TWLOHA encourages treatment on their website, whether it is from people sitting in front of counselors, people stepping into treatment and at more desperate times, calling a suicide hot line. Knowing people who have been through rough patches in their life, and that they aren’t the only ones, can make a difference,” she said. “The fact that people aren’t alone can really brace the stigma for those affected,” she explained. The idea that the organization covers so many different things and touchy subjects appealed to Vander Wall. You need to know that your life matters.”Ībout a year ago the founder of TWLOHA, Jamie Tworkowski, spoke at Vander Wall’s previous college, The College of New Jersey. “We live in a difficult world,” TWLOHA explains on their website, and yet “you’re part of a bigger story. It is our privilege to suggest that hope is real, and that help is real.” The site goes on to state, “We know that pain is very real. The idea of TWLOHA is that no one person is alone, no matter how much it may seem that way. Sophomore Sarah Vander Wall is bringing a chapter of TWLOHA to the University this semester, as well as making Monmouth the first college in New Jersey where TWLOHA is recognized.Īccording to their website,, “To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide.” This is one of the main ideas that the non-profit organization, To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) stresses.
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