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Out of The Darkness Overnight, June 27-28, 2009, Chicago, IL : This is my 3rd Out of the Darkness Overnight. It was a very moving experience. I'm honored I was able to help out as I did. This is the first one I traveled outside of my local area. If anyone pictured here wishes to have their photo removed please contact me. If you need digital links to photos for email thank you notes or other needs let me know and I will provide them. Please email me at duane @ duanek . name Honor Beads, you'll notice many people wearing beads. This is what the beads mean. For many, the Out of the Darkness Overnight is a journey of remembrance – a time to acknowledge the ways in which suicide and depression have affected our lives and the lives of our loved ones. To recognize each individuals connection to the cause, we wear honor beads through the event. Honor bead colors signify: You’ve lost a child = White, You’ve lost a spouse or partner = Red, You’ve lost a parent = Gold, You’ve lost a sibling = Orange, You’ve lost a relative or friend = Purple, You’ve struggled personally = Green, You support the cause = Blue. Photos are available for purchase from the site, I have added $0.01 to the price the lab charges so I know who bought photos and can thank you. Linking to the photos here for use on your website or in an email is allowed for free, use the get a link button above for the needed links. If you link to the photos they must contain my copyright watermark and a link to the gallery must be included in the message, thanks.

Out of The Darkness Overnight, June 27-28, 2009, Chicago, IL

This is my 3rd Out of the Darkness Overnight. It was a very moving experience. I'm honored I was able to help out as I did. This is the first one I traveled outside of my local area. If anyone pictured here wishes to have their photo removed please contact me. If you need digital links to photos for email thank you notes or other needs l ...

Updated: Jul 03, 2009 4:58pm PST

Out of the Darkness Overnight NYC June 7-8, 2008 : This is my 2nd Out of the Darkness Overnight. It was a very moving experience. I'm honored I was able to help out as I did. If anyone pictured here wishes to have their photo removed please contact me. If you need digital links to photos for email thank you notes or other needs let me know and I will provide them. Please email me at duane @ duanek . name Honor Beads, you'll notice many people wearing beads. This is what the beads mean. For many, the Out of the Darkness Overnight is a journey of remembrance – a time to acknowledge the ways in which suicide and depression have affected our lives and the lives of our loved ones. To recognize each individuals connection to the cause, we wear honor beads through the event. Honor bead colors signify: You’ve lost a child = White, You’ve lost a spouse or partner = Red, You’ve lost a parent = Gold, You’ve lost a sibling = Orange, You’ve lost a relative or friend = Purple, You’ve struggled personally = Green, You support the cause = Blue. Photos are available for purchase from the site. All profits will be donated to the AFSP. Linking to the photos here is allowed for free, use the share photo button above for the needed links. If you link to the photos they must contain my copyright watermark and a link to the gallery must be included in the message, thanks.

Out of the Darkness Overnight NYC June 7-8, 2008

This is my 2nd Out of the Darkness Overnight. It was a very moving experience. I'm honored I was able to help out as I did. If anyone pictured here wishes to have their photo removed please contact me. If you need digital links to photos for email thank you notes or other needs let me know and I will provide them. Please email me at du ...

Updated: Jun 09, 2008 4:52pm PST

Out of the Darkness Overnight NYC June 9-10, 2007 : This is my 1st Out of the Darkness Overnight. It was a very moving experience. I'm honored I was able to help out as I did. If anyone pictured here wishes to have their photo removed please contact me. If you need digital links to photos for email thank you notes or other needs let me know and I will provide them. Please email me at duane @ duanek . name There were so many people going way out of their way to help with this cause. I hope to see more people I know next year. Please help out it's still not too late, http://overnight.duanek.name. This same pledge will soon be updated to work for next years walk also. For more about Kevin you can visit http://kevin.duanek.name. You can also make an indirect contribution by buying something you want on the web. I have a page that uses pay for performance advertising at http://links.duanek.name. These companies pay a commission directly to the AFSP in memory of Kevin if you make a purchase. Sometimes I have money saving coupons. Please share these sites. I have to say something here.. If someone you knew had Cancer or AIDS would you tell them to forgo medical treatment for that disease. Go see a priest and say a prayer. Of course you wouldn't, you'd tell them to see a doctor and get the best treatment available and also to say a prayer, buy a mass card, make a donation to the church. If those things worked after all the money that's been spent on them over the last 2,000 years there wouldn't be anymore mood disorders or suicide, they'd be cured, yet they aren't because those things don't work. You'd tell them to get involved and raise money for more research on the disease. So why don't you do the same for mood disorders and suicide? "A sadness shared it a sadness diminished." There was lots of sharing on this night. Perhaps because of some of this sharing better ways will be found to stop this loss and greatly diminish the sadness in the future. Honor Beads, you'll notice many people wearing beads. This is what the beads mean. For many, the Out of the Darkness Overnight is a journey of remembrance – a time to acknowledge the ways in which suicide and depression have affected our lives and the lives of our loved ones. To recognize each individuals connection to the cause, we wear honor beads through the event. Honor bead colors signify: You’ve lost a child = White, You’ve lost a spouse or partner = Red, You’ve lost a parent = Gold, You’ve lost a sibling = Orange, You’ve lost a relative or friend = Purple, You’ve struggled personally = Green, You support the cause = Blue

Out of the Darkness Overnight NYC June 9-10, 2007

This is my 1st Out of the Darkness Overnight. It was a very moving experience. I'm honored I was able to help out as I did. If anyone pictured here wishes to have their photo removed please contact me. If you need digital links to photos for email thank you notes or other needs let me know and I will provide them. Please email me at du ...

Updated: Jun 10, 2007 9:38pm PST