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Jody Joseph, a popular New Jersey music instructor and front person for the well known act Jody Joseph and the
Average Joes, has teamed up again with the New Jersey Chapter of the Yellow Ribbon International Suicide
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Prevention Program for the second LIVE — Rock for Life benefit concerts.
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Online Obituary According to a press release, the No. 1 priority of LIVE is to increase awareness about the prevention of teenage
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suicide, which is the third leading cause of death among adolescents and young people between the ages of 10
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Last winter’s one-night sold-out event raised more than $15,000. The second fund-raising effort has expanded
into two performances to be held on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. at the Stone Pony, 913 Ocean
Avenue, Asbury Park. Tickets for the performances are $15 and are available at www.ticketmaster.com and the
Stone Pony box office.
Performing on Nov. 12 will be recording artist Jody Raffoul, “one of the Canada’s rock scene’s best-kept
secrets.” Joining Raffoul will be special guests Jimmie Bones on keyboards and Kenny Olson on lead guitar, both
from Kid Rock’s Twisted Brown Trucker Band.
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Both LIVE concerts will feature performances by Jody Joseph and the
Average Joes, as well as Joseph’s students who range in age from 5 to
43.
According to a press release, Scott
Fritz, after losing his daughter, Stephanie, at the age of 15, channeled
his grief into pushing for the formation of the New Jersey Youth
Suicide Prevention Council after it was created by the state Legislature.
Fritz has since been appointed by the governor to the council and is the
vice chairman.
The council has been charged with collecting data on completed and
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parents, teachers and others the skills to do more to prevent a child from attempting or completing suicide,” Fritz
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Another individual who is involved with the New Jersey chapter is Donald Quigley, of Manalapan, co-founder of
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the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide. In January 2004, Quigley lost his youngest son, Sean, to suicide
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The Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program is not funded by federal dollars or by large corporations. Rather,
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“We are grateful that so many people have gotten involved in this event and with the Yellow Ribbon Suicide
site content Prevention Program,” Fritz said. “We need to continue spreading our message to teens that it is OK to seek help
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The parents of Mike Emme, a popular teen who took his life in 1994, founded Yellow Ribbon International, an
outreach program of The Light for Life Foundation International.
The goal of the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program is twofold: Get Yellow Ribbon cards to teens and
inform the public what these cards are for. The Yellow Ribbon card’s primary purpose is to serve as a lifeline or
a link.
All a troubled teen need do is hand the card to someone they trust and that person is to interpret it as a cry for
help. The card contains important instructions so that recipient adults and peers can respond appropriately and
immediately.
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