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## May 3, 2024, Kaysville, Utah

While Kris Cottrill was ordering lunch at a Taco Time in Salt Lake City a few years ago, the manager of the store noticed his badge and asked where he worked. Kris replied he worked at a nearby psychiatric hospital and shared what he did there—treating acutely suicidal people in need of inpatient treatment in order to keep them alive.

The store manager asked, “I wish there was something I could do to help people who wanted to harm themselves, but I don’t know where to find them.”

As Cottrill left the restaurant, it dawned on him that actually he did know where they are. He treats hundreds of them a month. They populate hospitals, rehabs, and other facilities all over the country. There is no shortage of them. And in Utah, he knows exactly where they are. He realized he is in a position to help him. And he decided to do something about it.

Cottrill created a foundation, Stampoutsuicide.org, to help people struggling with anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation—the individuals his hospital treats every day. Cottrill’s organization is a unique hybrid: a non-profit organization, a website, and a tabloid newspaper. These high tech and low tech publishing options allow Cottrill to enable anyone or any institution—regardless of its technology capabilities—to both generate and read notes of encouragement, notes of life.

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Cottrill also bought an ambulance and converted it into a tiny house. “I have no construction skills whatsoever. It was all YouTube, but it turned out great.” Identity Graphyx of Salt Lake City designed and installed a bold, colorful vinyl wrap on the vehicle for a discount.

“When I drive it down the road, I want the ambulance to be noticeable. I want people to say ‘what the heck is that?’ and be curious about it. I wanted the wrap to convey the message of growth and life, and Identity Graphix nailed it with their design,” said Cottrill.

Cottrill is a Kaysville, Utah-based serial entrepreneur who built and sold multiple companies, including a mental health counseling telehealth enterprise for which he earned a master’s degree in counseling. After he sold that company, Cottrill decided to apply his mental health counseling background at Salt Lake City’s Behavioral Health. At SLBH, Cottrill initially accepted a marketing and business development position at the hospital. Later he was promoted to COO. As he became more involved in the operations of the hospital Cottrill he noticed a significant number of patients, over 250, were coming through the door most of them referrals from ERs that were struggling with depression and suicidal ideation. His hospital sees 250 such cases a month. Provo Canyon Hospital receives about 200 cases a month, Huntsman see about 350 cases a month. The need is present and growing.

Reflecting on his own positive experience with notes while he was young, the idea hit him that he should create an organization that takes personal notes and uses them to uplift some of the most vulnerable members of our communities—those who are depressed and experience thoughts of self-harm.

“When I was young, I saved thank you notes, compliments, and other thoughtful notes that people had hand-written and given me,” said Cottrill. “They meant a lot to me and still do. I stored them in a folder and would re-read them later because they lift my spirits and make me feel good to know that someone cared enough about me to write a note.”

Cottrill has adapted his related pre-existing non-profit foundation as the institutional home for StampoutSuicide.org. The foundation is dedicated to the quest of improving mental health of individuals who are experiencing suicidal ideation by exposing them to uplifting, thoughtful notes from compassionate strangers. “Initially, the notes were anonymous, and I set up a means for the people receiving the notes to send back a thank you or acknowledgment note,” said Cottrill. “I wanted the authors of the notes to know their heartfelt notes were not just going into a black hole.”

Currently, Cottrill has been gathering both typed notes from his website, Stampoutsuicide.org. He includes these notes and handwritten notes from schools and other organizations and assembles them into a tabloid newspaper which he distributes to hospital psych units, substance abuse treatment centers, doctors’ offices, and many businesses that have a waiting room. He also mails the printed tabloid directly to individual homes. Cottrill is also experimenting with working with people who are experiencing homelessness to distribute the newspapers via a program whereby these individuals are paid to distribute the newspapers. Cottrill encourages Utah companies to get involved in various ways through sponsorships or note-writing campaigns by their employees.

The results have been positive. He frequently hears from people who have received the notes that they chose to live as a result of the notes. He keeps many of these most impactful notes on his phone and re-reads them often.

“These notes are powerful,” said Cottrill. “They are coming from people who have been there. They get it. And their notes are so encouraging. They can make the difference in the lives of those who are experiencing dark times. These notes we deliver are powerful messages of hope, encouragement, and self-forgiveness.”

To participate by writing a personalized note of love, support, and encouragement to those who are suicidal or struggling with addiction or loneliness, or to contact Kris Cottrill for sponsorships or other matters, visit Stampoutsuicide.org.

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