See a New Sun
One thing I can take a lot of credit for is our organizations name - See a New Sun Foundation or SANS Foundation for short. This name came to me during my drive to work one morning. My wife Jayne had mentioned the word Sun in one of the previous brainstorming sessions and it had stuck in my mind. We wanted a name that offered hope. I thought See a new Sun did that. It spoke to the goals of the organization to help people live another day, fight the darkness of depression and see a new sun. But the clincher for me was when I realized the acronym spoke to the pain that drove the board members and volunteers who would make the organization. We all had lost someone dear to suicide - we were sans someone - without someone. The board was quick and nearly unanimous in adopting the name.
It's was a small contribution but I'm proud of it.
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