Roses for Joy
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Every year for Suicide Prevention Month the mental health non-profit, The Scatter Joy Project passes out Roses for Joy to combat loneliness and hopelessness while reminding people of their strength and beauty.
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The idea is inspired by a poem from Ralph Waldo Emerson, "These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones. They are what they are. They exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose. It is perfect in every moment of its existence."
This year The Scatter Joy Project set a massive goal to pass out 46,000 roses that represent the nearly 46,000 Americans that died by suicide in 2020. This is a simple way for you to get involved in our goal of making the world a more compassionate, kind, and selfless place.
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Suicide prevention starts with all of us. Buy roses and pass them out. Help us scatter joy.
Help us Scatter Roses for Joy
How many roses did you pass out?
Submit the number of roses you passed out so we can continue track the progress towards our goal.
Goal: 46,000 Roses for Joy
By the numbers
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Suicide was the twelfth leading cause of death overall in the United States, claiming the lives of nearly 46,000 people.
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In the United States that equates to 1 death by suicide every 11 minutes.
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Suicide was the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 10-14 and 25-34, the third leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 15-24.
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There were nearly two times as many suicides (45,979) in the United States as there were homicides (24,576).
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12.2 million people in the United States seriously considered suicide.
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1.2 million people in the United States attempted suicide.
Published statistics on suicide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Data & Statistics Fatal Injury Report for 2020, retrieved February 17, 2022