May 2020

The rise in mental health illness in the U.S. is staggering. With one in five American adults experiencing mental illness, Covid-19 has only exasperated the crisis. Federal hotline emotional distress calls this April saw a 1000 percent spike compared with the same time last year.

A splash of new color, symbolizing hope, has appeared in front of Rutland High School through the efforts of the members of the school’s Umatter at Rutland High School club and the Yellow Tulip Project. In October, dozens of high school students helped plant the tulips, and now they have bloomed around the sign in