The second annual Step Forward to Prevent Suicide event will take place on Saturday  morning at Falls Park.

Mary Ellen Dirksen, a board member at the Helpline Center, says the event includes a 1.5-mile walk, a 5K fun run and a remembrance ceremony with a balloon release.  The event will begin at 8:30 a.m.

Check out the video with Mary Ellen Dirksen, who lost a family member to suicide.

 

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