Hi, I'm Whitney Sloan, and I'm the owner of a small fitness studio called barre3 Bird Rock. September is National Suicide Prevention Month and we're joining Fitness for Hope 2026, a movement where fitness studios and gyms across the country — and around the world — come together with one shared purpose of supporting mental health, connection and hope. The studio will not collect funds for classes on September 12, but instead request donations be made to The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.