Skagit joins statewide fentanyl prevention effort on Sept. 20

Skagit County communities are joining forces and Facing Fentanyl Together by hosting a free event to educate on prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery and community supports so people are prepared to respond to the opioid/fentanyl crisis for themselves or their loved ones.

Join us from 1-5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at Skagit Valley College Cardinal Center, 2405 E College Way, Mt Vernon, for one of 26 Facing Fentanyl Together events take place across Washington at the same time.

The Department of Social and Health Services is working in partnership with the Department of Health, Health Care Authority, tribes, counties, business partners and community partners in this effort. Each Facing Fentanyl Together resource fair is being planned and hosted by local planning areas, partnerships that connect, coordinate, communicate and plan activities and projects together so people across Washington can succeed.

Facing Fentanyl Together will feature:

Health Department Opioid Response

Provider and lived experience panels

Provider/Partner Tabling

Narcan presentation

For more information on this and other events planned in Washington, please visit the Facing Fentanyl Together website, www.dshs.wa.gov/os/facing-­fentanyl-together#_msocom_1.

Source: Department of Social and Health Services