September 8, 2025 • 30 mins
This week’s show featured Arbor Day Farm marketing manager Rachel Hrabik promoting the annual AppleJack Festival, Total Truck and Machine’s Kevin Wehrli and Richard Miller inviting the public to their community event at their new showroom, and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention CEO Bob Gebbia discussing Suicide Prevention Month.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
This is Community Matters, a weekly public affairs program to
inform and entertain you with some of the great people, organizations,
and events in and around Omaha. Now here's the host
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Scott for Heats and thank.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
You so much for being a part of our program.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
This week.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
We start off by welcoming back here to Community Matters.
The marketing manager for Arbor Day Farm of course in
Nebraska City, Rachel Rabik, is back here on the program. Rachel,
it sounds like apple Jack festivals coming back. What's going
on here in a couple of weeks.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Yes, we are gearing up and for all things apple
and it's a take your pick season. So whether that
be apple picking, flower picking, testing out all of the
amazing apple food and drinks, we've got it here for
you at ourb Day Farm in Nebraska City. So bring
out the entire fa. Make it just a couple's getaway
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or with a group of friends. We really have something
for everyone to enjoy.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
What does someone need to do today so they can
be a part of this here in a couple of weekends,
On the first of two successive weekends for the Applejack festival.
Do I need a reservation? Do I just show up?
How does it work?
Speaker 4 (01:21):
That's a great question. There's not a general admission ticket,
but we do encourage people to visit our website Arbor
Dayfarm dot org slash Applejack to get tickets for things
like you pick apples, even to the Tree Adventure, where
you can explore through the eleven different treehouses that are
connected by suspended bridges. But then within the fences of
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Tree Adventure there's all sorts of fun activities such as
air brush tattoos, caricature paintings. There will be some entertainment,
and then you do want to also get those tickets
ahead of time for things like you pick flowers, But
then you can come and just you know, shop to
your heart's content in all of our retail spaces. Of course,
that first weekend of apple Jack, the twentieth and twenty first,
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we welcome back the Love the Locals Maker's Market, which
welcomes more than fifty handmade vendors to the property and
they'll be set up at the historic barns. I would
definitely encourage people to come and grab your tickets for
that ahead of time, but you can also get them
at the door.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
So I come down there and I'm picking flowers and
apples and everything. Is there a limit? I mean, I
can't just back up a garbage truck and to fill
it with apples and say I got apple sauce for days.
You know, there's probably a limit, right, I mean, you
really could.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
I mean, I'm not going to stop you if you
want to keep just buying those tickets, because you you
purchased by the half peck or the full peck. So
that just depends on how many how many pounds that
you actually want to go out into the orchard and get.
But the nice thing about it is you buy the bag,
and so if you don't want to come home, you
know more than a bushel of apples, you don't have to.
You can definitely go out into the orchard with a
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group of people and if everybody wants to pick maybe
one or two apples, you'll probably pretty quickly fill up
that full peck of a bag. And I think it's
more than just the picking of apples. It's taking in
the sites and the smells of just being in the
orchard around apple harvest season, and there's just nothing quite
like it. I mean, the trees are already starting to
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change down here in Nebraska City, and I'm almost flabbergasted
that it's already September.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I know, it's ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
It doesn't make sense to me either, So, speaking of
things not making sense, just to put a try and
put a number on this, Rachel, if my friend Peter
Piper and his partner Pam wanted to pop down and
pick a peck, how many apples isn't a peck?
Speaker 4 (03:47):
I think about fifteen to twenty for a half peck,
and maybe about twenty five to thirty for the full peck.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Okay, I just want to make sure that we're all
on the same page here. When we it was on
the same peck page here. So all right, Rachel Raybick
is here marketing manager of ourbor Day Farm in Nebraska City.
So apple Jack Festival starts here in a couple of
weeks from now, that weekend of September twentieth. But it's
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not just one weekend, right.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
You betcha. It's actually two weekends, the last two weekends
of September, so the twentieth and the twenty first, and
the twenty seventh and the twenty eighth. But what I
like to always tell people is that you can really
celebrate apple Jack, you know, the apple harvest, the fall
season for the entire month of September and through even October.
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Here at Arbor Day Farm. You know, we get started
with you pick apples even before apple Jack weekends, just
because our harvest is ready to rock and roll and
we want to get people out into the orchards to
start picking those apples before they start falling off the
tree and going rotten on us. So we encourage people
to come out for those full two months of the
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fall season because there really is that much to do,
and if you want to avoid those crowds, you can
definitely come out at any other time during the month
of September in October.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Yeah, it's not like Rachel's being mean saying sorry, we're
shutting down the fun right now, as the apple only
has so much life there on the tree when it
needs to be picked and then you can use it.
But what happens now as we get into October into
Halloween season, they're at Arbor Day Farm.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Yeah, I'm so glad that you asked. We are going
to just take one short week off from the Applejack
festivities to transition over into our Halloween festivities, and this
is going to be the first ever all Hallow's Eve
here at Arbor Day Farm. And think of it as
you're not so spooky, family friendly Halloween event where you
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can go trigger treating through the tree adventure and costumes
are encouraged, and you even get a trigger treating bag
to utilize when you come. And that's weekend in October
starting October tenth, and that'll run through November first, and
that you will for sure want I get your tickets
ahead of time. I have a feeling this is going
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to be one of those must see Halloween fall events
in the area because it is just a little bit
different than what you might expect from some of the
other places in and around the surrounding areas because it
is a daytime event, so you're, you know, we're going
to be doing the Halloween trick or treating from you know,
two to seven on Fridays and Saturdays will run from
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five to seven, and so it's it's different hours than
you would normally think of a trick or treating event.
But I think that'll be nicer for some of those
kiddos who maybe don't want to stay out past dark excellent.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
All the details online at Arbordayfarm dot org. That's Arbordayfarm
dot org. Rachel Rabick is marketing manager there at Arbor
Day Farm. You got Applejack coming up here in a
couple of weekends for a couple of weekends and then
just easy said that weekend off and then it's all
hallows Eve time at Three Adventures and everything else there
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at Arbor Day Farm. I would recommend to people if
they want to come down and make a weekend of
it and stay at the lodge, book that reservation right
now if you have got that time identified, because it's
a big place, but those rooms sell out very quickly.
