THE SPEEDY FOUNDATION

Our bold goal is a gatekeeper in every home and organization. According to the Surgeon General's National Strategy for Suicide Prevention a gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide. Gatekeepers including parents, friends, neighbors, and many others who are strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide.

The Speedy Foundation markets across various web-based platforms, events, and relationship building of new, existing supporters, as well as business to business marketing.

It is our goal to create a campaign plan, complete with editorial content, objectives (i.e. engagement, volunteering, donations), and run these campaigns quarterly. Campaigns will be tied to our objectives for the year, as well as seasonal and topical to the current state of affairs in our community. It is important to make sure these campaigns have adaptability and can allow us to adjust objectives as we navigate society slowly reopening into 2021. The Speedy Foundation has always focused on advocacy, conversation, and education. We plan to continue to promote these areas by continuing mental health conversations, expanding partnerships within the community, and providing ample mental health training.

We're at a tipping point with mental-health and with Covid-19, failure is not an option. We're going to kick off several events and themes to keep us on track for hitting our goals.

-We'll leverage the 2021 Olympics with the 10th anniversary of The Speedy Foundation. Set up watch parties, talk to different athletes, and share their stories.
-We'll continue to help remove the stigma around mental health by engaging in conversations about people's struggles with mental health and how they were able to navigate through them- focus on finding community leaders to be featured in either a photo or video series.
-Creating an action-centered campaign introducing our training for Mental Health 101.
-Continue our giving efforts to those in need.

-We've hosted the only statewide (for Idaho) conferences for Suicide prevention.

-Tasked with updating and aligning Idaho's state suicide prevention plan with the national plan.

-Passed unanimous legislation to require Idaho's Department of Education to update its model policy around suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention and provide training options to school districts statewide.

-We championed and scaled Mental Health First Aid and Question, Persuade, Refer training.

-Championed mental health advocacy with the United States Olympics and Paralympic, including chairing the inaugural training committee.

-The Speedy Foundation has made monumental connections and partnerships in the Rocky Mountain West- including with schools, government agencies, sports teams, healthcare facilities, and more, including at the community and local levels.

-Cofounded the Idaho Suicide Prevention Coalition, Idaho Resilience Project, and Linked by Legacy.