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2023 Annual Grant Awards in Honor of Gabe’s 17th Birthday
In honor of Gabe’s 17th birthday, we have announced our 2023 grant recipients.
2022 Impact
In 2022, our third year since founding Gabriel’s Light, we are proud to report that our organization sustained existing efforts and launched new initiatives forwarding our mission to prevent youth suicide through education, cyber safety, and kindness campaigns. We are incredibly grateful for our loyal supporters and the many new donors that have helped us forward our important cause.
2022 Annual Grant Awards in Honor of Gabe’s 16th Birthday
In honor of Gabe’s 16th birthday, we have announced our 2022 grant recipients.
Hoops For Hope FUNdraiser
Our hearts are bursting with gratitude for all those who made Hoops for Hope a success! To all of our participants, parents, donors, sponsors, and volunteers: we needed each and every one of you working together to make it happen.
Shining The Light on Outstanding Youth Ambassadors
At Gabriel’s Light, we work with our youth ambassadors to understand the warning signs of suicide and how to help people at risk. It is extremely heartwarming to see our youth ambassadors put their knowledge to use in their school and lives. We’d like to take a moment to highlight and applaud three of our youth ambassadors today - please read on!
2021 Impact And Highlights
In our second year since founding Gabriel’s Light, despite the continued challenges of a global pandemic, we are proud of the great strides made towards achieving our mission to prevent youth suicide through education, cyber safety, and kindness campaigns. We are driven by the startling statistics and understand that young people are suffering from increased mental health problems.
Shining The Light On Our Youth Ambassadors
A study from Born This Way Foundation, an organization co-founded by Lady Gaga, shows that Kindness has a huge impact of overall wellbeing.
2021 Annual Grant Awards in Honor of Gabe’s 15th Birthday
In honor of Gabe’s 15th birthday, we have announced our 2021 grant recipients.
Press Release: Freedom Boat Club Names Boat for Gabriel’s Light
We are thrilled that Freedom Boat Club Chicago chose to highlight our organization through their new initiative, Freedom Gives. They launched a new boat named Gabriel’s Light and introduce others to our mission.
Join our #ShineTheLight Campaign
Our Spring 2021 Youth Ambassadors learned about creating viral social media campaigns and helped us create and launch the #ShineTheLight campaign to spread kindness.
2020 - Looking Back, Looking Forward
Just one year since we launched Gabriel’s Light, we are proud of our accomplishments to date and we see a bright future ahead.
Announcing Annual Grant Awards in Honor of Gabe’s 14th Birthday
In honor of Gabe’s 14th birthday, we have announced our 2020 grant recipients.
Shred Event Raises Money for Gabriel's Light
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Shred event! We had fun, honored Gabe, and raised money to help prevent youth suicide.