I wanted to take my family down there for a
little quick getaway during the summer and found out it
was sold out. Couldn't do it. I mean, it's a
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very popular place. People come from all over the Midwest
and beyond to experience Arbor Day Farm and Lodge there
at Nebraska City, Rachel, you get to work there. It's
a very very cool office.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Yes, of course, I appreciate it so much, and I'm
glad that you mentioned, you know, getting that reservation at
Lead Lodge sooner than later. Because like you mentioned, we
do sell out, and especially during some of these peak
weekends where we're welcoming you know, more than seventy thousand
people to the town of Nebraska City. You'll want to
make it a whole weekend event because there is that
much to do between Arbor Day Farm and then even
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down town Nebraska City. There will be the parade on
that first weekend of Apple Jack two, so don't miss
out on that. And then Idea missed to not even
mention any of the amazing food options that we're going
to have this year compared with human last year. I
know we had talked about all things apple and this
year you can get not only your caramel apples and
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the apple donuts from Herz Donuts along with the sparkling
apple cider. But we're welcoming back the Nebraska to the
Core ice cream that's made in partnership with four oh
two Creamery out of Lincoln. They're coming back and making
that ice cream, you know, made with our apple cider
and our apples from the farm. And I'm really excited
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to see what our new chef Casper's got in store
for us at the Apple Shack. He'll have the apple pie,
funnel cakes and walking nachos that are sure to satisfy
your every fall craving.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Beautiful. That's a beautiful environment. It's a really fun place,
great people down there. There's a wonderful vibe at Arbor
Day Farm, and your belly is going to be very,
very happy as well. Rachel Rabick, what a super fun
a couple of months you have coming up here. Thanks
so much for telling us about it here on Community Matters.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
You're listening to Community Matters. I love it when a
business expands in our area and they have a really
fun event to let everyone know about it. We have
here in the studio the owner and managing member of
Total Truck and Machine and Blair Kevin Worley is with us.
We'll talk with him in just a moment. But we
also have the chief operating Officer for Total Truck and Machine.
(09:43):
Richard Miller, is here on Community Matters as well. Richard,
your title also is described here as chief People Officer,
so I guess you get to talk first. Richard. Welcome
to Community Matters.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (09:55):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Tell me about the Chief People Officer for Total Truck
and Machine.
Speaker 5 (10:00):
Yeah, so really what that entels is just the HR
aspect of things and ensuring that we're falling proper product protocol,
process procedures, and also ensuring that we create an environment
where our employees want to ensure that they come to
work each day and give their all and make sure
that we have their.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Back as well. Always good.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Everyone appreciates that we could use some of you here
at the radio station quite honestly, But before we talk
about what's going on this Thursday to promote the new
grand opening of this great showroom, talk about what Total
Truck and Machine and Blair is.
Speaker 5 (10:33):
Absolutely Total Truck and Machine and Blair does upfitting on
service vehicles. That's kind of our bread and butter. So
just think about any type of service industry out there
and their vehicles need to be upfitted for whatever needs
they may be, whether it be tools, cranes, putting on
AC units, putting on anything that they may need. From
that aspect, we also have another part of our business
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that is the rail industry, so we create rail carts.
We actually have a that's the only one in the
world and it has a patent on it as well,
so we create up to two hundred thousand pound rail
carts that have a hydraulic ramp that is, and nelse
in the world can make that combination of a rail cart.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Wow, everything you wanted to do since you were a kid, right, absolutely?
How does one get into the railcart industry?
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Well, really, I think I have to turn that over
to Kevin because it's been his vision and his invention.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
All right, Well, we'll talk here with Kevin as well.
That is Richard Miller. He is the chief operating officer
for Total Truck and Machine. By the way, they're online
at Total Truckandmachine dot com. In addition to being in
Blair and there's a fun community event coming up this
Thursday for the grand opening of their new showroom and
you're invited to be a part of that. But let's
talk a bit more about the business with Kevin Worley,
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owner and managing member of Total Truck and Machine. So, Kevin,
how was it that you came to start this business?
Speaker 6 (11:54):
You come to write at COVID we started this business.
So it was a rough start. We got to say
we've owned.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
You just sided before COVID hit or.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Yes, we started December of Now we.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Were sitting there we could okay, so yeah, great time.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Yeah, it was my time. He's always impeccable.
Speaker 6 (12:10):
So as we started at nineteen, we got in the
upfitting and everything it was going well. We did service
and repair also, which we discontinued this year because we
started the manufacturing side about two and a half years
ago for customer requests. So we start building the rail
toe carts, we built flat carts. We have carts on
the Alaska Railroad. We have carts in Mexico, we have
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carts in Canada. So the last two years we've had
tremendous growth in that side. So we count all our
success to our employees and.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Yeah, you decided to just do that which you have
the most maybe the most fun and most success doing. Yes,
let me talk about upfitting here for a second, because
that has different connotations for different people. You've got that
you're talking about the workers who say, all right, I
need to up this truck so that I can do
the job that I need to do with this my vehicle.
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And then you have the people to say, I need
to upfit my truck or vehicle so it looks super
super cool. Probably both a little bit right.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
No, we're more in the industrial section.
Speaker 6 (13:14):
Okay, so you know your plumbers, your electricians, that type stuff.
We don't really get into the lift kits or type.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
So if I want my vehicle to have a black
light underneath it and do the hydraulic thing as I
have the best speakers in town, you are not the
person I can do for that. I'm not your guy, okay,
because I hear them going up and down the street
all night here. You you are much more industrial. Yes, yes,
we're more of.
Speaker 6 (13:37):
An industrial And the one thing that separates us from
most of our competition is we have our own in
house fabrication, design team and manufacturing, so there's a special
request or need from a customer, we can actually design it,
build it, and produce it in all in house.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
Cool.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
When was it when you decided this is something I
wanted to do. Obviously you started things up there late
twenty nineteen, but this is an idea that was hatched
many years earlier, I'm guessing.
