Donor Stories

Didi Hirsch’s Survivors After Suicide bereavement group provided more than comfort and support to Susan Sobel after her teenaged son Danny took his life. “It kept me alive,” says Susan. “It was like a lifeboat. I don’t know how...

In high school, Cynthia Chaillie Marchant earned straight As, studied ballet, served as student body vice president, and was prom princess. Putting herself through college, she published national magazine articles, wrote speeches for CEOs, and graduated with honors. Despite...

Michael Becker is living testament that it’s never too late to follow your dreams, even in the face of lifelong challenges. Over the years, Michael has encountered many obstacles on his path to becoming a professional photographer. Early on,...

Curley Bonds established an estate plan that includes Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Services for the same reason he dresses up as Batman or the Bubble King for the Alive & Running 5K each fall: He wants to make...

After Richard Ross’s young wife, Lorrie, died unexpectedly in the summer of 1960, he changed the direction of his life to raise their 8-month-old son, Tony. Abandoning a promising career in entertainment law, Richard took a job as a...

Andrew E. Rubin likes rooting for the underdog—whether in his former professional capacity as a criminal defense attorney for the mentally ill, in his volunteer work on various mental health organization boards, or in his charitable giving. As he...