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How to Raise $25,000 for Suicide Prevention with just a Click

by Sharilee Griffiths, Director and Meagan Waite, Assistant Director - My Discovery Destination!

The goal of the Discovery Family Adventures is to encourage families to spend time together, strengthening family bonds. Research shows that family attachment is the best prevention for risky behaviors, including suicide.

Ever since the day of its inception, My Discovery Destination! has provided its Discovery Family Adventures program to each and every family FOR FREE. Part of our mission states that we “strengthen families by providing opportunities for FREE Family Fun.”

Discovery Family Adventures are chock-full of free, flexible, fun activities that help parents really connect with their children and do it with a purpose. They are all 100% FREE to every family that wants to participate and will continue to be free to families.

But nothing “free” is ever truly “free.” Someone is paying for it somewhere. 

In order for My Discovery Destination! to keep the Discovery Family Adventures (and other evidence-based prevention tools) FREE to everybody, funding must come from somewhere. Did you know you can help with that? How? By voting and helping us spread the word about our opportunity to win a $25,000 Neighborhood Assist grant to fund suicide prevention programming. Share the link  https://bit.ly/assistutah and invite your friends and neighbors to vote as well. You can vote up to 10 times per day from April 27 through May 6, 2022! 

How will this grant impact communities across Utah?

The Discovery Family Coalition will incorporate a new ‘I See You’ initiative into the Discovery Family Adventures and our Summer Passport Program and will provide funding to deliver Discovery Family Adventures and other evidence-based prevention tools to those who need it most in our communities at no cost. 

Help us keep the Discovery Family Adventures free for everyone that wants to benefit from this unique, powerful and effective tool.

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