LOSS Community Services

Join LOSS Community Services on November 21st for our International Survivors of Su***de Loss Day Breakfast at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center.
☕ Share a warm breakfast, take part in memory activities, and come together to honor the loved ones we carry in our hearts.

🔗 Register: https://secure.losscs.org/event-detail?event=1380
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Visit 61 took Hope to Ohio State University for a meeting of Project Sunshine, a service-based organization whose volunteers create and deliver free, in-hospital programs for pediatric patients and their families.

Hope sat in her wagon at the front of the room while Karen introduced herself and the We Are The 135 campaign, sharing postvention work with a group of students who spend their own time at kids' bedsides.

Postvention is prevention. We Are The 135.

Responding to a su***de once is heavy. Responding to it again and again, over the course of a career, carries a different kind of weight.

Dispatchers, EMS crews, police officers, and firefighters often encounter su***de loss repeatedly as part of the job. That exposure adds up, even when it doesn't look like it from the outside.

If you are a first responder navigating this kind of exposure, you are not alone.

We Are The 135.

Hope stopped by Donatos Pizza HQ for The Big Table — a community-wide day of conversation encouraged by the Columbus Foundation.

Before employees sat down with their pizzas, JoJo spoke about the work LOSS does in the community and the ongoing partnership with Donatos — now 10 years strong. For a decade, Donatos has helped LOSS provide meals to families free of charge after a su***de loss.

It might look like just pizza and salad. But a meal means compassion, and one less thing to worry about on a day that's already turned someone's life upside down.

Postvention is prevention. We Are The 135.

Join us October 22nd from 5–7:30 PM for an evening of fall fun, creativity, and connection! We’ll be working on our pinecone project, enjoying c***r & donuts, and spending time together. 🧡
Walk-in event | Kids welcome!
Come for a little or stay awhile! 🍁

If carrying repeated exposure to su***de loss is part of your story, you are not alone. LOSS is here with resources and support.

We Are The 135.

Visit 59 brought Hope to Studio23 Tattoos. Misty Temple has been an incredible partner in supporting su***de loss survivors through her annual tattoo fundraiser benefiting LOSS Community Services.

Misty's work goes beyond raising funds — every year, she opens her chair and her platform to help spread the word about postvention support and the resources available to survivors. Her beautiful artistry gives clients a meaningful way to honor someone they've lost, while her advocacy ensures that conversations about su***de loss and support reach people who might not otherwise hear them.

Partnerships like this show how Hope can show up in unexpected places — even in a tattoo studio — and how community members like Misty help carry that message further than we could alone.

Studio23 Tattoos by Misty

Hope felt right at home at this year's The Ohio State University Su***de Prevention Conference, themed "Healing Together: Postvention Strategies for Health Care, Education, and the Workplace" — a natural fit for LOSS Community Services' mission and the We Are the 135 campaign.

The conference brought together professionals across health care, education, and workplace settings to explore how postvention support can be woven into the systems where survivors already live, work, and heal. It was a proud moment to meet Dr. Julie Cerel, whose research on su***de loss exposure underpins the "135" statistic at the heart of our campaign — putting a face to the data that has shaped so much of our outreach.

Conversations like these reaffirm that postvention isn't just an add-on to su***de prevention — it's an essential part of how communities heal together.

Visit 57 took Hope to the Columbus State Community College Know Your Numbers Health and Wellness Fair, part of the college's Wellbeing 360 series for employees.

Hope set up alongside biometric screenings, chair massage, and pulse readings, sharing space with a fair built around physical health to make room for a conversation about grief and postvention too.

Postvention is prevention. We Are The 135.

💛 Help us fill a care package for someone impacted by su***de loss.

When someone experiences a su***de loss, sometimes the smallest acts of care can remind them that they don’t have to walk through the next days and weeks completely alone.

At LOSS Community Services, we provide care packages to survivors as one small way of saying, we see you, and we’re here.

You can help us keep these care packages stocked by purchasing an item from our Amazon Care Package Wish List and having it sent directly to LOSS:

🛒 https://a.co/03Cuaqbk

Some of the items we include are:
📓 Notebooks
🖼️ Small picture frames
🧻 Tissues
🫶 Fidget items
🍬 Hard candies
📝 Post-it notes
🛁 Shower steamers
🧦 Cozy items like fuzzy socks
🕯️ Candles
🍵 Tea
🧴 Lightly scented or unscented lotions
🎨 Crayons and coloring books for homes with young children

These items don't have to be expensive or fancy. We're simply looking for things that can offer a little comfort, distraction, or practical support during a really difficult time.

Want to help in another way? We’re also happy to receive new, unopened comfort items outside of our Amazon list. If you have questions about what would be helpful, send us a message!

Thank you for helping us surround survivors with care — one small package at a time. 💛

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