 From arts displays to workshops, Grand Rapids is dedicating May as Mental Health Awareness Month. The town will be hosting a series of events to encourage everyone to talk about mental health. This past weekend, they held their sixth annual Stomp on Stigma 5K, which raises money for local Grand Rapids non-profits that focus on mental illnesses. This year, organizers of the walk also gave out two fall scholarships to the Itasca Community College. 5K usually sees more than 300 participants each year. Every year, we donate to five to six agencies that work with children, families and adults every year. It's a little bit different. The National Alliance Against Mental Illness in Grand Rapids is a group that helps plan the entire month. A few of their upcoming events include a meeting about behavioral health homes, a kids and parents' art session about mental health, and a walk for wellness happening at the end of this month. Mental health impacts, I would say, one in four people is our statistic that we will deal with a mental illness in any given year, but then if you think about looking at a loved one or someone that you know, I would say most of us know someone who's struggling with mental illness. We have the full Grand Rapids Mental Health Month events calendar on our website at lptv.org slash news. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.