Bonneville H.S.’s Hope Squad tackling mental health
Mental health is in the forefront, especially with Wednesday’s deadly Florida school shooting. And Bonneville High School is bringing more awareness to mental health in our area.
The Bonneville Hope Squad is a suicide prevention group that is new on campus.
“We’re considered the eyes and ears of this school, so we just look out for other students and make sure that they’re all feeling loved and really try to promote hope in our school,” said Lynsey Donahoo, a junior in the BHS Hope Squad.
Tackling issues of suicide, anxiety and depression, the Hope Squad put on a full week of activities everyone could do during lunchtime.
“This whole week, we call it Hope Week. We’ve been playing a bunch of different games and just promoting the hope and unity throughout our school to just lessen the depression that everybody feels this time of year,” said Cailyn Orton, a junior in the BHS Hope Squad.
The message of this week was very timely with the Florida high school shooting.
“This week is perfect because it just shows that as a school we can come together. And during these hard times is that we come together and show support and love throughout the school. If something did happen, I know that this school would come together because, as this week goes on, we do show unity and love for each other,” said another junior in the BHS Hope Squad.
The Hope Squad is putting on a benefit concert called Every Life Worth Living Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the high school’s gym. The special guest is Emmanuel Kelly, who was on “the X-Factor.” He’ll perform and talk about his own struggles.
