Tara Hamilton, member of the Butler County Suicide Coalition, left, and Amy Cirelli, the organization’s co-chairwoman, pose at the Butler County Human Services offices with the rubber ducks that have the crisis hotline number on them, which they plan to place on vehicles during the Jeep Invasion on Friday, June 7. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Some of the rubber ducks placed on Jeeps at the Jeep Invasion in June will save lives.

At least that’s the hope of the Butler County Suicide Coalition, which came up with an idea that could only be done in Butler: placing the crisis hotline number on rubber ducks that will be placed during the event.

Amy Cirelli, co-chairwoman of the coalition, said she has 1,000 rubber ducks in her office that will have 988 written on their undersides — a universal phone number for local resources. Additionally, the ducks will have tags on them with information for human services in Butler, including the Butler crisis line.

“Attending, there's Jeeps from all over, it's not just a Butler thing. There's people from other counties, other states, and the 988 number is national,” said Cirelli, who is also mental health specialist at Butler County Human Services. “The Jeep fest is such a huge event … We just thought it would be a good opportunity.”

The Butler Suicide Coalition sets up tables at certain events where members provide information about mental health services and other resources. Cirelli said the coalition will have a table at the Jeep Invasion outside the Center for Community Resources, where its members will hand out some of its rubber ducks.

Cirelli said she saw another opportunity with the tradition of placing rubber ducks around the event to help them get their message out.

Cirelli organized a volunteer day for people to help write 988 on the bottom of the ducks and attach the resource cards.

In her positions with the suicide coalition and county human services, Cirelli noted that awareness for emergency resources is vital, so people know there is a place to turn to when they are backed against a wall. She said the more rubber ducks passed out — the more awareness there is for 988 — the more people could be helped in an emergency.

“We have a lot of ducks,” Cirelli said. “That's the goal, really just bringing awareness to it and getting the number out there.”

Tara Hamilton, a member of the Butler County Suicide Coalition, pours out a box of rubber ducks that have the crisis hotline number on them at the Butler County Human Services offices on Friday, May 10. The organization plans to place the rubber ducks on vehicles during the Jeep Invasion on Friday, June 7. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Amy Cirelli, co-chairwoman of the Butler County Suicide Coalition, boxes up rubber ducks that have the crisis hotline number on them at the Butler County Human Services offices on Friday, May 10. The organization plans to place the rubber ducks on vehicles at the Jeep Invasion on Friday, June 7. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Tara Hamilton, member of the Butler County Suicide Coalition, left, and Amy Cirelli, co-chairwoman of the organization, pose at the Butler County Human Services offices on Friday, May 10, with the rubber ducks that have the crisis hotline number on them, which they plan to place on vehicles at the Jeep Invasion on Friday, June 7. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Tara Hamilton, a member of the Butler County Suicide Coalition, left, and Amy Cirelli, co-chairwoman of the organization, pour out boxes of rubber ducks with the crisis hotline number on them at the Butler County Human Services offices on Friday, May 10. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Amy Cirelli, co-chairwoman of the Butler County Suicide Coalition, boxes up rubber ducks that have the crisis hotline number on them at the Butler County Human Services offices on Friday, May 10. The organization plans to place the rubber ducks on vehicles at the Jeep Invasion on Friday, June 7. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

The Butler County Suicide Coalition plans to place rubber ducks with the crisis hotline number on vehicles at the Jeep Invasion this year. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle