{"id":110110,"date":"2022-11-27T00:29:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T05:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110110"},"modified":"2023-11-18T22:40:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T03:40:03","slug":"success-story-aiming-to-halt-veteran-suicide-with-22-to-none-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=110110","title":{"rendered":"Success Story: Aiming to halt veteran suicide with 22 To None"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>October 26, 2016<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Luke Clark and Sherry Trier\" class=\"AlignImageRight\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fd301bdbc66cc78d2f231fb979114e68luke-clark-and-sherry-trier-300-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><span class=\"AlignCaptionRight\">Luke Clark and Sherry Trier at the 22 To None hike<\/span>Fall color tourists to northern Michigan also got a red-white-and-blue view last Saturday, as veterans and supporters organized by NMC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/admissions\/military-veterans\/student-veterans-of-america.html\">Student Veterans Association<\/a> hiked 22 miles to raise awareness of veteran suicide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We walked right down (U.S.) 31. It was pretty amazing, seeing people honk and give us the thumbs-up,&#8221; said SVA president and social work student <strong>Luke Clark<\/strong> of the Kewadin-to-Traverse City route, which symbolized the 22 veteran suicides that occur daily in the U.S. &#8220;It was pretty spectacular, minus the soreness of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Clark, 27, has firsthand experience with the grim suicide statistics, which have propelled a grassroots, social-media fueled awareness campaign to help veterans struggling after their service.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two of my brothers from my unit killed themselves since we got back from Afghanistan,&#8221; Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>More than 5 percent of NMC&#8217;s student population is veteran, active duty and reserve\/National Guard members. NMC this year was ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmc.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/veterans-day-rankings.html\">one of the top five &#8220;Best for Vets&#8221; community colleges nationwide<\/a>. Campus supporters strive to meet the unique needs of this group individually, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s heartbreaking, the statistics, to know that 22 a day we lose,&#8221; said <strong>Sherry Trier<\/strong>, NMC Instructional Technology Specialist. She volunteered for the first leg of the hike and then walked 16 miles herself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Military folks have a special place for me,&#8221; said Trier, whose father and older brother both served in the Marines, as does her nephew, now stationed in Kuwait. &#8220;It was so worth it, any ache, any pain, to be there and support it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trier said the last four miles were difficult physically, after she had a problem with her shoes, but, &#8220;if I had to crawl, I would have finished.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hikers during the 22 to none event\" class=\"AlignImageLeft\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fd693214c66cc78d2f231fb9080d190d22none-400-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/>&#8220;On the family side, you don&#8217;t forget the experience,&#8221; said Trier, who helps organize NMC&#8217;s annual Veteran&#8217;s Day commemoration (again set for Nov. 11 this year) makes chili for the SVA chili cook-off and occasionally delivers dog biscuits to the SVA lounge in West Hall for veterans&#8217; service and therapy dogs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You never know who&#8217;s having a bad day,&#8221; she said of those small things she can do for veterans. &#8220;There&#8217;s people here, we&#8217;re here to support you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That message came through loud and clear Saturday, Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was pretty amazing. It was beautiful,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a real sign of the fact that we are not alone. There are organizations and institutes out there that will help us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Participation in the walk was free but donations collected will go to Traverse City&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reininglibertyranch.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(link opens new window)\">Reining Liberty Ranch<\/a>, which provides free equine therapy to veterans.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/222none.weebly.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(link opens new window)\">Donate online here&#160;&#187;<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 26, 2016 Luke Clark and Sherry Trier at the 22 To None hikeFall color tourists to northern Michigan also got a red-white-and-blue view last Saturday, as veterans and supporters organized by NMC&#8217;s Student Veterans Association hiked 22 miles to raise awareness of veteran suicide. &#8220;We walked right down (U.S.) 31. 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