MENOMINEE, MI-- The M&M Area Community Foundation is offering free training for Menominee and Marinette County residents who want to know more about the opioid crisis and how to address it.
The organization was one of only ten community foundations to receive a grant from Vital Strategies through the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan to hold the “Safeguarding our Communities” program. Foundation Executive Director Paula Gruszynski says it’s extremely important to educate the public about the crisis.
“People think that’s it’s somebody’s else’s bad kid in a big city, right? It’s not rural Wisconsin, rural Michigan. And it really is.”
The hour-long program will explore how opioids work, who has the potential to be addicted, and the use of anti-overdose drug Narcan. Gruszynski says the foundation offers training to any group that wants it.
“The M&M Area Community Foundation wants to be a leader on this, wants to make this public, wants to really engage those people who understand or have a curiosity about what’s going on.”
The training takes place Sunday, August 15 at 8:30 a.m. Central at the Fully Charged Pub and Bar in Marinette. It will also be streamed.
Attendees are eligible to receive items like personal medication lock boxes and opioid emergency kits that include Narcan.
For more information—including a link to the livestream—call the M&M Area Community Foundation at 906-864-3599.
