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What We Do

Our Mission 

Our goal is to teach youth and families the value of their own lives and give them strategies to combat bullying and prevent suicide. 

Our Impact

We introduce a play to the school and follow-up with five lessons that teach the value of the individual and the importance of choosing to live in the face of adversity. 
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Get Involved

If you are a high school, college, or  community theater group who would like to present the play and become mentors,  please contact us for more information. 

Our Story

A play called Wingless Butterfly was  written at the University of Utah as a Master of Fine Arts Project where it received accolades and was chosen as a showcase piece  in 1986.  Subsequent production met with  standing ovations even on a military base in Germany. At one production, an actress who played the lead in the play wrote: “But for your play and the people in the cast, I would have taken my own life.”
 
Though the play met with success, its time had not come.  Back in 1986 bullying and suicide were not frequent headlines, but today children as young as ten are choosing to end their own lives. They do not understand the loss of human potential and the tragedy of such a decision.  Family Heritage Park Foundation  produces this play  for schools, churches and communities to address the subjects of suicide and bullying  in  a sensitive and tender way. The message is clear, “Choose to live.” This play and a  novel, Butterflies were Born to Fly,   are  resources  to initiate  the discussion clergymen,  educators, and parents  may not know how to initiate.

We Are Here To Help

Interested in  the our services?   Please contact us today.  Allow Family Heritage Park Foundation  to bring the play to your community. 
www.fhpfchoosetolive.com