We lost our 15-year-old son, Owen, to suicide on April 29th, 2023. Owen was popular, never bullied, good looking, fun loving, athletic and came from a stable home where he was loved and supported. We say this to help you understand that if Owen could fall victim to suicide, then all our kids are at risk. To transform our pain into purpose, we’ve started the Rain Will Bring Flowers Foundation focused on youth mental wellness.
- Statistically, suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death in Louisiana’s adolescents.
- Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death in NCAA athletes
Rain Will Bring Flower’s Strategic Initiatives:
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- Continued education and awareness throughout our community with the goal of normalizing mental health conversations
- Suicide awareness education to students, parents and faculty
- Modernizing mental health technology within our school systems
- Grow endowment to provide scholarships for graduating high school seniors entering the behavioral health profession
Impactful Work in the Community:
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- Planting Seeds of Hope https://www.wafb.com/2024/01/30/hundreds-gather-discuss-suicide-mental-health-lsu-campus/
- Prevention in every Parish, our goal is to educate over 100,000 students, parents and faculty. The Rain Will Bring Flowers Foundation: Bringing suicide prevention to schools
- World Teen Mental Wellness Day – Joe Burrow Foundation, RWBF successfully secured $53,000 in grants from the JBF distributed across 53 schools in the greater Baton Rouge area.
- Owen Tabor Endowed Scholarship – 4-year commitment to recipient with the goal to sponsor a new student every year
Jordan & Lisa Tabor
Rain Will Bring Flowers Foundation
NFP EIN: 93-1358774
jtabor@rwbf.net
(225) 772-8493
www.rainwillbringflowers.org
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