Speaker 6 (14:05):
Yes, we've always had our own shop. We've done most
of our own upfitting and stuff in house. So we
decided that we thought maybe there was some room in
the space and maybe there was a void to fill.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
All right, So it's not just doing all the upfitting
and all the great things there for these trucks, it's
also a community event. That is Kevin Worley, owner and
managing member of Total Truck and Machine online at Total
Truckinmachine dot com in person in Blair, and that's where
Richard Miller, the chief operating Officer and chief people Officer,
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is going to invite you to the grand opening of
the new showroom. What's going on this Thursday, Richard.
Speaker 5 (14:41):
Absolutely, this Thursday, from four to seven pm, we're hosting
an open event for the community, not only to celebrate
our construction of the new grand the showroom and the facility,
but also to celebrate with the community. And this also
means increased jobs and employment opportunity with Total Truck Machine.
So from four to seven we are going to host
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a live event where Los Moos is going to be
catering free to the community. We will also have an
open bar, obviously idea is required for that, and then
we were also going to have raffle prizes. So some
of those prizes range from a twenty five percent off
your upfitting to some Husker tickets for the upcoming football games,
and we have TVs to give away gift cards and
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other miscellaneous prizes.
Speaker 7 (15:26):
Cool.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
So you got people who are obviously interested in what
you do, the services that could win in twenty five
percent off an upfitting job. But then you might ask
some people to say, look, I don't need any of that.
I just want a burger, a cold beverage, and a
chance maybe to win some Husker tickets or something. This
is something for everybody this Thursday.
Speaker 5 (15:45):
Absolutely, it's family friendly. We welcome the whole entire community
to come out and just celebrate some expansion within the
Blair community.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Where do people find you this Thursday? You said between
four and seven pm?
Speaker 3 (15:56):
Correct?
Speaker 5 (15:57):
Yep, this isn't Blair, Nebraska. It's four one four fifth Street.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Four one four South fifth Street there and Blair. All
the details on the website Total Truckanmachine dot com. That
is Richard Miller also Kevin Worley, both with Total Truck
and Machine.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Again.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
The grand opening for the new showroom is this Thursday
from four to seven there at four to fourteen South
fifth in Blair. Details at Total Truckanmachine dot com. Guys,
always fun to celebrate an expansion of a local business
with a fun community event. Thanks so much, for what
you're doing, and thanks for telling us about it on
Community Matters. Thank you for our next segment here on
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Community Matters this week, I tag in my iHeartRadio Associate
Manny Munos.
Speaker 8 (16:41):
September is National Suicide Prevention Month. It serves as a
call to action to raise awareness of our nation's serious
mental health issues. Let's talk about that and everything else
having to do with it. Bob geb You is CEO
of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Bobby, appreciate the time,
Oh my pleasure, good to be with you. Talk to
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me about the significance of this month and what you
hope Americans take away from our conversation.
Speaker 7 (17:10):
Well, first, suicide is a leading cause of death in
our country, and this is a moment in time in
the calendar in September where we want people to become
educated about suicide, what to look for warning signs, how
to help someone who may be struggling, and just to
become more kind of, if you will, mental health literate
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and to take care of our mental health and to
make sure those around us do the same. So it's
a good moment in the calendar to really focus on
mental health and specifically suicide prevention.
Speaker 8 (17:43):
It does seem like the even though there's still quite
a bit of stigma concerning mental health and someone asking
for help. We've really come a long way in terms
of addressing that, have we not as a country?
Speaker 7 (17:57):
Oh, yes we have, and it's so much better. I mean,
people are more open about talking about how they feel
emotionally right and reaching out and asking for help. And
there's no shame in that. Actually, it's the opposite. We
see it as a courageous act. If someone's having a
hard time, you know, ask for help. There's great, great interventions,
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there's great treatments, and sometimes it's just a matter of
getting some support to get you through a hard time.
You know, if we had, you know, aches and pains
from something physical, we would ask go to the doctor,
we'd ask for help.
Speaker 8 (18:30):
Right.
Speaker 7 (18:31):
We want people to do the same thing when they
may be struggling with their mental health. And we all
go through periods in our lives where you know, there
may be things troubling us. It's not it's not anything
of weakness. It's actually a sign of strength to be
able to ask someone or talk to someone you trust
and say, look, I'm going through this. It's okay, and
you will get better. But we cannot let people ignore it,
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because when they ignore it can get worse. And the
worst possible outcome, obviously, is someone becomes so despondent, so hopeless,
that they think about taking their lives.
Speaker 8 (19:05):
All of the progress that we have made, we still
have a long way to go in terms of normalizing
the idea that that it's okay to not only talk
about issues when you're when you're having some sort of
mental health crisis, but to ask for help.
Speaker 7 (19:22):
More importantly, absolutely, and we know so much more about
how to help these days, and talk therapies. There's wonderful
therapies that people can use. In some cases, people may
even need medication, and that's okay too. The thing is
stay focused on getting better and and you know you will.
And I think that's what we want to get out.
People can get better when they have our time. Now
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someone's in crisis, you know by that, I mean if
someone is talking about hurting themselves or not wanting to live,
you know, becoming so hopeless, you know, maybe abusing drug
an alcohol and just becoming you know, not themselves. And
we know when people aren't theirselves, that's when you really
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need to take it very seriously and talk to them.
And it's okay to ask them. You know, years ago
people were afraid to ask you know you're thinking about
suicide because they thought they'd put the idea in some model.
That's not the case, that's a myth. And it's okay
to ask, and people often open up and then you
can get them to help. But it's really important if
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you see someone struggling and it's getting worse, it's not
getting petit, they're not themselves, they're withdrawing and maybe even
talking about not wanting to live. It's really important to
get them professional help. And there's also a great crisis
line for those who may be struggling and really in crisis.
It's nine eight eight. If you dial nine eight eight,
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you will be connected to a counselor who can help.
So just that's an important thing for listeners to know.
There's a great nationwide hotline number ninety eight eight.
