19th Annual Ray of Hope

Suicide Awareness & Prevention Walk!

September 6, 2025

Photos coming soon!

2025 Ray of Hope $1,000 Scholarship Winner is Abigail Szymanski!

Abigail Szymanski is the 2025 Ray of Hope $1,000 Scholarship Winner!

Heather McLean, Ray of Hope Chair, and Lisa Goldberg, Ray of Hope Coordinator awarded Abigail Szymanski with her scholarship at Norwin High School’s award ceremony on May 21, 2025.

If You are in Crisis or Know Someone who is…

Need Help?  Call the Crisis Intervention Hotline at 1-800-836-6010.  Help is available 24 hours/day, 365 days/year.  You’ll be connected with a trained counselor ready to assist you with issues of suicide, depression, and personal crisis.  Call 1-800-836-6010 now!

Ray of Hope Suicide Awareness and Prevention Task Force

Ray of Hope is Westmoreland County’s Suicide Awareness and Prevention Task Force.  We believe suicide is preventable and that suicide prevention works.

Ray of Hope offers:

• A variety of suicide prevention Services & Programs.
• Activities to raise community awareness, including our Annual Ray of Hope Walk.

 Learn about our mission and more on the About Ray of Hope page.

Suicide Survivors Support

If you have lost someone to suicide, the support of your community and of other survivors is available for you. Anger, guilt, confusion, and forgetfulness are common responses to the loss of a loved one, and suicide can add its own unfortunate stigma.  Don’t mourn alone; get the help you need to cope.

Visit our Survivors Support page to learn more.