About Us
Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council is a community-based organization dedicated to preventing suicide, reducing the stigma associated with suicide, and supporting those people affected by depression or by the loss of a loved one to suicide. We do this through education and support.
Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council originally began as an outreach program of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Radnor, PA. With the encouragement of their rector, the Reverend Douglas G. Scott, members of the parish formed the committee to help prevent suicide, promote suicide prevention awareness, and help remove the stigma associated with suicide and several of them continue to volunteer their time with Feeling Blue. Some members have struggled with depression and suicide themselves, and know the anguish that this problem brings to individuals and families. The congregation of St. Martin's continues to support Feeling Blue and pray for those at risk every day and hope that you will be able to make a difference in the life of someone in trouble.
Please note that we are not a hotline or crisis center. Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council does not provide counseling or advice over the phone or by e-mails. If you are in crisis, feeling suicidal, or concern about someone who is suffering from depression or suicidal and you still have questions or need to talk to someone, contact The National Suicide Prevention Lifefline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) or the National Hopeline Network at 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433). If you feel you or someone you care about is in danger of suicide right now, you should treat this like any other medical emergency. You can go to the emergency room of your local hospital and request a psychiatric evaluation and admission. Or you can call 911 or the emergency number for your local police. Someone who is suicidal needs immediate help from a medical doctor.
Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council is a registered 501(c)3 organization. We obtain our funding from individual donors and the following foundations:
Chester County Community Foundation
Chester County Regional Education Services, Inc.
Fourjay Foundation
The Genuardi Family Foundation
Keith Thomas Perrymore Fund
- A more detailed list of our donors and funders can be found in our newsletters.
Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council
Board of Directors
Heidi Bryan
Board President
William M. Bryan, M.S., M.Ed.
Board Vice-President and Chair
Teacher, St. Mary’s Hall, Doane Academy
Katie Brophy, M.S.
Board Secretary
Senior Writer, Medical Broadcasting Company
Barbara Rawls, M. A., M.B.A.
Board Treasurer, Retired
Ryan Muir, Esq.
Attorney at Law, Black and Assoc., P.C.
Dr. Robert A. Schwarz, P.C.
Psychologist in private practice
Hannah Shipley
Retired
Lloyd C. Beck, Jr.
Chief Operating Officer, Respiratory Specialists, LTD
Michael W. Ogden
Program Director, Philadelphia Health Management Corporation
From left to right - Heidi Bryan, Bill Bryan, Barbara Rawls, Katie Brophy, Lloyd Beck, Happy Shipley, Michael Ogden. Missing are Ryan Muir and Robert Schwarz.
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Front Row left to right: Dolores Toews, Amanda Groen, Laura Weishew, Heather Busovsky.
Back Row left to right: Gale Berkenstock, Katie Brophy, Lloyd Beck, Heidi Bryan, Leo Weishew, Sara Long, and Bill Bryan. Missing are Amy Cunningham, Justine Cuny, Maura Gertz, and Peggy Justh.