REACH© on Repeat Challenge Day!
September 2027
Exact date TBA
Know someone that hasn't been REACH trained? Is it you? Embrace mental fitness by participating in the REACH on Repeat Challenge Day. Challenge yourself, friends and colleagues to become advocates for suicide prevention by becoming a certified REACH Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper on this day AND help us beat last year's record (130 certificants) at Ohio State for the most students, staff, and faculty trained in a single day! We are united across all our campuses and with the world in the shared responsibility of suicide prevention.
How it will work: 90-minute REACH suicide prevention gatekeeper trainings will run throughout the day across all six campuses.
RECAP of the 2026 REACH on Repeat Challenge Day
As part of World Suicide Prevention Month (September), the Ohio State Suicide Prevention Program hosted the REACH on Repeat Challenge Day on September 23, 2026, in partnership with student organizations (i.e. Mental Health Matters, Omega Gamma, Wooster Resident Advisors (RAs) and Marion Psychology Club) and the Office of Student Life’s Recreational Sports, across all six Ohio State campuses: Columbus, Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Newark, and Wooster.
The event encouraged the Buckeye community to become REACH certified and help strengthen Ohio State's campus culture of care. Throughout the day, 90-minute REACH trainings were offered across all campuses, as we united as a university and with the world in the shared responsibility of suicide prevention.
The challenge day was a success, resulting in 130 certified REACH Suicide Prevention Gatekeepers trained in a single day (September 23, 2026), surpassing the previous record of 108 certificants (October 7, 2025). This achievement demonstrates the Buckeye community's ongoing commitment to breaking down mental health stigma and saving lives.
Participants received a free swag/care bag and were entered into raffle prize drawings for an SPP drawstring bag among other giveaways!
Stay tuned for details on next year's event!
