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4 Years and 50 Benches – The Past, Present, and Future for The Friendship Bench

4 Years and 50 Benches – The Past, Present, and Future for The Friendship Bench

by Sam Fiorella | Jun 10, 2019 | News

In October 2014, I lost my son to suicide after a long and very secret battle with depression. So secret, in fact, that only he knew of his illness until the day of his death. Upon his passing, Lucas’s peers shared countless stories of him initiating conversations,...
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