PHOTOS: Teens advocate for mental health treatment with Robbie’s Hope Foundation

From left to right, Marin McKinney, Cara Boyd, Sydney Johnson, Kari Eckert, and Lily Johnson discuss teen suicide prevention on behalf of the Robbie's Hope Foundation on the 16th St. Mall in Denver on Jan. 25, 2020. After Kari Eckert's son, Robbie Eckert, died by suicide in 2018, she and her husband Jason created the Robbie's Hope Foundation to promote resources to prevent youth suicide and advocate for an increase in treatment for youth mental health needs. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Lakewood High School student, Lily Johnson, holds a mental health treatment resource guide while talking to people on the 16th Street Mall in Denver on behalf of the Robbie’s Hope Foundation on Jan. 25, 2020.

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Maruanella Nunn, left, gives a cash donation to Lakewood High School students Emma Johnson, center, and Ciara Leal, right, after having a discussion about teen suicide on behalf of the Robbie’s Hope Foundation in Denver on Jan. 25, 2020.

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Lakewood High School students from left to right, lower half facing camera, Steve Komon, Ciara Leal, and Emma Johnson talk with a group of people about teen suicide on behalf of the Robbie’s Hope Foundation in Denver on Jan. 25, 2020.

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The donation bucket Lakewood High School student Elise Ishay's brought out to collect for the Robbie’s Hope Foundation rests on the 16th Street Mall in Denver on Jan. 25, 2020.

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Lakewood High School students Elise Ishay, 16, send from left, and Nina Birdsey, 18, third from left, talk with Charles Rowan, left, and Jerrod Syborn, right, on the 16th Street Mall in Denver on behalf of the youth suicide prevention advocacy organization Robbie’s Hope Foundation on Jan. 25, 2020.

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Scott Gamel, center, talks with Lakewood High School students Emma Johnson, left, and Ciara Leal, right, about teen suicide, a subject close to his heart because a family member of his died by suicide. The students were on the 16th Street Mall in Denver talking to people on behalf of the Robbie’s Hope Foundation, an organization that raising awareness of youth mental health issues and advocates for increased resources to prevent teen suicide.

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Andrew Nunn listens intently to Lakewood High School students about teen suicide on the 16th Street Mall in Denver on Jan. 25, 2020.

Lakewood High School student Ciara Leal, right, hugs Tara Noyes after having a discussion about teen suicide on behalf of the Robbie’s Hope Foundation on the 16th St. Mall in Denver on Jan. 25, 2020. Robbie Eckert, a student at Lakewood High School, took his own life in 2018. Robbie's parents Jason and Kari Eckert started Robbie’s Hope Foundation to raise awareness and push for the need for increased mental health resources in local communities. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)