>> AROUND TOWN THERE ARE SIGNS CONNECTED TO THIS STORY. FIRST OF ALL DARTING HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, A SIGN THAT SAYS HUG YOUR KIDS. BUT AROUND TOWN WE ARE HEATING AND SEEING MORE SIGNS LIKE THIS ONE, STRONGER TOGETHER. ALL PART OF THE BLUE DOT PROJECT. LATE TODAY, CENTER 5 HAS LEARNED THAT LINDSAY CLANCY’S MEDICAL CONDITION IS IMPROVING. NO WORD YET FROM PLYMOUTH CO DA’S OFFICE WHEN SHE WILL BE ARRAIGNED FOR THE DEATHS OF HER THREE YOUNG CHILDREN LAST WEEK, YOU MAY BE SEEING MORE OF THESE SIGNS ON DOORS ON THE SOUTH SHORE. IT IS PART OF CAMPAIGN CALLED THE BLUE DOT PROJECT. A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO SPOTLIGHT MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH >> IT SYMBOLIZES IT IS A SAFE SPACE. YOU CAN TALK TO ME ABOUT MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH AND I WAS UNAWARE OF THIS. >> MELANIE O’NEIL STARTED AND RUNS THE RUSTIC MARLIN ON THE SOUTH SHORE. HER HANDMADE NE SIGNS ARE FOUND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST BUT SHE SAW HOW THE CLANCY TRAGEDY IN DUXBURY WAS DEVASTATING FAMILIES AROUND HER SO SHE AND OTHER FEMALE OWNED BUSINESSES DECIDED TO START MAKING BLUE DOT PROJECTSIGNS AND ALL THE PROCEEDS WOULD GO TO RESOURCES FOR WOMEN WHO NEED HELP AFTER GIVING BIRTH. >> WE NEED TO ERASE THE STIGMA AND SHAME THAT GOES WITH MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES LIKE POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. >> WOMEN NEED THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO BE A MOM WE ARE NOT GIVING THEM THAT WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING. >> COMING UP TONIGHT AT 6:00, WE WILL TALK TO A EXPERT ON THE TOPIC OF MMH AND HOW THE DUXBURY HAS GONE NATIONAL AND IF U WANT MORE INFO ABOUT RHE BLUE DOT PROJECT, YOU C
Duxbury family’s tragedy inspires business to join Blue Dot Project
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Updated: 5:41 PM EST Feb 2, 2023
News of a Massachusetts mother accused of killing her children and attempting suicide has inspired others in the community to offer help.That includes Melanie O’Neil, owner of the Rustic Marlin in Hanover, who joined the Blue Dot Project and started making signs with 100% of proceeds going toward resources for maternal mental health.”The blue dot symbolizes (that) it’s a safe space to talk to me about maternal mental health,” O’Neil said. “Many people are talking about this,” said Dr. Nancy Byatt, a leading expert in maternal mental health. “We may have the pink ribbon for cancer awareness. Having a blue dot for mental health really it’s a symbolic action having mental health on par with physical health.”
HANOVER, Mass. —
News of a Massachusetts mother accused of killing her children and attempting suicide has inspired others in the community to offer help.
That includes Melanie O’Neil, owner of the Rustic Marlin in Hanover, who joined the Blue Dot Project and started making signs with 100% of proceeds going toward resources for maternal mental health.
“The blue dot symbolizes (that) it’s a safe space to talk to me about maternal mental health,” O’Neil said.
“Many people are talking about this,” said Dr. Nancy Byatt, a leading expert in maternal mental health. “We may have the pink ribbon for cancer awareness. Having a blue dot for mental health really it’s a symbolic action having mental health on par with physical health.”
