Event Volunteer Support
Help create welcoming, well-organized fundraising events by assisting with preparation, attendee support, activities, and other needs shared by the foundation.
Make a meaningful difference through volunteer support that advances mental health awareness and suicide prevention. The April T. Bocian Foundation welcomes compassionate community members to contribute their time, skills, and ideas through fundraising events, outreach, and mission-focused activities. Whether you can assist occasionally or want to stay involved, your efforts help build connection, encourage hope, and honor a legacy of caring.
Find meaningful ways to support fundraising, community engagement, and mental health awareness initiatives.
Help create welcoming, well-organized fundraising events by assisting with preparation, attendee support, activities, and other needs shared by the foundation.
Support the annual Golf Outing fundraiser through event participation, team coordination, sponsor engagement, or volunteer assistance that helps advance the foundation’s mission.
Use your voice, skills, and personal passions to help share mental health awareness and suicide prevention messages throughout the community.
Volunteering with the April T. Bocian Foundation is a practical way to support a compassionate mission while contributing in a way that fits your strengths. Community members can help with fundraising events, share awareness resources, encourage participation, or connect others with the foundation’s work. Rooted in April’s story and active across Grove City and the greater Pittsburgh area, every contribution helps foster understanding, connection, and prevention.
A compassionate foundation turning remembrance into sustained community action.
April’s story guides a heartfelt mission centered on compassion, awareness, and suicide prevention.
Built in Grove City, the foundation connects neighbors throughout the greater Pittsburgh region.
An AFSP affiliate expands access to established suicide prevention education and resources.
Events and outreach give local supporters practical ways to contribute their strengths.
Compassionate advocates united by remembrance, awareness, and community support.
The April T. Bocian Foundation was established in 2015 to honor the memory of April Tayler Bocian, a compassionate young woman whose private struggle with depression and mental illness ended in suicide at age 17. Her family and community transformed profound loss into a commitment to mental health awareness, depression education, and suicide prevention advocacy. From its roots in Grove City and April’s Pittsburgh story, the foundation brings people together through fundraising, volunteer involvement, wellness partnerships, and access to reliable resources. The annual Golf Outing, connection with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and support for EmpowHer Retreat reflect a mission built on action as well as remembrance. Every supporter helps carry April’s legacy forward with compassion, honest conversation, and hope.
Start by contacting the April T. Bocian Foundation and sharing the kind of support you would like to provide. Volunteers may be able to assist with fundraising events, community participation, awareness outreach, or other mission-related needs. Let the foundation know about your availability, interests, and relevant skills so opportunities can be matched thoughtfully to current activities and event plans.
Connect with the foundation to explore meaningful ways to help.
Connected to national prevention education resources.
Supports women’s wellness and empowerment programming.
Established in 2015 to honor April.
Send a message about volunteering, event participation, sponsorship, or ways to support mental health awareness and suicide prevention.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 724-355-1909. You can also send us a quick email at abocian@redsafetyids.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 724-355-1909. You can also send us a quick email at abocian@redsafetyids.com.