Suicide affects more people than one would think.

Jasmine King lost her sister, Shanece Sullivan, to suicide in 2015, and King said she wants others to know that they are not alone.

“It hits home for a lot of people that they wouldn’t even realize,” King said.

Last year, King and Skye Skinner started the Shanece Sullivan Memorial Softball Tournament to bring the community together in support of suicide awareness.

This year, the softball tournament returns and will honor Sullivan, Dustin Ford, a 22-year-old Winchester native, and Seven Bridges, a 10-year-old from Louisville, who King said were three amazing people who lost their battle to suicide.

“It’ll bring everyone together,” King said.

Robert Ford, Dustin’s brother, will throw out the first pitch. Games for the second annual Shanece Sullivan Memorial Softball Tournament begin Saturday at 8:15 a.m. at the George Rogers Clark High School softball field, which is behind Robert D. Campbell Junior High School.

The coed slow-pitch softball tournament is a fundraiser for suicide awareness. All proceeds go to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Tickets to attend are $2 at the gate or $1 for a child. King said seven teams are participating this year.

Throughout the tournament, attendees can purchase raffle tickets for various gift baskets, concessions, T-shirts and more. A-Squared Productions, an ice cream truck, a bounce house and face painting booth will also be on site.

King said they are also still accepting donations, and for those interested in donating, contact King at 859-684-2813 or Skinner at 859-595-0526. People can also donate at the concession stands during the tournament Saturday.

King said the tournament raised more than $3,000 last year.

“This year, we’re hoping to push it a little above that,” she said.

King said she hopes people come out Saturday to support a good cause and to remember the lives lost to suicide. King said Sullivan was a good person and a hard worker. She was a freshman at Western Kentucky University when she died by suicide.

“She was a smart kid,” King said. “You wouldn’t think she would do something like that. She was a good person, and she had a whole bunch of friends. But even if people have friends like that, you never know.”