Date/Time
Date(s) - Wednesday, June 26, 2019
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Northfield Public Library
Categories No Categories
Northfield Public Library to host Public Naloxone Information through The Steve Rummler HOPE Network and information about initiatives in Northfield and throughout Rice County to reduce opioid fatalities
WHO: Gregory Lewis Overdose Prevention Manager at the Steve Rummler HOPE Foundation & representatives from the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) and the Rice County Chemical and Mental Health Coalition
WHAT: Education about the Opioid Addiction issue and Overdose Prevention Training.
WHERE: Bunday Room, The Northfield Public Library, 210 Washington St, Northfield, MN 55057
WHEN: 6:30pm – 8:00 pm, Wednesday, June 26, 2019
WHY: Through education, to reduce the stigma associated with opioid addiction and discuss initiatives in Northfield and Rice County to address this issue.
Greg Lewis of the Steve Rummler HOPE Network, a 501(3) organization will talk about education and training they have undertaken through their Overdose Prevention Program to help people recognize and reverse an opioid overdose. The mission of the HOPE Network is to heighten awareness of the disease of addiction as it relates to the physical and emotional burdens of chronic pain and to improve associated care processes.
The Overdose Prevention Program grew out of the need to implement the Minnesota Good Samaritan/Naloxone legislation also known as Steve’s Law, which passed unanimously through both houses of the Minnesota Legislature in 2014. Steve’s Law provides limited immunity to those who call 911 in good faith to save a life and allows first responders, law enforcement and trained lay people to administer naloxone, which can counteract the effects of an opioid overdose within minutes.
Representatives from the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) and the Rice County Chemical and Mental Health Coalition will also attend this event to speak about local efforts targeted to reduce opioid fatalities in Northfield and throughout Rice County.
For further information contact:
Gregory Lewis, (The Steve Rummler HOPE Network); greg@steverummlerhopenetwork.org, 952-943-3937
Ashley Anderson,(Northfield Healthy Community Initiative); ashley@northfieldhci.org, 507-664-3527
