WNC hosts veterans suicide prevention walk Saturday

Western Nevada College’s Veterans Resource Center is holding a Veterans Suicide Prevention and Awareness March on Saturday, May 6.

Community members are invited to participate in the event scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon. Participants will walk from the corner of U.S. Highway 395 (Bully’s parking lot) and West College Parkway to the WNC campus at 2201 W. College Parkway, and back, approximately 2.3 miles round trip.

Refreshments will be served at WNC, and a presentation about veteran suicides and resources available in our area, according to WNC Veterans Resource Center Coordinator John Jacobson. T-shirts and vinyl decals will be available for purchase. Proceeds will help support future WNC events in recognition of veterans.

Veterans committed suicide 16.8 times per day and 6,146 times in 2022, according to U.S. Veterans Affairs Department. In Nevada, 126 veterans committed suicide in 2021.

Veterans and their family members can call the crisis line at 988, then press 1 for confidential support or go to www.veteranscrisisline.net.

For information, contact John Jacobson at 775-445-3301 or john.jacobson@wnc.edu.