30stories.resilienttoday.orgLost&Found - 30 Stories Of Resilience In 30 Days

Lost&Found - 30 Stories Of Resilience In 30 Days Submit Your Story Home FAQs Resources Podcast 2021 Stories 2022 Stories Lost&Found, in partnership with the South Dakota Humanities Council, is conducting a digital storytelling project for National Suicide Prevention Month (September). The Storytelling Is Suicide Prevention: 30 Days, 30 Stories” project will tell the stories of 30 South Dakotans who have faced and overcome adversity resulting from mental health challenges and/or suicide ideation, risks, attempts, and loss. Submit Your Story Do you have a story to share? If you are a youth or young adult who has been resilient when dealing with a mental health challenge or the impact of suicide ideation, risks, attempts, or loss, we’d love to hear your story. Learn more and fill out a form to submit your story at the link. Submit your story30 Days 30 Stories Are you interested in sharing your story? We’ve gathered common questions from potential storytellers and answered them here. Read more Today’s Story Vince Danh I realized that I needed to treat myself just like I treated my friends. The advice that I gave them I also needed to give to myself. ’It’s cool to not be cool.’ That was the greatest lesson I’ve ever learned—to acknowledge my own challenges and shed the veneer of being OK all the time.” Read more Day 29 Benson Langat 33 • Sioux Falls, SD Day 28 Nichelle Lund 36 • From Texas, currently living in SD Day 27 Jerry Cook 50 • Brandon, SD Day 26 Erika Tordsen 29 • Sioux Falls, SD Day 25 Tamien Dysart 44 • Sioux Falls, SD Day 24 Trivia Afraid of Lightning-Craddock 45 • Rapid City, SD - Enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Tribe Day 23 Sky Grenstiner 21 • Sturgis, SD Day 22 Eltina Three Stars 38 • Rapid City, SD Day 21 Kelli Swenson 31 • Spearfish, SD Day 20 Jessie Jo Van Bockel 32 • Rapid City, SD Day 19 Patrick Murphy 41 • Rapid City, SD Day 18 Jasmin Fosheim 28 • Pierre, SD Day 17 Mato James Abourezk Rapid City, SD Day 16 Guy Siverson 59 • Rapid City, SD Day 15 Elsie Zajicek 24 • Sioux Falls, SD Day 14 Chesney Garnos 27 • Presho, SD Day 13 Beverly Froslie Johnson 48 • Sioux Falls, SD Day 12 Krista Burns 34 • Sioux Falls, SD Day 11 Claire Litzen 25 • Sioux Falls, SD Day 10 Whitney Lucas Molitor 38 • Mission, SD Day 9 Robert L Burandt 42 • Sioux Falls, SD Day 8 Michelle (Williams) Seten 32 • Originally Colton, SD - currently living in Harrisburg, SD Day 7 Amanda Kriens 39 • Rural Trent, SD Day 6 Shannon Nielsen 39 • Sioux Falls, SD Day 5 Nikki Eining 38 • Brookings, SD Day 4 Jennifer Williams-Curl 34 • Box Elder, SD Day 3 Jerrald H Zeigler Jr 55 • Sioux Falls, SD Day 2 Meagan Zerr 31 • Brandon, SD Day 1 Sam Houser 39 • Sioux Falls, S.D. Please consider sharing your story with us. Submit your storyLost&Found, in partnership with the South Dakota Humanities Council, is conducting a digital storytelling project for National Suicide Prevention Month (September). The 30 Days, 30 Stories: Let’s #DoMore to Prevent Suicide” project will tell the stories of 30 youth and young adults from the state of South Dakota who have faced and overcome adversity resulting from mental health challenges and/or suicide ideation, risks, attempts, and loss. Submit Your Story 30 Days 30 Stories Are you interested in sharing your story? We’ve gathered common questions from potential storytellers and answered them here. Read more Do you have a story to share? If you are a youth or young adult who has been resilient when dealing with a mental health challenge or the impact of suicide ideation, risks, attempts, or loss, we’d love to hear your story. Learn more and fill out a form to submit your story at the link. Submit your storyToday’s Story Vince Danh I realized that I needed to treat myself just like I treated my friends. The advice that I gave them I also needed to give to myself. ’It’s cool to not be cool.’ That was the greatest lesson I’ve ever learned—to acknowledge my own challenges and shed the veneer of being OK all the time.” Benson Langat Sioux Falls, SD Day 29 Nichelle Lund From Texas, currently living in SD Day 28 Jerry Cook Brandon, SD Day 27 Erika Tordsen Sioux Falls, SD Day 26 Tamien Dysart Sioux Falls, SD Day 25 Trivia Afraid of Lightning-Craddock Rapid City, SD - Enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Tribe Day 24 Sky Grenstiner Sturgis, SD Day 23 Eltina Three Stars Rapid City, SD Day 22 Kelli Swenson Spearfish, SD Day 21 Jessie Jo Van Bockel Rapid City, SD Day 20 Patrick Murphy Rapid City, SD Day 19 Jasmin Fosheim Pierre, SD Day 18 Mato James Abourezk Rapid City, SD Day 17 Guy Siverson Rapid City, SD Day 16 Elsie Zajicek Sioux Falls, SD Day 15 Chesney Garnos Presho, SD Day 14 Beverly Froslie Johnson Sioux Falls, SD Day 13 Krista Burns Sioux Falls, SD Day 12 Claire Litzen Sioux Falls, SD Day 11 Whitney Lucas Molitor Mission, SD Day 10 Robert L Burandt Sioux Falls, SD Day 9 Michelle (Williams) Seten Originally Colton, SD - currently living in Harrisburg, SD Day 8 Amanda Kriens Rural Trent, SD Day 7 Shannon Nielsen Sioux Falls, SD Day 6 Nikki Eining Brookings, SD Day 5 Jennifer Williams-Curl Box Elder, SD Day 4 Jerrald H Zeigler Jr Sioux Falls, SD Day 3 Meagan Zerr Brandon, SD Day 2 Sam Houser Sioux Falls, S.D. Day 1 Please consider sharing your story with us. Submit your storyStories from 2021 View AllView Stories from 2021 View Stories from 2022resources We’re creating a list of resources shared by our storytellers. Find resources STORY POWER This year’s theme for the 30 Days, 30 Stories project is "Storytelling Is Suicide Prevention." Stories are a powerful tool for building connections, reducing stigma, and improving mental health. Hear from Lost&Found’s staff on why storytelling is so powerful in an episode of the "Great Minds with Lost&Found" podcast. Watch or listen here Our Sponsors These sponsors made this project possible. Thank you for doing more to prevent suicide in our community. Lead Sponsor Communications Partners Community Resource Partners In crisis? Call or text 988. What is #30Days30Stories ? What is #30Days 30Stories ? An honest, heartfelt story has the power to change hearts and minds. This September, Lost&Found is sharing 30 of them – an empowering, impactful story for each day of National Suicide Prevention Month. The digital storytelling campaign, titled 30 Days, 30 Stories: Let’s #DoMore to Prevent Suicide,” will tell the stories of 30 people who have faced and overcome adversity resulting from mental health challenges, including suicide ideation, risks, attempts, and loss. As South Dakota and the surrounding region face continually rising suicide rates, we’ve asked individuals to share their stories of resilience to lend hope, opportunities for conversation, and resources to South Dakota communities. As an organization focused on providing comprehensive suicide prevention and postvention resources for young adults 10-34 in South Dakota and the surrounding region, Lost&Found has three main goals for this campaign: Increase awareness of mental health challenges all around us, as this can reduce the stigma of mental illness and seeking help. Empower people to share their stories. This includes the people who are featured here, but also those who read and identify with these stories and may find courage to tell their own. Storytelling involves deciding what details matter (and which don’t), and finding meaning in a series of events. This process can be healing in itself. Promote the resources that can help people through even the darkest of times. We especially want people to learn about and know how to access the statewide suicide prevention resources that young adults and families have found relevant to their experiences, identities, and communities. A new story will be posted to this website each day in September. We encourage sharing these stories on social platforms – you never know who might need to hear a story of resilience on a given day. The hashtag for this story series is #30Days30Stories. The campaign is...