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Summit Makes $10k Commitment to Prevent Veteran Suicide

Logos and message over a red background: "Summit Contracting Group is proud to join The Fire Watch"

We’re Proud to Join The Fire Watch

Summit Contracting Group, Inc. is the newest sponsorship partner of The Fire Watch – Florida’s dedicated effort to prevent veteran suicide. Summit donated $10,000 to The Fire Watch, as a commitment to keep the program’s awareness training accessible for the public, and to continue to save the lives of veterans.

“The issue of veteran suicide has affected our team personally,” says Nicole Padgett, Summit’s Executive Vice President.

“We are a construction company that employs many veterans, and here we find ourselves at the convergence of two populations of people in the U.S. with a higher rate of death by suicide. That is why we decided to make a commitment to The Fire Watch, to do more, raise awareness, and be there for veterans.”

The Fire Watch is a Florida-based non-profit organization that was established in 2019. The organization is building a life-saving network of community members and organizations trained to identify the warning signs of crisis and to direct those veterans to the help they need. Modeled after the approach of CPR training (the more we can train, the more we save), this effort is the first of its kind in the country.

“There are over 82,000 veterans in our home county of Duval alone. If we can help even one veteran in crisis, this kind of awareness training and resource sharing is worth an investment,” says Aaron Trascritti, Summit’s Chief Administrative Officer.

“The Watch Stander Program has strong data that the program is working, and the team at Summit Contracting Group is honored to help.”

Summit has committed to being a veteran-safe place by joining the Watch Stander Program and offering awareness training to employees.

The Watch Stander Program mobilizes community members to be vigilant of veterans’ concerns and direct them to the support they need. The goal is simple but powerful – to prevent veteran suicide through community connections.

The Watch Stander Program is free to anyone who wants to complete it and take a pledge to help connect veterans in crisis to life-saving resources.

Learn more about The Fire Watch and Watch Stander Program here: https://www.thefirewatch.org/