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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dOH_8FMs-ZU/TZp6bX_hAUI/AAAAAAAAABQ/fLXBCuATVrs/s1600/hs19.jpg"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=128 height=195 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE198A.DC623D10" alt="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dOH_8FMs-ZU/TZp6bX_hAUI/AAAAAAAAABQ/fLXBCuATVrs/s320/hs19.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img border=0 width=152 height=194 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CE198A.DC623D10" alt="http://www.calliopetalent.com/images/jimmy/headshots/hs16.jpg"><img border=0 width=129 height=193 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image008.jpg@01CE198A.DC623D10" alt="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-P88JxrZJuDQ/TZqGhJ-bpBI/AAAAAAAAABY/G9G0JDNSKRU/s851/IMG_0088.JPG"></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;background:#CCCCCC'> </span><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1920&bih=985&tbm=isch&tbnid=qNR3j9jrnDWahM:&imgrefurl=http://www.saintjimmyz.com/&docid=LlYUpxWuqiOEfM&imgurl=http://www.saintjimmyz.com/images/tattoo.jpg&w=400&h=300&ei=ThA2UcuUG4ODqgG04IGAAg&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:0,s:0,i:84&iact=rc&dur=1837&sig=117525957665341969872&page=1&tbnh=176&tbnw=235&start=0&ndsp=42&tx=163&ty=113"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=259 height=194 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image010.jpg@01CE1985.22043950" alt="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS3fT2DHwRfbfCM0A6YSaSC5OewjAwqxn14eXX2428pvcRc5K1c3A"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The time has come for our annual spring UH PROMES philanthropy project, and I hope you will help us to make this year’s event the best ever. We will once again be hosting the </span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>UH AFSP Out of the Darkness Campus Walk</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>to raise awareness about depression and suicide here at the University of Houston. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>View a video of last year’s walk at <a href="http://vimeo.com/46820632">http://vimeo.com/46820632</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>You may know that I lost my 24-year old son, Jimmy, to suicide in 2006. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I WALK because I don’t want Jimmy’s death to be in vain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I WALK because he didn’t know that there was help available for the way he was feeling. I want you to know how to get help for yourself or a friend or loved one.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I WALK because I want you to know how to spot the symptoms of depression in yourself and your friends. The UH CAPS Team will be at the walk to help with that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I WALK because </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>every 13.7 minutes someone in the United States dies by suicide, and that is simply not acceptable!</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I WALK because for people ages 15-24, the suicide rate is 10.5%. That is tragic and we need to change that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I WALK – and I hope you will walk with me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you can volunteer to help with this event, please register at <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CampusWalk2013">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CampusWalk2013</a> and let me know how you want to be involved. It’s a great community service activity. You even get a free AFSP Campus Walk volunteer t-shirt if you register this week! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also, I hope you will officially register at the AFSP website as a walk participant and form a walk team with your friends or student organization (or join my TEAM PROMES and walk with me), and do what you can to raise funds through your walking. You can do that through this website:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=2162">http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=2162</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I hope to see you on Saturday, April 6<sup>th</sup>!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Kathy Zerda<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E316 Engineering Bldg #2<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Houston<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Houston, TX 77204-4010<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:kzerda@uh.edu">kzerda@uh.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>713-743-4224<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>