It's been just over two weeks since we learned the tragic news of Kate Spade's suicide, and now the company she founded, Kate Spade, has announced plans to donate money to causes supporting suicide prevention and mental health awareness.
As we have heard, Kate took her own life in her New York City apartment on June 5th, and is survived by her husband Andy Spade and her daughter Frances Beatrix Spade.
On the Kate Spade brand's Instagram page, it was announced that they would be making donations over $1 million to these causes in honor of their late founder, starting first with Crisis Text Line.
The Kate Spade New York Foundation will begin the donations with $250,000 to Crisis Text Line and have agreed to match the public's donations to that specific cause up to an additional $100,000.
The donation matching will begin today and go until June 29th.
The Instagram post concluded: "To make your donation, please go to crisistextline.org/katespadeny. Thank you for your generosity and support."
The Crisis Text Line is a free support line for those in crisis, open 24/7. On their website they wrote, "we're honored to be working with the Kate Spade New York Foundation to support texters who are in crisis, in memory of Kate Spade.... Together we'll save lives by supporting people with free, 24/7, confidential crisis counseling, all via text."
The support of the Kate Spade New York brand is especially generous because the brand was no longer associated with their founder since Kate and her husband Andy (who created the company together in 1993) sold their shares in 2006.
Andy's brother, actor David Spade has also shown his support by donating $100,000 to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAIM), the largest grassroots mental health organization in the United States.
It appears the Kate Spade New York Foundation will continue to show support for other causes over the coming weeks, as they said they are only beginning with the Crisis Text Line, so keep an eye on their Instagram page to learn more about how you can help.
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