Having Thanks for Thanksgiving
November 8, 2016
Many of us enter into this holiday session with great excitement and happiness, but I don't want us to forget that some of our youth don't have those feelings. Everyday many of our youth are kicked out of their homes and asked not to come back do to their sexuality or gender. Many of us take for granted our family gathering on thanksgiving with thoughts of the impending fights, arguments, ridicules and/or recipe disasters. We sometimes forget many of our youth and young adults wish or yearn for family interaction that we may call a headache. Many of us don't realize during holidays especially Thanksgiving and Christmas that there is an increase of people experiencing symptoms of depression and suicide rates spike during the 2 weeks after Christmas.

United States National Lifeline
1-800-273-TALK(8255)
Georgia Suicide Hotlines
ALBANY
Area Community Service Board
Serving Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty,
Early, Lee, Miller, Terrell, & Worth Counties
24-Hour Crisis Line(912) 430-4052
1-866-582-7763
AUGUSTA
Community Service Board of East Central
Georgia
24-Hour Crisis Line(706) 560-2943
BRUNSWICK
Coastal Community Service Board
Gateway Center for Human Development
24 hours / 7 days
Crisis Counseling Line(912) 280-1450
Emergency Call Line(912) 254-3380
COLUMBUS
Serving West Central Georgia:
Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Macon,
Marion, Muscogee, Quitman,
Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumpter,
Taylor, Talbot, & Webster CountiesCONTACT Chattahoochee Valley
Helpline 211
24 hours / 7 daysDial 2-1-1 or
(706) 327-3999
DEKALB COUNTY
DeKalb Community Service Board
Crisis Access Line
24 hours / 7 days(404) 892-4646
DUBLIN
Serving Central Georgia
Community Mental Health Center of Middle Georgia
24-Hour Crisis Help Line(478) 275-6509
EMANUEL COUNTY
Ogeechee Behavioral Health Services
24-Hour Crisis Line1-800-426-5726
FULTON COUNTY
Department of Mental Health
Emergency Mental Health Services
24 hours / 7 days(404) 730-1600
(404) 730-1608 TDD
LAFAYETTE
Serving Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade & Walker CountiesLookout Mountain Community Services
24-Hour Emergency Phone1-800-882-1552
MACON
Serving Central Georgia
Central Georgia Community Service Board
24-Hour Crisis Line(478) 751-4484
MARIETTA
Cobb& Douglas Counties Community Services Board
24-Hour Crisis Line(770) 422-0202
MILLEDGEVILLE
Serving Baldwin, Hancock, Jasper,
Putnam, Washington, & Wilkinson, Counties
Oconee Mental Health Center
Crisis Help Line
24 hours / 7 days(478) 445-HELP (4357)
PAULDING COUNTY
Three Rivers Behavioral Health
24-Hour Help Line1-800-493-1932
STATESBORO
Pineland Area Community Service Board
24-Hour Help Line(912) 764-5125
Crisis Counseling Line1-800-PINELAND
1-800-746-3526
THOMASVILLE
Georgia Pines Community Service Board
24-Hour Crisis Line
WAYCROSS
Serving Pierce & Ware Counties
Satilla Community Service Board
24-Hour Help Line1-800-342-8168
I ask that everyone be mindful that many of our youth will not have the opportunity to have a joyful experiences with their biological family. I would like for everyone to understand that family is more that just biology or genetics. I personal thankful that my biological family has always opened their homes for my step & adopted children and member's friends that have been unable to attend their family gatherings.
******* Let us know what your thankful for*******
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