Help Our Heroes Fight The Battles They Can No Longer Fight Alone
Here at the Ruyts Foundation of Veteran Suicide Prevention, our mission is to bring awareness to veteran suicide and help stop it from even taking place.
Our Mission
We must stand together and put an end to veteran suicide. While one person may not make a difference, we believe those that band together can and will! Suicide needs to become a thing of the past! Letās help our heroes fight the battles they can no longer fight alone!
2019 US total deaths by suicide
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2019 Veteran deaths by suicide
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Veteran Support Services
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Annual Events
Annual Race to End Vet Suicide & Freedom Fest
When: September 17th 2022
Where: Dominion Raceway, 6501 Dominion Raceway Ave., Thornburg, VA 22580
All registration will come with a medal, shirt, swag bag and more goodies!
Interested in sponsoring an upcoming event or helping a veteran with mental health services?
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Meet one of our very special honorees, 2nd Lieutenant George Jacobs, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII. Full Bio: bit.ly/JacobsBio. Join us at the #11thblacktie on Sept. 24th at the Falls Church Marriott. Event info and tickets: bit.ly/11thBlackTie #7BenefitLTD #RFVSPMeet one of our very special honorees, 2nd Lieutenant George Jacobs, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII. Full Bio: bit.ly/JacobsBio. Join us at the #11thBlackTie on Sept. 24th at the Falls Church Marriott. Our beneficiary, The Ruyts Foundation of Veteran Suicide Prevention. Event info and tickets: bit.ly/11thBlackTie #7BenefitLTD #RFVSP
Have you had a chance to get your race spot yet? We are at 58 Registered so far and would love to hit 65 by Monday!!! Who wants to help us hit 65?
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From the Blog
My Son Took His Own Life. Hereās Why You Should Stop Saying āCommitted Suicide.ā
This article is a sad but good read in explaining why we should not say someone ācommitted suicideā we should say āthey died by suicideā. I challenge you all to take the words committed suicide out of your vocabulary after reading this and replace them with died by...
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