Speaker 8 (20:59):
All the great work that you're doing at the American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention, I imagine one of your primary goals
is education. I have a feeling most people in our country,
most of our listening audience, don't even realize that we
have that National Suicide and Crisis Prevention Hotline of nine
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to eight eight. How long has that been around and
do you find that people aren't even aware of it.
Speaker 7 (21:25):
Yeah, it's only around for about three years, and it
was a great, great move to really have a dedicated
line where anyone there around the country can talk to
a trained counselor and share what they're going through. And
ninety nine percent of the crises can be resolved just
by calling the line and talking with someone and obviously
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if it's worse then to get them into getting professional help.
But you know, it's only been around three years and
it's fairly new, and you're right, we still find there
are people who don't know about it. So and there's
also a lot of other resources about getting educated about
mental health, getting educated about suicide prevention, what you can do,
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how to get involved, and all that is on our website.
It's AFSP dot org and there's great resources there, and
there's also resources for those who've lost a loved one.
You know, it's a terrible experience, devastating to family and
friends and workplaces and you know, classmates and so many
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people are affected when tragically someone dies by suicide, so
there's also resources for those who've had that loss and
all that is on the aid.
Speaker 8 (22:40):
What are statistics tell us are we doing a good
job as a country addressing these issues. Are we seeing
a decline in the number of suicides in the United States?
Speaker 7 (22:52):
Well, we've seen some up and down, and you know,
for about two decades, the suicide rate was in not
going up dramatically, but going up slightly every year for
twenty years. And what we saw right before COVID is
its first decrease, a slight decrease really in twenty years
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that lasted for two years, and unfortunately, coming out of
COVID it bounced back a bit. And that was not
surprising too, because we know during COVID there was isolation,
there was loss, there were financial problems, more use of
drugs and alcohol, things like that that we knew could affect,
you know, suicide rates. So we did see it bounce back.
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I'm happy to say the data for twenty twenty three
shows a leveling off and a slight decrease again, and
preliminary data it's not final yet for twenty twenty four
continues to show a slight decrease, so We're hopeful that
we're on the right track, but obviously any life, one
life is too many. We want to see suicide being eradicated.
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If you will, no one should die by suicide.
Speaker 8 (24:00):
And hope available a couple more minutes here with Bob Gebbia,
CEO of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Their website
is AFSP American Foundation for Suicide Prevention dot org. AFSP
dot org. Social media, I imagine could be beneficial in
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helping combat mental health issues and suicide prevention could also
contribute to it.
Speaker 7 (24:28):
Yeah, it's true, and you know, there's a lot of
good things you can find resources. For instance, people can
be supportive of each other through social media and not
feel as isolated because of their network and so on.
And the companies have done a pretty good job in
terms of making sure through their algorithms that if someone's
talking about suicide, resources will pop up. And so there's
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been some real positives. Obviously, it can be used negatively
by some folks to bully others. That's a negative. And
also obviously we do too much screen time can be
bad for young people, especially, so you know, I think
everyone's starting to realize social media is a wonderful thing
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and we're going to use it. It's here, but how
we use it matters, and we could use it in
positive ways, and it can have some negative impacts too,
so we have to minimize those.
Speaker 8 (25:20):
Screening mental health screening in schools and by primary care physicians.
Do you think there's a lack of preparation, a lack
of training in those two areas to spot problems.
Speaker 7 (25:35):
That's a great comment. We support universal screening. We think
it's an important thing to do. Not every place is
doing it. We know that that's one of our advocacy
pushes to make sure people are screened and then have
the follow up if they screen high. But our society
is not embraced it fully. The medical profession hasn't embraced
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it fully, and we continue to push. You know in
healthcare that people get screened, and you know we screen
from many things, right, and this would be an important thing.
Mental health screening is really important and there are questions
in there often about are you think you're hurting yourself?
And obviously if somebody says yes, then suicide prevention needs
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to be implemented. And our medical profession isn't always prepared.
You're absolutely right, a lot more training, a lot more
follow up, a lot more use of effective treatments, and
these are all things we are pushing for at AFSP
to make sure our healthcare system really supports saving lives
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and preventing suicide.
Speaker 8 (26:40):
We talked about how there are no cultural, socioeconomic barriers
to prevent someone from mental health issues or suicide. There
are groups that are higher at risk, veterans, law enforcement,
LGBTQ kids, things like that, and there is no one
size fits all solution to address these issues.
Speaker 7 (27:03):
That is so true. You're spot on, and there are
groups that carry higher risk and we need to be
focused on them. Obviously, it affects everybody, so we don't
want to eliminate any any prevention among any groups, but
there are groups that need extra support, and you're right.
LGBTQ youth show higher rates and risk for suicide as
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well as our veterans, and that's certainly been well documented.
And working to get make sure that those in those
risk categories are connected to care, have available resources and treatment,
and that's sometimes a barrier, you know, finding care, finding
affordable care. These are all things that we have to
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do better with and again it's We've tried to work
with our federal and state legislators and administrations to try
to ensure that there are resources for those at high
and that's really important. You know. The other thing is
for all groups reach out. You know, if a young
person struggling, LGBTQ, a young person, straight, young person, doesn't matter.
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If you're having a hard time, talk to someone and
you can get better. It can get better. And I
think there's hope and we need to make sure people
understand that and there's resources. But there are groups that
need extra help. You're absolutely right, and they're in these
high risk categories.
Speaker 8 (28:31):
I know the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention does run
events to bring attention to the issue. Tell me about
some of that.
Speaker 7 (28:39):
Yes, So we are kicking off are Out of the
Darkness community walks. They walk prevention. We have post a
four hundred of them all over the country every state,
many many communities participate and those walks are really important.
They kick off in September, but they run through the
fall Out of the Darkness community walks. You can find
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a walk near you by going to AFSP dot org
slash walk and find a walk near you.
Speaker 8 (29:09):
AFSP dot org is the website AFSP dot org. Slash
Walk is where you can find out more about the
Out of the Darkness walks and of course, the National
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline nine eight eight. It is available
twenty four to seven. It is free and completely confidential.
Just dial nine eight eight. Bob Gebby, CEO of the
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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Thank you for everything you're doing.
