It’s hard seeing my family not giving a fuck about suicide prevention

[trying ungracefully]

My dad is doing a fundraiser walk with his work for suicide prevention and all donations go towards an organization that helps people. My whole immediate family is doing it with him. My dad and brother reposted it on Facebook to try and get our family and their friends to donate. I didn't because I have everyone they know added basically.

There is $155 in donations. $100 from my dad. $50 from my brother. $5 from my aunt. The whole work team has $750. (I didn't donate because all my money is from my dad already but I might donate $5 so it's a bit more) I'm not saying it's not a lot and there are more teams I'm just saying for my dad's side I feel like more people donating. Not just three. We have a big family.

It makes me mad. I remember I did fundraising with my dad for cancer research before where I cut my hair for a wig and he shaved his head bald as required for the donations. We got so many people donating for it that wasn't just my dad's money. And I'm not saying cancer isn't as serious I'm just saying this suicide prevention fundraising isn't going the same way.

It's just wild that my other family members don't care about suicide prevention and donating to an organization that helps with research, education, and support and is actually good to donate to. It's a dose of reality though.

 

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Unfortunately, people do seem to be more sympathetic to cancer than to suicide. That and the economy is *brutal* right now; many people don't have money to spare on donations.

Still, I hope the fundraiser goes well!