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| Subject | Ohlone eNews: Support Track Watch | ID :208 |
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| Message | Here's how to support Track Watch:
Support Track Watch One of the key short term strategies to combat deaths by suicide on the train tracks is known as "reduction of lethal means to self harm" and the experts advise that making the tracks a less attractive option will likely break the cycle. Several deaths in one place can create a "hot spot" and reducing means to that site can break the cycle. Counter intuitively, persons intent on suicide won't easily just pick another location. Deterring the suicide by reducing access to the "hot spot" can likely prevent it. See palylink.paloaltopta.org/ You can help by becoming a volunteer Track Watch monitor, write to hopepaloalto@gmail.com. Or you can support the effort financially by sending tax deductible donations (checks payable to the City of Palo Alto) to: Barbara Teixeira c/o Safety Net Fund, Palo Alto Police Dept. 275 Forest Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301. To make your tax deductible contribution online, visit http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/
Please support track patrols!
Dear Palo Alto Parents, The four deaths on the train tracks in the past year have traumatized the Palo Alto community. We don’t want to experience this loss and trauma again if we can do something to prevent it. A critical component of our collective efforts should be to make sure the train crossings are monitored. Research shows definitively that restricting the means to suicide can significantly reduce the incidence of suicide. (To learn about this research and the rationale for this effort, please see http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/ The City of Palo Alto will install new lighting at the Meadow crossing, and the Palo Alto Police have hired a private firm to monitor the crossing throughout the day for the next few months. Brave volunteers are taking shifts at the Charleston crossing. Ideally, the Churchill crossing would also be monitored. The presence of patrols at the tracks has made a visible difference, and the teens in particular are grateful for it. However, private patrols are very expensive, costing over $3,000 a week.
By making a tax deductible contribution to help pay for the patrols, the community will send a clear message to the City that we support track monitoring and want it continued.
Your support is critical. Monitoring the tracks can save lives and allow us to heal. Please make a donation or sign up to help today.
To make your tax deductible contribution online, visit http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/
Checks, made out to the Palo Alto Police Department, Safety Net Fund, should be sent to Palo Alto Police Department c/o Barbara Teixeira, 275 Forest Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301. To help by becoming a volunteer Track Watch monitor, write to hopepaloalto@gmail.com. Come whenever you can, for as long as you can, or just bring warm drinks to other watchers. You will find the gratitude of the community rewarding.
Please help support this crucial effort to keep our kids safe.
Thank you!
-Terry Godfrey, President of the Council of Palo Alto PTAs
-Anat Admati and Kathy Schroeder, Gunn parents
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| Date and Time | 2010-01-03 19:49:11 |