Get Your 2026 T4T Tattoo June 1st to September 1st
The T4T Walk to End Suicide is a grassroots, community-driven event dedicated to raising awareness, building community, and providing support in response to the ongoing mental health crisis.
Hosted by Tattoos4Trauma (T4T), the walk brings our community together to honour lives lost, support those impacted by suicide loss, and strengthen suicide prevention efforts across Northumberland County and beyond.
In 2026, T4T is proud to support the Northumberland Hills Hospital Community Mental Health Services through the NHH Foundation, with all proceeds directed toward the development and implementation of a peer-led suicide loss survivor support program for individuals and families in our region.
Grounded in awareness, compassion, and action, T4T’s work focuses on suicide prevention, supporting those grieving a loss, and increasing understanding of childhood trauma and sexual abuse (SA) and its lasting impact on wellbeing.
Together, we walk to reduce stigma, foster hope, and remind one another that no one has to walk this journey alone.
Each 12″ x 16″ sign features a photo and first name of your loved one and will be displayed along the board walk as a tribute to those who continue to hold a special place in our hearts.
To participate, simply make a donation by e-transfer or PayPal, submit a high-resolution colour photo, and include your loved one’s first name.
Join us on Saturday, September 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. as we come together to celebrate memories, reflect, and honour the lives of those we miss. The deadline to submit your memorial sign is September 1.
Our 2026 T4T Walk to End Suicide is going to be a powerful event to remember.
Reach out to learn how you can be a part of it!
This is David. Son, nephew, cousin, friend, grandson, artist, advocate and so much more.
Tattoos4Trauma was created in David’s honour and memory.
David was a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and like many young people carried the weight of that trauma alone into adulthood. It was this profound impact that affected David’s self worth and well being leading to addiction, housing insecurity and sadly further trauma as an adult. All of these compounding issues led to David’s inability to see hope or a way forward into the next phase of his life. During one of the most challenging times in our history David took his own life in August of 2020.
For a person who had been dealing with his trauma from the time he was 8 years old, to using alcohol and drugs as a teen, David shared later in life that he struggled with thoughts of suicide since he was 13. David saw people for who they were and not what the world had made them. He was there to support his many friends and strangers fighting their own demons while being unable to overcome his own.
David was an intelligent, charismatic, bright light who loved animals, movies, music, fashion, art and politics. He was so much more than his abuse, trauma and pain and presented very differently to the world than how he felt inside a lot of the time.
David will be forever remembered, loved and cherished.
SHAME DIES WHEN STORIES ARE TOLD IN SAFE SPACES
