“[Suicide] is not a one-person problem. … no one institution is going to fix this. This is going to take all of us—parents, psychiatrists, whoever you are, to come together and do what we can to help where we can.” -Leigh Longley, suicide loss survivor 🤍⠀
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The first annual Ben’s Long Ball 22 Classic Golf Tournament, sponsored by Avera Health and First PREMIER Bank/PREMIER Bankcard will take place at Grand Falls Casino & Resort in Larchwood, Iowa. Golfing starts at 1 p.m. today followed by dinner and a silent auction.⠀
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Ben loved to play golf with his friends, according to his mother, Leigh Longley, and his friends came up with the name for the tournament. “He could hit the ball a long, long way,” she said. “And he was 22 when he passed.”⠀
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The event will raise funds for Lost&Found’s newly-launched Peer2Peer Mentorship Program, which was created in partnership with South Dakota State University this past spring and will expand to serve six additional institutions of higher ...
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