Ivy Tech Community College’s and IUPUC’s Hope Squad is working to prevent suicide and to increase the public’s awareness of the issue this week. The Columbus campus group has informational tables set up today at the campus off of Central Avenue.

This week is National Suicide Prevention Week. On Tuesday, the campus will hold a panel discussion with local emergency workers and their work addressing suicides. That will be from noon to 1 p.m.at the Columbus Learning Center..

Wednesday night there will be a look at the causes and numbers of suicides in Bartholomew County That will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the center. From 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday a speaker from the Life Recovery Center of Indianapolis will be available.

All of those events are in the auditorium at the Columbus Learning Center.

The Hope Squad is a group of students, faculty and staff at the schools working to prevent suicides. The work is funded by a grant from Heritage Fund – The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County.