tulips

The Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival began in 2004 and has become one of the most popular spring events in Utah County.

The Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival at Ashton Gardens in Lehi celebrated its 28th year this season.

Young men ages 18-25 can be seen watching a televised education program cell to cell in the Avlona Prison north of Athens. Men follow along making purses out of newspaper, learning the basics of math, exploring science and more. The program was a long process in the making. When the pandemic began, Greece’s schools were moved online, but the students of Avlona Special Youth Detention Center did not have access to electronics and the teachers had no experience setting up a TV channel. This did not stop the school’s director Petros Damianos.

When Hallmark announced they were sending free greeting cards during the pandemic, Amy Baird knew exactly who to send hers to. Alongside a road in Spanish Fork, Utah blooms beautiful tulips every spring, and Baird was determined to discover who put in the effort to plant those flowers. She was able to track down Marjan Martin Curtis, a 79 year-old widow who was in need of some compassion during the pandemic.