Kate Spade New York To Donate $1 Million To Suicide Prevention And Mental Health

The Kate Spade New York Foundation will donate $1 million to suicide prevention and mental health awareness causes, following the death of the company co-founder on June 5 2018. The donations will begin with $250,000 to the Crisis Text Line, and the brand will match public donations up to the amount of $100,000 made to the Crisis Text line between June 20 to 29.

Kate Spade New York will also host a Global Mental Health Awareness Day for employees in corporate and regional offices, in what is the first instalment of a Wellness Programme that will be rolled out across the brand in the coming months. The objective is to raise awareness of mental health, call attention to warning signs, and encourage interventions and treatments for those in need, reports WWD.

The Crisis Text line provides free, 24/7 support for people in crisis via text. By texting 741741, a person can be connected to a trained crisis counsellor. Donations, meanwhile, can be made through crisistextline.org, and crisistextline.org/katespadeny during the time period.

Spade died in her apartment on June 5, at the age of 55. Her funeral is scheduled for June 21 at 3pm at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church in Kansas City, where she was born, according to a spokesman at the Katy McGilley State Line Chapel.