Make A Mark For Mark

Make a Mark for Mark is a nonprofit founded by a mother and son team in 2014 after a su***de loss. In December of 2013, Mark Allen Kaylor - 17 years old and five months from graduating senior high - took his life one week before Christmas. Two factors came together to fuel the founding of Make a Mark for Mark. Mark's classmates banded together in a show of love and support to host a candlelight vi

gil in which they raised a generous sum of money, intended to defray funeral costs. They also expressed a deep and worrying need for mental health support - several students shared that they, too, were suicidal. In order to give back to the community, Mark's mother - Gay Lisa Kaylor - and older brother - Morgan Kaylor - started Make a Mark for Mark, seeded by that kind-hearted donation from Mark's friends and classmates. We use all donations for two purposes:

1) To gather and develop educational materials and presentations which we distribute to local people in need free of charge
2) To obtain training in various mental health topics and su***de crisis intervention methods in order to educate and train people in these life-saving techniques in local communities