 Hi,My name is Zach & 4/28/2012 would have been my 15th birthday. I was born 4/28/97. I loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting, music, video games, my family and my friends. Sadly, on 12/2/11, I felt very overwhelmed and like I had no choice but to start a new life in heaven. Every day the tragedy of teenage suicide claims more of our children. Today and everyday, I celebrate the gift of every precious moment I had with my son. Life is a gift. Zach was a very giving and caring soul, often donating his last hard earned dollar. In celebration of his life, please consider giving the gift of life to a suicide prevention organization such as The Society for the Prevention of Teenage Suicide or National Alliance on Mental Illness in Zach's memory. Maybe somehow by celebrating the gift of Zach's life in this way, there is hope that the gift of life will find its way to a child in need through prevention. Our family hopes that by sharing Zach's personal story (to be published soon) and reaching out with prevention information and initiatives, then Zach's experience may be able to help other children.  A poem by Lexi McDonald (age 12), Zach's little sister, created April 2012:
Zach liked to go to the Jellybean Factory, and loved to eat sweet Apples! He made a Catapult with his friends. How I miss him! 
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