Submitted photoSinger/songwriter Jake Nelson will be the featured performer at the 2017 Stomp Out Suicide event. His song, “You’re Not Alone” is about struggling with depression and mental illness.
The Stomp Out Suicide 5k Walk/Run will be held this year in Goodview Park in Wyoming Aug. 19 beginning at 9 a.m. The event will feature a musician with a special connection to the cause.
“I wrote a song called ‘You’re Not Alone’ that was inspired by a veteran buddy of mine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan,” White Bear Lake singer-songwriter Jake Nelson said. “He was dealing with some serious post-traumatic stress disorder, and he tried to take his life. Luckily he is still with us today, but his struggles are what really prompted me to write the song.”broadstreet.zone(48036);
Although he is a working musician trying to make a name for himself, when Nelson penned “You’re Not Alone,” his goal was simply to
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