 Well, when 16-year-old Brainerd High School student Jake Hapa-Jokey took his own life last February, it left the Brainerd community in shock. Now almost a year after Hapa-Jokey's death, his smile still lives on. Hundreds of people gathered at Brainerd High School yesterday to relaunch the Smiles for Jake movement. The goal of Smiles for Jake is to reduce the suicide rate through campaigns that uplift people's spirits and make them feel better about themselves. The first campaign was launched last night as people were encouraged to give high-fives to anyone they saw. What we believe is that you can change the course of someone's day. And you don't know, especially when it's a kid like Jake who smiled all the time. And nobody knew that this was how he was feeling. What if Jake would have had one more high-five that day or one more pat on the back or something for that day? You never know when you're going to change the course of somebody's life. Because of Jake's death, some students at Brainerd High School created the Lighthouse Project, which has already raised $75,000 to help students in the area of getting mental health screenings. Smiles for Jake and the Lighthouse Project will be working together in the future to fight against mental illnesses. Smiles for Jake is going to have a great hold on the community and we have a great hold on the students and obviously the students are part of the community. So we can just work together to get both the adults and the kids involved and just to get everyone in there. Mental health is a serious thing and to be able to talk about it really has to change. If you would like more information, the Smiles for Jake movement is launching their website on Thursday, February 21st. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax- deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.