Best of luck. Thank you so much for the time
and the information. Be well.
Speaker 7 (29:41):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
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Speaker 2 (00:22):
You so much for being a part of our program.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
This week.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
We start off by welcoming back here to Community Matters.
The marketing manager for Arbor Day Farm of course in
Nebraska City, Rachel Rabik, is back here on the program. Rachel,
it sounds like apple Jack festivals coming back. What's going
on here in a couple of weeks.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Yes, we are gearing up and for all things apple
and it's a take your pick season. So whether that
be apple picking, flower picking, testing out all of the
amazing apple food and drinks, we've got it here for
you at ourb Day Farm in Nebraska City. So bring
out the entire fa. Make it just a couple's getaway
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or with a group of friends. We really have something
for everyone to enjoy.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
What does someone need to do today so they can
be a part of this here in a couple of weekends,
On the first of two successive weekends for the Applejack festival.
Do I need a reservation? Do I just show up?
How does it work?
Speaker 4 (01:21):
That's a great question. There's not a general admission ticket,
but we do encourage people to visit our website Arbor
Dayfarm dot org slash Applejack to get tickets for things
like you pick apples, even to the Tree Adventure, where
you can explore through the eleven different treehouses that are
connected by suspended bridges. But then within the fences of
(01:44):
Tree Adventure there's all sorts of fun activities such as
air brush tattoos, caricature paintings. There will be some entertainment,
and then you do want to also get those tickets
ahead of time for things like you pick flowers, But
then you can come and just you know, shop to
your heart's content in all of our retail spaces. Of course,
that first weekend of apple Jack, the twentieth and twenty first,
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we welcome back the Love the Locals Maker's Market, which
welcomes more than fifty handmade vendors to the property and
they'll be set up at the historic barns. I would
definitely encourage people to come and grab your tickets for
that ahead of time, but you can also get them
at the door.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
So I come down there and I'm picking flowers and
apples and everything. Is there a limit? I mean, I
can't just back up a garbage truck and to fill
it with apples and say I got apple sauce for days.
You know, there's probably a limit, right, I mean, you
really could.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
I mean, I'm not going to stop you if you
want to keep just buying those tickets, because you you
purchased by the half peck or the full peck. So
that just depends on how many how many pounds that
you actually want to go out into the orchard and get.
But the nice thing about it is you buy the bag,
and so if you don't want to come home, you
know more than a bushel of apples, you don't have to.
You can definitely go out into the orchard with a
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group of people and if everybody wants to pick maybe
one or two apples, you'll probably pretty quickly fill up
that full peck of a bag. And I think it's
more than just the picking of apples. It's taking in
the sites and the smells of just being in the
orchard around apple harvest season, and there's just nothing quite
like it. I mean, the trees are already starting to
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change down here in Nebraska City, and I'm almost flabbergasted
that it's already September.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I know, it's ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
It doesn't make sense to me either, So, speaking of
things not making sense, just to put a try and
put a number on this, Rachel, if my friend Peter
Piper and his partner Pam wanted to pop down and
pick a peck, how many apples isn't a peck?
Speaker 4 (03:47):
I think about fifteen to twenty for a half peck,
and maybe about twenty five to thirty for the full peck.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Okay, I just want to make sure that we're all
on the same page here. When we it was on
the same peck page here. So all right, Rachel Raybick
is here marketing manager of ourbor Day Farm in Nebraska City.
So apple Jack Festival starts here in a couple of
weeks from now, that weekend of September twentieth. But it's
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not just one weekend, right.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
You betcha. It's actually two weekends, the last two weekends
of September, so the twentieth and the twenty first, and
the twenty seventh and the twenty eighth. But what I
like to always tell people is that you can really
celebrate apple Jack, you know, the apple harvest, the fall
season for the entire month of September and through even October.
(04:37):
Here at Arbor Day Farm. You know, we get started
with you pick apples even before apple Jack weekends, just
because our harvest is ready to rock and roll and
we want to get people out into the orchards to
start picking those apples before they start falling off the
tree and going rotten on us. So we encourage people
to come out for those full two months of the
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fall season because there really is that much to do,
and if you want to avoid those crowds, you can
definitely come out at any other time during the month
of September in October.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Yeah, it's not like Rachel's being mean saying sorry, we're
shutting down the fun right now, as the apple only
has so much life there on the tree when it
needs to be picked and then you can use it.
But what happens now as we get into October into
Halloween season, they're at Arbor Day Farm.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
Yeah, I'm so glad that you asked. We are going
to just take one short week off from the Applejack
festivities to transition over into our Halloween festivities, and this
is going to be the first ever all Hallow's Eve
here at Arbor Day Farm. And think of it as
you're not so spooky, family friendly Halloween event where you
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can go trigger treating through the tree adventure and costumes
are encouraged, and you even get a trigger treating bag
to utilize when you come. And that's weekend in October
starting October tenth, and that'll run through November first, and
that you will for sure want I get your tickets
ahead of time. I have a feeling this is going
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to be one of those must see Halloween fall events
in the area because it is just a little bit
different than what you might expect from some of the
other places in and around the surrounding areas because it
is a daytime event, so you're, you know, we're going
to be doing the Halloween trick or treating from you know,
two to seven on Fridays and Saturdays will run from
(06:33):
five to seven, and so it's it's different hours than
you would normally think of a trick or treating event.
But I think that'll be nicer for some of those
kiddos who maybe don't want to stay out past dark excellent.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
All the details online at Arbordayfarm dot org. That's Arbordayfarm
dot org. Rachel Rabick is marketing manager there at Arbor
Day Farm. You got Applejack coming up here in a
couple of weekends for a couple of weekends and then
just easy said that weekend off and then it's all
hallows Eve time at Three Adventures and everything else there
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at Arbor Day Farm. I would recommend to people if
they want to come down and make a weekend of
it and stay at the lodge, book that reservation right
now if you have got that time identified, because it's
a big place, but those rooms sell out very quickly.
