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Wednesday, July 08, 2020

I Nominate NorCo's COs For Suicide Prevention Awards

Director of Human Services Susan Wandalowski and the Northampton County Suicide Prevention Task Force are seeking nominations to honor community members who work in or have participated in suicide prevention. Nominees may include those who have made suicide prevention their life’s work, are actively contributing to the cause, or have assisted in preventing loss by suicide.

Nominations should be made in an essay of 250 words or fewer with a description of why the nominee deserves to be recognized. Nominations can be sent to Susan Wandalowski via email at swandalowski@northamptoncounty.org or by mail to the following address:

Susan Wandalowski
2801 Emrick Blvd
Bethlehem, PA 18020

Nominations must be received or postmarked by August 14, 2020. Awards will be distributed at a press conference in September 2020.

I am nominating Northampton County's often overlooked corrections officers.

Here's what I am sending Sue Wandalowski:

During the height of the Covid-19 crisis, there is one group of Northampton County employees who really excelled. Though some of them got ill themselves, they somehow managed to keep the 24/7 jail fully staffed. In the process, they saved the lives of at least three inmates who tried to commit suicide. They are called corrections officers, and should be recognized as a group.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 8, 2020 at 1:14 PM

    Could not possibly agree more. And they're probably the last people in the county who want recognition.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 9, 2020 at 12:11 PM

    It's a little late for Jeffery Epstein his correction officers failed so incredibly bad it's criminal, maybe this group should be guarding Ghislaine Maxwell.

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