The Optimist

Trey McCarty went to a concert last year and saw a cool shirt that advertised for a substance and abuse support group.

McCarty, sophomore communications major from Bulverde, is organizing a group that helps students with drug addiction, depression, cutting and suicide. The group, To Write Love On Her Arms, already has a Facebook group with 814 members.
He said he found out about the group at a concert.

"I saw some guy wearing a shirt, and I thought it was just a band name, and then my sister told me it was an organization," he said.

Marshall Thompson, junior interdisciplinary major from Council Bluffs, Iowa, has joined the Facebook group and plans on being active in the campus group next semester, he said.

"I heard about the story and started wearing the shirts and telling people about it," Thompson said.

Students interested in apparel can visit the To Write Love On Her Arms Web site, TWLOHA.com.

The name, To Write Love On Her Arms, was chosen, McCarty said, because of a girl named Renee.

"She had a problem cutting herself, and some people invited her to worship with them in their living room, and instead of a razor, they wanted to write love on her arms," McCarty said.

McCarty said he wants to read a story during Chapel next semester to jump-start the group. He already plans on having a To Write Love On Her Arms clothing line, he said.

"I want to make people aware that there is a group that cares," he said, "Our organization gives people hope."

E-mail Smith at: eds04c@acu.edu

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