I wanted to take my family down there for a
little quick getaway during the summer and found out it
was sold out. Couldn't do it. I mean, it's a
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very popular place. People come from all over the Midwest
and beyond to experience Arbor Day Farm and Lodge there
at Nebraska City, Rachel, you get to work there. It's
a very very cool office.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Yes, of course, I appreciate it so much, and I'm
glad that you mentioned, you know, getting that reservation at
Lead Lodge sooner than later. Because like you mentioned, we
do sell out, and especially during some of these peak
weekends where we're welcoming you know, more than seventy thousand
people to the town of Nebraska City. You'll want to
make it a whole weekend event because there is that
much to do between Arbor Day Farm and then even
(07:59):
down town Nebraska City. There will be the parade on
that first weekend of Apple Jack two, so don't miss
out on that. And then Idea missed to not even
mention any of the amazing food options that we're going
to have this year compared with human last year. I
know we had talked about all things apple and this
year you can get not only your caramel apples and
(08:21):
the apple donuts from Herz Donuts along with the sparkling
apple cider. But we're welcoming back the Nebraska to the
Core ice cream that's made in partnership with four oh
two Creamery out of Lincoln. They're coming back and making
that ice cream, you know, made with our apple cider
and our apples from the farm. And I'm really excited
(08:43):
to see what our new chef Casper's got in store
for us at the Apple Shack. He'll have the apple pie,
funnel cakes and walking nachos that are sure to satisfy
your every fall craving.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Beautiful. That's a beautiful environment. It's a really fun place,
great people down there. There's a wonderful vibe at Arbor
Day Farm, and your belly is going to be very,
very happy as well. Rachel Rabick, what a super fun
a couple of months you have coming up here. Thanks
so much for telling us about it here on Community Matters.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
You're listening to Community Matters. I love it when a
business expands in our area and they have a really
fun event to let everyone know about it. We have
here in the studio the owner and managing member of
Total Truck and Machine and Blair Kevin Worley is with us.
We'll talk with him in just a moment. But we
also have the chief operating Officer for Total Truck and Machine.
(09:43):
Richard Miller, is here on Community Matters as well. Richard,
your title also is described here as chief People Officer,
so I guess you get to talk first. Richard. Welcome
to Community Matters.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (09:55):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
Tell me about the Chief People Officer for Total Truck
and Machine.
Speaker 5 (10:00):
Yeah, so really what that entels is just the HR
aspect of things and ensuring that we're falling proper product protocol,
process procedures, and also ensuring that we create an environment
where our employees want to ensure that they come to
work each day and give their all and make sure
that we have their.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Back as well. Always good.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Everyone appreciates that we could use some of you here
at the radio station quite honestly, But before we talk
about what's going on this Thursday to promote the new
grand opening of this great showroom, talk about what Total
Truck and Machine and Blair is.
Speaker 5 (10:33):
Absolutely Total Truck and Machine and Blair does upfitting on
service vehicles. That's kind of our bread and butter. So
just think about any type of service industry out there
and their vehicles need to be upfitted for whatever needs
they may be, whether it be tools, cranes, putting on
AC units, putting on anything that they may need. From
that aspect, we also have another part of our business
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that is the rail industry, so we create rail carts.
We actually have a that's the only one in the
world and it has a patent on it as well,
so we create up to two hundred thousand pound rail
carts that have a hydraulic ramp that is, and nelse
in the world can make that combination of a rail cart.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Wow, everything you wanted to do since you were a kid, right, absolutely?
How does one get into the railcart industry?
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Well, really, I think I have to turn that over
to Kevin because it's been his vision and his invention.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
All right, Well, we'll talk here with Kevin as well.
That is Richard Miller. He is the chief operating officer
for Total Truck and Machine. By the way, they're online
at Total Truckandmachine dot com. In addition to being in
Blair and there's a fun community event coming up this
Thursday for the grand opening of their new showroom and
you're invited to be a part of that. But let's
talk a bit more about the business with Kevin Worley,
(11:46):
owner and managing member of Total Truck and Machine. So, Kevin,
how was it that you came to start this business?
Speaker 6 (11:54):
You come to write at COVID we started this business.
So it was a rough start. We got to say
we've owned.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
You just sided before COVID hit or.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Yes, we started December of Now we.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Were sitting there we could okay, so yeah, great time.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Yeah, it was my time. He's always impeccable.
Speaker 6 (12:10):
So as we started at nineteen, we got in the
upfitting and everything it was going well. We did service
and repair also, which we discontinued this year because we
started the manufacturing side about two and a half years
ago for customer requests. So we start building the rail
toe carts, we built flat carts. We have carts on
the Alaska Railroad. We have carts in Mexico, we have
(12:32):
carts in Canada. So the last two years we've had
tremendous growth in that side. So we count all our
success to our employees and.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Yeah, you decided to just do that which you have
the most maybe the most fun and most success doing. Yes,
let me talk about upfitting here for a second, because
that has different connotations for different people. You've got that
you're talking about the workers who say, all right, I
need to up this truck so that I can do
the job that I need to do with this my vehicle.
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And then you have the people to say, I need
to upfit my truck or vehicle so it looks super
super cool. Probably both a little bit right.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
No, we're more in the industrial section.
Speaker 6 (13:14):
Okay, so you know your plumbers, your electricians, that type stuff.
We don't really get into the lift kits or type.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
So if I want my vehicle to have a black
light underneath it and do the hydraulic thing as I
have the best speakers in town, you are not the
person I can do for that. I'm not your guy, okay,
because I hear them going up and down the street
all night here. You you are much more industrial. Yes, yes,
we're more of.
Speaker 6 (13:37):
An industrial And the one thing that separates us from
most of our competition is we have our own in
house fabrication, design team and manufacturing, so there's a special
request or need from a customer, we can actually design it,
build it, and produce it in all in house.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
Cool.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
When was it when you decided this is something I
wanted to do. Obviously you started things up there late
twenty nineteen, but this is an idea that was hatched
many years earlier, I'm guessing.
Speaker 6 (14:05):
Yes, we've always had our own shop. We've done most
of our own upfitting and stuff in house. So we
decided that we thought maybe there was some room in
the space and maybe there was a void to fill.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
All right, So it's not just doing all the upfitting
and all the great things there for these trucks, it's
also a community event. That is Kevin Worley, owner and
managing member of Total Truck and Machine online at Total
Truckinmachine dot com in person in Blair, and that's where
Richard Miller, the chief operating Officer and chief people Officer,
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is going to invite you to the grand opening of
the new showroom. What's going on this Thursday, Richard.
Speaker 5 (14:41):
Absolutely, this Thursday, from four to seven pm, we're hosting
an open event for the community, not only to celebrate
our construction of the new grand the showroom and the facility,
but also to celebrate with the community. And this also
means increased jobs and employment opportunity with Total Truck Machine.
So from four to seven we are going to host
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a live event where Los Moos is going to be
catering free to the community. We will also have an
open bar, obviously idea is required for that, and then
we were also going to have raffle prizes. So some
of those prizes range from a twenty five percent off
your upfitting to some Husker tickets for the upcoming football games,
and we have TVs to give away gift cards and
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other miscellaneous prizes.
Speaker 7 (15:26):
Cool.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
So you got people who are obviously interested in what
you do, the services that could win in twenty five
percent off an upfitting job. But then you might ask
some people to say, look, I don't need any of that.
I just want a burger, a cold beverage, and a
chance maybe to win some Husker tickets or something. This
is something for everybody this Thursday.
Speaker 5 (15:45):
Absolutely, it's family friendly. We welcome the whole entire community
to come out and just celebrate some expansion within the
Blair community.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Where do people find you this Thursday? You said between
four and seven pm?
Speaker 3 (15:56):
Correct?
Speaker 5 (15:57):
Yep, this isn't Blair, Nebraska. It's four one four fifth Street.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Four one four South fifth Street there and Blair. All
the details on the website Total Truckanmachine dot com. That
is Richard Miller also Kevin Worley, both with Total Truck
and Machine.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Again.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
The grand opening for the new showroom is this Thursday
from four to seven there at four to fourteen South
fifth in Blair. Details at Total Truckanmachine dot com. Guys,
always fun to celebrate an expansion of a local business
with a fun community event. Thanks so much, for what
you're doing, and thanks for telling us about it on
Community Matters. Thank you for our next segment here on
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Community Matters this week, I tag in my iHeartRadio Associate
Manny Munos.
Speaker 8 (16:41):
September is National Suicide Prevention Month. It serves as a
call to action to raise awareness of our nation's serious
mental health issues. Let's talk about that and everything else
having to do with it. Bob geb You is CEO
of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Bobby, appreciate the time,
Oh my pleasure, good to be with you. Talk to
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me about the significance of this month and what you
hope Americans take away from our conversation.
Speaker 7 (17:10):
Well, first, suicide is a leading cause of death in
our country, and this is a moment in time in
the calendar in September where we want people to become
educated about suicide, what to look for warning signs, how
to help someone who may be struggling, and just to
become more kind of, if you will, mental health literate
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and to take care of our mental health and to
make sure those around us do the same. So it's
a good moment in the calendar to really focus on
mental health and specifically suicide prevention.
Speaker 8 (17:43):
It does seem like the even though there's still quite
a bit of stigma concerning mental health and someone asking
for help. We've really come a long way in terms
of addressing that, have we not as a country?
Speaker 7 (17:57):
Oh, yes we have, and it's so much better. I mean,
people are more open about talking about how they feel
emotionally right and reaching out and asking for help. And
there's no shame in that. Actually, it's the opposite. We
see it as a courageous act. If someone's having a
hard time, you know, ask for help. There's great, great interventions,
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there's great treatments, and sometimes it's just a matter of
getting some support to get you through a hard time.
You know, if we had, you know, aches and pains
from something physical, we would ask go to the doctor,
we'd ask for help.
Speaker 8 (18:30):
Right.
Speaker 7 (18:31):
We want people to do the same thing when they
may be struggling with their mental health. And we all
go through periods in our lives where you know, there
may be things troubling us. It's not it's not anything
of weakness. It's actually a sign of strength to be
able to ask someone or talk to someone you trust
and say, look, I'm going through this. It's okay, and
you will get better. But we cannot let people ignore it,
(18:54):
because when they ignore it can get worse. And the
worst possible outcome, obviously, is someone becomes so despondent, so hopeless,
that they think about taking their lives.
Speaker 8 (19:05):
All of the progress that we have made, we still
have a long way to go in terms of normalizing
the idea that that it's okay to not only talk
about issues when you're when you're having some sort of
mental health crisis, but to ask for help.
Speaker 7 (19:22):
More importantly, absolutely, and we know so much more about
how to help these days, and talk therapies. There's wonderful
therapies that people can use. In some cases, people may
even need medication, and that's okay too. The thing is
stay focused on getting better and and you know you will.
And I think that's what we want to get out.
People can get better when they have our time. Now
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someone's in crisis, you know by that, I mean if
someone is talking about hurting themselves or not wanting to live,
you know, becoming so hopeless, you know, maybe abusing drug
an alcohol and just becoming you know, not themselves. And
we know when people aren't theirselves, that's when you really
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need to take it very seriously and talk to them.
And it's okay to ask them. You know, years ago
people were afraid to ask you know you're thinking about
suicide because they thought they'd put the idea in some model.
That's not the case, that's a myth. And it's okay
to ask, and people often open up and then you
can get them to help. But it's really important if
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you see someone struggling and it's getting worse, it's not
getting petit, they're not themselves, they're withdrawing and maybe even
talking about not wanting to live. It's really important to
get them professional help. And there's also a great crisis
line for those who may be struggling and really in crisis.
It's nine eight eight. If you dial nine eight eight,
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you will be connected to a counselor who can help.
So just that's an important thing for listeners to know.
There's a great nationwide hotline number ninety eight eight.
Speaker 8 (20:59):
All the great work that you're doing at the American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention, I imagine one of your primary goals
is education. I have a feeling most people in our country,
most of our listening audience, don't even realize that we
have that National Suicide and Crisis Prevention Hotline of nine
(21:20):
to eight eight. How long has that been around and
do you find that people aren't even aware of it.
