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'Hopefully, We Can Make a Difference:' Hilinski Family Readies for First College Football Mental Health Week

The messages come from everywhere, daily, from international addresses, from adults and kids, from students and professors, from people who need help and those offering support. These notes are sent to all members of the Hilinski family, or to their mental health foundation, Hilinski’s Hope. Sometimes, strangers share stories about loved ones they have lost to suicide; sometimes, they’re pleading for assistance and don’t know where else to turn. And sometimes, like in the case of 17-year-old Noah Whalen from Toronto, they have an idea—a small but smart idea that can be turned into a larger movement.