As part of SPAN USA's Lifekeeper program, the Lifekeeper Memory Quilts serve as a creative outlet for survivors' grief as well as a touching, visual reminder of so many who were lost to suicide. By putting a 'face' on suicide, these quilts help carry the message that preventing suicide is not just about lowering statistics, but also about saving the lives of mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters across the nation.

SPAN USA's Quilt Organizers help coordinate and create Lifekeeper Memory Quilts. Currently there are about 100 quilts in 43 different states. Our goal is for all fifty states and any specialty group interested to be represented at the annual quilt display in Washington, DC during SPAN USA's Suicide Prevention Awareness & Training Event.

Zack’S Hope, the Paducah KY Chapter of the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program, is our community’s organizer for SPAN USA’s Lifekeeper Memory Quilt Project. If you would like for a photo of your loved one lost to suicide to be included on our Lifekeeper Memory Quilt, simply submit a photograph to be scanned. Photos will be returned unharmed and Zack’S Hope members volunteer all stitching.