Sponsorship profits & donations from the Art & Music Fest will be given to the hopes organization for suicide education & prevention and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

This event generated $1200 in charity donations for 2009.

hopes is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. We are an organization composed of volunteers. As suicide survivors, our losses have motivated us to action. Life is precious. Working together, we hope to save others.

Our mission is to help others through education and advocacy for suicide prevention, and our goals is:

* to educate
* to advocate
* to support
* to honor

Please visit the hopes website for more information about this organization and how you can help.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, a 501(c)(3) organization, has been at the forefront of a wide range of suicide prevention initiatives in 2008 -- each designed to reduce loss of life from suicide. We are investing in groundbreaking research, new educational campaigns, innovative demonstration programs and critical policy work. And we are expanding our assistance to people whose lives have been affected by suicide, reaching out to offer support and offering opportunities to become involved in prevention. With a suicide attempt estimated to occur every minute of every day in the United States and 32,000 lives lost each year, the importance of AFSP's mission has never been greater, nor our work more urgent.

Sincerely,

Robert Gebbia, AFSP Executive Director

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is the leading national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy, and to reaching out to people with mental disorders and those impacted by suicide.

Please visit the AFSP website for more information about this organization and how you can help.