Since the suicide of his wife Kristin in April 1998, KBHC Founder Reese Butler has been on a personal crusade. His mission the past 11 years has been to offer HOPE and the option to LIVE to those in the deepest emotional pain. The means to that end:
The sharing of Kristins story, Livewithdepression.org, in an effort to offer
HOPE and the message that depression is treatable and suicide is preventable.
In 1998, the launching of the Kristin Brooks Hope Center and its primary program, the National Hopeline Network 1-800-SUICIDE. Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher dedicated this national crisis hotline network in May 1999. It connects people who are depressed or suicidal — or those who are concerned about someone they love automatically to a CONTACT USA or
AAS certified crisis center.
