Orland Township Youth Commission and Firehouse Subs Partner for Suicide Prevention

Submitted by Orland Township

Firehouse Subs, 15892 S. LaGrange Road, is donating 15% of its proceeds on Thursday, June 20, 2013 to the Orland Township Youth Commission and its upcoming “Orland Township Youth Commission Remembers Those Who Suffer in Silence 5k Race”, a fundraiser supporting suicide prevention.

From 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Firehouse Subs customers can present the designated fundraising flyer when ordering to have their order count towards the commission’s fundraising efforts. The flyer can be found at www.orlandtwp.org or www.facebook.com/supervisorogrady.

The “Those Who Suffer in Silence 5k Race” is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Sunday, September 8, 2013, at the Orland Park 153rd Street Metra station, 10401 W. 153rd Street.

All proceeds of the walk will go towards a biannual suicide program at the township, which will educate teens and young adults on suicide awareness and prevention using curriculum from the Jason Foundation, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to the prevention of the “Silent Epidemic” of youth suicide through educational and awareness programs that equip young people, educators/youth workers and parents with the tools and resources to help identify and assist at-risk youth.

Suicide is the third leading cause of deaths in ages 10 to 24 and the second leading cause of deaths in college-age youth.

For more information on the Firehouse Subs fundraiser or the “Orland Township Youth Commission Remembers Those Who Suffer in Silence 5k Race”, please contact Gina Chigaros at (708) 403-4001 or ginac@orlandtwp.org.