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Speaker 1: the four thirty seven project. It's a run across the
Speaker 1: state of South Dakota for suicide prevention. This project started
Speaker 1: a few years ago and there are twelve runners who
Speaker 1: will begin their journey on the nineteenth of September, so
Speaker 1: that is today, and they will run from the western
Speaker 1: side of the state all the way to Sue Falls,
Speaker 1: South Dakota, and they'll be here on Sunday. A few
Speaker 1: of the volunteers have done this run in the past,
Speaker 1: like John Meyer.
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's two of us back this year, myself and
Speaker 2: Lisa Larson, and I think it'll be good. It's nice
Speaker 2: to have a little veteran leadership. We got a lot
Speaker 2: of questions from the other ten and I also I'm
Speaker 2: really proud, you know, last year we had eleven of
Speaker 2: our twelve. We're here in Sux Falls, and given that
Speaker 2: this is a statewide race run, we have statewide runners,
Speaker 2: we have rapid Philip peer Platte Aberdeen's. We're still picking
Speaker 2: up a few people as we had Wes today, So
Speaker 2: I think that's really important as we grow the awareness
Speaker 2: of this project.
Speaker 1: One of the new runners this year is Betsy Schuster.
Speaker 3: I joke that I'm recruited to help them keep on
Speaker 3: schedule if they start running too fast. I used to
Speaker 3: run half marathons ten years ago and so I have
Speaker 3: not really ran the last ten years, and so when
Speaker 3: they approached me, it was just a great inspiration to
Speaker 3: get me back on the trails, and so I ran
Speaker 3: the Sioux Falls half. I've ran a couple more halves,
Speaker 3: and I think a lot of it is that physical
Speaker 3: mental connection and the importance of that. And so I
Speaker 3: am not an experienced runner per se. But we're out
Speaker 3: there going to have fun, and we're really going to
Speaker 3: work to raise awareness and that community of support that's available.
Speaker 2: Just lace up your shoes, know that you have so
Speaker 2: many people back home cheering on you, and just take
Speaker 2: one step at a time and we'll all finish on
Speaker 2: Sunday together. We'll be there in whatever shape we might
Speaker 2: be in, but we'll be there. And I think it's
Speaker 2: such a great microcosm for when we talk about mental health,
Speaker 2: right you need to know you have a community of
Speaker 2: people behind you, just like we do on this race,
Speaker 2: so we'll finish together.
Speaker 3: For me, it's really all about we need to create
Speaker 3: a community of support and resilience. And even though I
Speaker 3: physically have to run this myself, I'm not alone. And
Speaker 3: I think there's so many people that we feel alone
Speaker 3: in our lives and that there is support, there's help,
Speaker 3: and there's this amazing community around us, and so that's
Speaker 3: really my motivation. I've been following the four thirty seven
Speaker 3: project the last few years and it's just such a
Speaker 3: wonderful event to bring awareness to people who are feeling isolated,
Speaker 3: who are feeling alone in that journey, that there is
Speaker 3: help and support out there.
Speaker 1: Everyone is welcome to join us for a runners reception
Speaker 1: as they arrive in downtown Sioux Falls at the Levit
Speaker 1: this Sunday. They're expecting to be at the Levit at
Speaker 1: about one thirty.
Speaker 3: I've been to the finish line the last two years
Speaker 3: and it's just such a moment of this accomplishment of
Speaker 3: this feeling of belonging, this feeling of you know what,
Speaker 3: there's many many individuals working through suicide grief that they
Speaker 3: lost a love one to suicide and they feel alone
Speaker 3: in that, and you come down there and you realize
Speaker 3: you're not alone, and so it's a it's a moving time,
Speaker 3: it's an emotional time, but it's also a time of
Speaker 3: hope and it's a time of support. And so I
Speaker 3: really encourage everyone to come out and see us Sunday
Speaker 3: at one o'clock as we come home.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the Sunday event was really emotional all across the spectrum.
Speaker 2: I had feelings of joy at feelings of exhaustion, feelings
Speaker 2: of sadness. We do a memory mile of people have
Speaker 2: lost loved ones to suicide, and then you come around
Speaker 2: the corner and just this wave of sound and cheering,
Speaker 2: and so it's just a spectrum of all emotions, very
Speaker 2: much like life. And so yeah, I would encourage people
Speaker 2: to come down to the Levet on Sunday. I fear avail.
Speaker 1: If you would like some more information about the four
Speaker 1: thirty seven Project, you can find their website at the
Speaker 1: four three seven project dot org. The money raised from
Speaker 1: The four thirty seven Project will help the helpline center.
Speaker 1: They run the Suicide Crisis Lifeline in South Dakota. If
Speaker 1: you are a loved one needs some help, remember you
Speaker 1: can dial for free nine eight eight. That's the Suicide
Speaker 1: and Crisis Lifeline Again, the number is nine eight eight.
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