You are not alone

988

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Call or text. 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. Free. Confidential.

Specialized Support

Veterans

Call 988, press 1

Veterans Crisis Line. Available 24/7 for veterans, service members, and their families.

Spanish

Call 988, press 2 for Spanish

Linea de crisis en espanol.

LGBTQ+

Call (888) 443-7864

The Trevor Project. For LGBTQ+ youth. 24/7.

Teens

Text HELLO to 741741

Crisis Text Line. Free, confidential, 24/7 support for teens.

Volusia County Resources

SMA Healthcare

24/7 crisis line for Volusia and Flagler counties

(800) 539-4228

NAMI Volusia County

National Alliance on Mental Illness, local chapter

namivolusia.org

Connect 4 Hope / Halifax Health

Local suicide prevention initiative. Daniel and Randy Dye.

AFSP Community Walk

September 27, 2026 · Kenneth W. Parker Amphitheater, Port Orange

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Central Florida Chapter

Warning Signs

If someone you know shows these signs, reach out. Ask directly. It could save their life.

  • Talking about wanting to die or feeling like a burden
  • Withdrawing from friends, family, and activities
  • Giving away possessions
  • Increased use of alcohol or drugs
  • Sleeping too much or too little
  • Expressing feelings of hopelessness or having no purpose
  • Extreme mood swings or sudden calmness after depression
  • Social isolation, especially in men over 65

Pat Allabaugh said Paul “seemed lost.” Twenty-four days later, he was gone. If someone in your life seems lost, don't wait.

Paul Allabaugh was 72. A welder. A craftsman. He had social anxiety. He filled every room with bridges nobody was buying. He hit every risk factor. If Paul had called 988, he might still be here.

If you're in that place, please call. There is a bridge. And there is hope.

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”

Psalm 34:18

For the makers

When the last bridge sells, the mission doesn't end.

Paul made every bridge by hand. When the last of his finds a home, the inventory is gone — but the grieving pet owners don't stop arriving. The families don't stop needing something to hold.

We're looking for the next maker. A woodworker. A painter. A welder. A potter. A photographer. An illustrator. A sculptor. An artist of any medium who can build something a family keeps on their mantle for twenty years. You don't have to be Paul. Nobody can be. You can be the next chapter — under your own name, your own style, your own hands.

Photographers, illustrators, metalworkers, glass artists, weavers — the medium doesn't matter. The grief doesn't pick a form. Whatever you make, if it can carry someone's love for the animal they lost, this door is yours.

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