Hauppauge-based promoting company Austin Williams and the Christopher A. Coluccio Basis have partnered on a three-part video sequence that goals to handle a rising suicide disaster. The movies that shall be used internally and externally for the group, all supplied on a professional bono foundation.
The three-part “What Did I Miss?” video sequence was developed to lift consciousness about what the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers describes as an pressing and rising public disaster.
The muse was created in October 2021 by Christopher Coluccio after his son Christopher had died by suicide earlier that 12 months. The muse’s mission is to have fun and memorialize Christopher’s spirit, serve and educate the local people, and open strains of communication between dad and mom and their kids about psychological well being, melancholy and suicide.
“We’re so moved by Christopher’s story and wished to create one thing that shows the mission of the Christopher A. Coluccio Basis,” Rick Chiorando, CEO of Austin Williams, mentioned in a information launch in regards to the sequence.
“Teen suicides are rising at an alarming price throughout Lengthy Island,” Chiorando added. “We created these movies to teach and lift consciousness about this rising disaster, hoping to make a distinction and save lives by addressing underlying psychological well being points.”
The “What Did I Miss?” sequence options Lengthy Islanders who’ve share this in widespread: They every misplaced a member of the family to suicide. With the assistance of video manufacturing firm, SpotOn Productions, the movies present members of the family gathering and sharing their private tales, and speaking about indicators that they might have missed that their liked one was battling their psychological well being.
“For the reason that passing of our son, Christopher, in 2021, the purpose of the CAC Basis has been to alter the dialog and cut back the stigma surrounding youth suicide and psychological well being,” Christopher Coluccio, CEO and co-founder of the Christopher A. Coluccio Basis, mentioned within the information launch.
“We hope that these movies attain those that could also be struggling, have misplaced a baby, or are apprehensive about their little one’s well-being and helps them understand they don’t seem to be alone,” Coluccio added. “We prolong our heartfelt because of the households for his or her braveness and the superb groups at Austin Williams and SpotOn Productions for enabling us to share their tales.”