Suicide Awareness Event Scheduled In Wake Of Student Death

MOORESVILLE, NC — The Mooresville Graded School District and the town of Mooresville will hold a suicide awareness event Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Mooresville Performing Arts Center, 160 S. Magnolia St.

The event, titled "Talk Saves Lives" will be led by Susan Tolle, a volunteer with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, according to the Mooresville Tribune.

Tolle is not only a volunteer, she almost lost her own daughter to suicide, according to Spectrum News.

The event comes on the heels of a student suicide at Mooresville High School in November. A student was discovered in a school bathroom on campus in what was later declared a suicide. Students were dismissed immediately and offered grief counseling.

The entire community is invited to the talk Wednesday night.

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