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More country music stars are jumping aboard the Blue Star Families' Suicide Prevention Series "This Country Cares!"  Read which mega-stars are showing their support for military families.  

Rebekah Sanderlin tackles a difficult subject - suicide prevention - but does so with such grace and dignity.  This is a must-read for all vets, and their families.  

Most people don't know what it's like to serve our nation. But Pamela Stokes Eggleston and the Blue Star Families team reminds us why more people need to know. 

If you haven't seen it yet, check out this appearance by Tim Daly on Fox and Friends from last week.  Tim was there to promote our military family suicide prevention PSAs, produced by The Creative Coalition.

The statistics are shocking:  one suicide every 36 hours.  It's time we do something about it and thanks to an incredible ongoing grant challenge with craigconnects.org, we will have resources to help service members and their families find support.  We want to share two stories with you so you understand why preventing suicide is part of our mission. 

Blue Star Families needs your help!  Today, Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and craigconnects, announced a month long campaign to highlight and support nonprofits helping military families and veterans.  Blue Star Families and three other organizations will receive more than $100,000 in craigconnects grants to support our work for military families, but we need you!

Last year the U.S. lost more troops to suicide than to combat. According to the Department of Defense, more than 1,100 members of our military committed suicide between 2005 and 2009. That is an average of one suicide every 36 hours. Every day 18 American veterans attempt to take their lives.

Check out these wonderful videos of thanks and support for military families recorded by Military.com at the premiere of the new military family suicide prevention public service announcements from Blue Star Families and the Creative Coalition.  Military.com caught up with Alyssa Milano, Jason Biggs and Marlon Wayans at BSF's celebrity-riddled event in Washington, D.C. last week.

Senior military officials, leaders in government and business, and members of the entertainment community joined military family representatives on Thursday for the launch of a new suicide prevention PSA campaign aimed at military families and veterans.