To help prevent suicide

In an emergency, call 911 or 211 (Lifeline)

Crisis Text Line: text CT to 741741, www.crisistextline.org.

⏩ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255 (273TALK), suicidepreventionlifeline.org.

⏩ American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Connecticut chapter, 860-614-7208, https://afsp.org/chapter/afsp-connecticut.

⏩ Suicide Prevention Resource Center, www.sprc.org/states/connecticut.

⏩ Mental Health Association Connecticut, 860-529-1970, www.mhconn.org.

⏩ National Alliance on Mental Illness, Connecticut, 860-8820236, www.namict.org.

⏩ Suicide.org! Numerous Connecticut suicide hotlines, www.suicide.org/hotlines/connecticut-suicide-hotlines.html.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s

Out of the Darkness community walks

Sept. 15: McCooks Park, Niantic, East Lyme, 11 a.m. registration, walk at noon. Contact Michelle Peters, 860-614-7208, mpeters@afsp.org.

Oct. 7: Hamden Town Center Park, 10:30 a.m. registration, walk at noon. Contact Sean Heather K. MacGraw, 203-8435793, seanachaidh2@msn.com.

Oct. 21: Brookfield Town Hall, 11 a.m. registration, walk at noon. Contact Peters.

Oct. 27: Sherwood Island State Park, Westport, 11 a.m. registration, walk at noon. Contact Peters.