Speaker 7 (21:25):
Yeah, it's only around for about three years, and it
was a great, great move to really have a dedicated
line where anyone there around the country can talk to
a trained counselor and share what they're going through. And
ninety nine percent of the crises can be resolved just
by calling the line and talking with someone and obviously
(21:48):
if it's worse then to get them into getting professional help.
But you know, it's only been around three years and
it's fairly new, and you're right, we still find there
are people who don't know about it. So and there's
also a lot of other resources about getting educated about
mental health, getting educated about suicide prevention, what you can do,
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how to get involved, and all that is on our website.
It's AFSP dot org and there's great resources there, and
there's also resources for those who've lost a loved one.
You know, it's a terrible experience, devastating to family and
friends and workplaces and you know, classmates and so many
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people are affected when tragically someone dies by suicide, so
there's also resources for those who've had that loss and
all that is on the aid.
Speaker 8 (22:40):
What are statistics tell us are we doing a good
job as a country addressing these issues. Are we seeing
a decline in the number of suicides in the United States?
Speaker 7 (22:52):
Well, we've seen some up and down, and you know,
for about two decades, the suicide rate was in not
going up dramatically, but going up slightly every year for
twenty years. And what we saw right before COVID is
its first decrease, a slight decrease really in twenty years
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that lasted for two years, and unfortunately, coming out of
COVID it bounced back a bit. And that was not
surprising too, because we know during COVID there was isolation,
there was loss, there were financial problems, more use of
drugs and alcohol, things like that that we knew could affect,
you know, suicide rates. So we did see it bounce back.
(23:35):
I'm happy to say the data for twenty twenty three
shows a leveling off and a slight decrease again, and
preliminary data it's not final yet for twenty twenty four
continues to show a slight decrease, so We're hopeful that
we're on the right track, but obviously any life, one
life is too many. We want to see suicide being eradicated.
(23:57):
If you will, no one should die by suicide.
Speaker 8 (24:00):
And hope available a couple more minutes here with Bob Gebbia,
CEO of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Their website
is AFSP American Foundation for Suicide Prevention dot org. AFSP
dot org. Social media, I imagine could be beneficial in
(24:21):
helping combat mental health issues and suicide prevention could also
contribute to it.
Speaker 7 (24:28):
Yeah, it's true, and you know, there's a lot of
good things you can find resources. For instance, people can
be supportive of each other through social media and not
feel as isolated because of their network and so on.
And the companies have done a pretty good job in
terms of making sure through their algorithms that if someone's
talking about suicide, resources will pop up. And so there's
(24:50):
been some real positives. Obviously, it can be used negatively
by some folks to bully others. That's a negative. And
also obviously we do too much screen time can be
bad for young people, especially, so you know, I think
everyone's starting to realize social media is a wonderful thing
(25:10):
and we're going to use it. It's here, but how
we use it matters, and we could use it in
positive ways, and it can have some negative impacts too,
so we have to minimize those.
Speaker 8 (25:20):
Screening mental health screening in schools and by primary care physicians.
Do you think there's a lack of preparation, a lack
of training in those two areas to spot problems.
Speaker 7 (25:35):
That's a great comment. We support universal screening. We think
it's an important thing to do. Not every place is
doing it. We know that that's one of our advocacy
pushes to make sure people are screened and then have
the follow up if they screen high. But our society
is not embraced it fully. The medical profession hasn't embraced
(25:55):
it fully, and we continue to push. You know in
healthcare that people get screened, and you know we screen
from many things, right, and this would be an important thing.
Mental health screening is really important and there are questions
in there often about are you think you're hurting yourself?
And obviously if somebody says yes, then suicide prevention needs
(26:18):
to be implemented. And our medical profession isn't always prepared.
You're absolutely right, a lot more training, a lot more
follow up, a lot more use of effective treatments, and
these are all things we are pushing for at AFSP
to make sure our healthcare system really supports saving lives
(26:38):
and preventing suicide.
Speaker 8 (26:40):
We talked about how there are no cultural, socioeconomic barriers
to prevent someone from mental health issues or suicide. There
are groups that are higher at risk, veterans, law enforcement,
LGBTQ kids, things like that, and there is no one
size fits all solution to address these issues.
Speaker 7 (27:03):
That is so true. You're spot on, and there are
groups that carry higher risk and we need to be
focused on them. Obviously, it affects everybody, so we don't
want to eliminate any any prevention among any groups, but
there are groups that need extra support, and you're right.
LGBTQ youth show higher rates and risk for suicide as
(27:26):
well as our veterans, and that's certainly been well documented.
And working to get make sure that those in those
risk categories are connected to care, have available resources and treatment,
and that's sometimes a barrier, you know, finding care, finding
affordable care. These are all things that we have to
(27:48):
do better with and again it's We've tried to work
with our federal and state legislators and administrations to try
to ensure that there are resources for those at high
and that's really important. You know. The other thing is
for all groups reach out. You know, if a young
person struggling, LGBTQ, a young person, straight, young person, doesn't matter.
(28:13):
If you're having a hard time, talk to someone and
you can get better. It can get better. And I
think there's hope and we need to make sure people
understand that and there's resources. But there are groups that
need extra help. You're absolutely right, and they're in these
high risk categories.
Speaker 8 (28:31):
I know the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention does run
events to bring attention to the issue. Tell me about
some of that.
Speaker 7 (28:39):
Yes, So we are kicking off are Out of the
Darkness community walks. They walk prevention. We have post a
four hundred of them all over the country every state,
many many communities participate and those walks are really important.
They kick off in September, but they run through the
fall Out of the Darkness community walks. You can find
(29:02):
a walk near you by going to AFSP dot org
slash walk and find a walk near you.
Speaker 8 (29:09):
AFSP dot org is the website AFSP dot org. Slash
Walk is where you can find out more about the
Out of the Darkness walks and of course, the National
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline nine eight eight. It is available
twenty four to seven. It is free and completely confidential.
Just dial nine eight eight. Bob Gebby, CEO of the
(29:33):
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Thank you for everything you're doing.
Best of luck. Thank you so much for the time
and the information. Be well.
Speaker 7 (29:41):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
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