Jacob DiSabatino, a junior at St. Mark’s High School, has launched a campaign to stop suicides among members of the military.
The effort, according to a post in Town Square Delaware, was founded by Brian Kinsella, a Second Lieutenant and platoon leader, who, according to the post, had his first brush with solider suicide when a young soldier in his command made an unsuccessful attempt at taking her own life.
So far, the campaign has raised nearly $8,500.
Kinsella left the armed forces in 2010 and founded Stop Soldier Suicide. He serves as the non-profit organization’s CEO while also being employed full-time at a financial services firm in New York City.
Jacob Disabatino found the resource center of the group is not fully funded, is not 24/7 and does not have a telephone system. People must contact them via Facebook or Jacob’s website.
In response, DiSabatino created creating 22 in 22, a fitness fundraiser that reflects the country’s daily number of military suicides. The event, which began on July 4, encourages people to run, walk, wheel, cycle, practice yoga, swim, roll, hop, skip or jump 22 miles in 22 days and to help him raise money and awareness for this cause. He has set up a website to register participants in both Delaware and nationwide.
Aiding Jacob in his effort is his father and EDiS President Brian DiSabatino. EDiS is a construction management company based in Wilmington.
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22 Too Many is a group of runners , who run in events across the country , like this , to raise awareness of the 22 vrts , and 1 active military who take their life every day , per the VA.
They carry a photo and info of one of the “22” on their backs, to raise awareness for this. Maybe this group could do the same.