And health care providers say they are seeing more children under the age of 10 thinking about or attempting suicide. Five years ago, if a child younger than 13 arrived at Maine Medical Center for treatment following a suicide attempt, it was rare and notable. It’s no longer rare. “We’re seeing more of them and …
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PORTLAND (WGME) — As students get ready to go back to school, the Yellow Tulip Project is making sure they know they’re not alone during these difficult times. The group worked with UNUM to host a packing party Wednesday to mail back-to-school care kits to students across the world. Pandemic changes how Maine teachers are …
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“Our immediate goal five years ago is the same today—remind people they are not alone, that there is help and hope out there, it’s OK to not be OK, and that suicide should never be an option,” says Julia Hansen, Founder of The Yellow Tulip Project (YTP)–a nonprofit she cofounded with her mother Suzanne Fox, …
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WHITINSVILLE – At its first in-person event in more than a year, ValleyCAST brought together inspirational music, insightful and impactful speeches and a beautiful flower garden to spread seeds and messages of hope to commemorate the start of Mental Health Awareness Month. In collaboration with the Yellow Tulip Project, ValleyCAST’s first-ever Hope Day was held …
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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 …
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“Mental health knows no age, gender, sexuality … some people feel it and don’t even know they are feeling it because it isn’t talked about. It is important to talk about it because it can build and build and build until there is a break. Opening up a conversation from the beginning helps it not …
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Hope springs eternal, and this spring, an uplifting sea of yellow will greet all who enter ConVal High School’s front doors. “It shows that right when you walk through these doors, it’s going to be positive,” said senior Hannah Doherty, one of a group of students who planted a hope garden with 1,000 yellow tulips …
Lincoln Academy volunteers who planted tulips in conjunction with the Yellow Tulip Project on October 10, 2019. On October 10 Lincoln Academy student volunteers gathered in Veterans Memorial Park in Newcastle to plant more than 80 bulbs as part of the Yellow Tulip Project, which is a Maine-based non-profit program whose mission is to reduce …
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Symbols of happiness and hope were planted in Bangor – we’re talking about yellow tulips. The bulb planting ceremony is part of The Yellow Tulip Project. The message? Shining a light on suicide awareness, spreading hope, and smashing the stigma surrounding mental illness. Organizers say it’s very fitting on this World Mental Health Day. Sam …
