevention Message

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill

Published September 18, 2020 at 10:12 AM EDT

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Commuters in the greater Springfield, Massachusetts area may see a mobile billboard promoting suicide prevention.

The Mental Health Association of Springfield and the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention announced the initiative.

September is recognized annually as suicide prevention month.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Kim Lee, vice president for resource development at the Mental Health Association.

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The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.

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