Working Together to Reduce Opioid Overdose

The Wayne County Health Department has partnered with Project Dawn (Deaths Avoided with Naloxone) to provide training and free naloxone kits to our community and business partners. Drug related deaths has become a crisis among people of all ages, and Naloxone is a medication (no prescription needed) that is designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose.

Across Ohio and the country, fentanyl, a very potent opioid is more commonly being found in other substances, making naloxone a critical tool to have on hand.

Anyone can pick up a kit and get trained. Whether you are caring for someone that uses opioids, or you may not know the person at all, having Naloxone can help save a life.

In Ohio since 2014, Project Dawn has distributed over 551,772 to the community. Of that number 68,586 were reported overdose reversals. That is 68,586 lives saved by Naloxone.

We here at the Health Department look forward to partnering with local community members and business, and providing education, training and free Naloxone kits to assist with this growing crisis.

Learn more about Project Dawn at www.wayne-health.org/project-dawn​

NOTICE: If you purchased a Safety Participation Package or Sponsorship for FY24, please use the code you were provided to register for this program. Contact safety@orrvillechamber.com if you do not have a code.



ABOUT ORRVILLE AREA SAFETY COUNCIL

Orrville Area Safety Council monthly lunch and learn meetings will be held the second Wednesday of each month at The University of Akron Wayne College, 1901 Smucker Road, Orrville. The agenda will be 11:30am lunch buffet followed by noon meeting and educational session.

The meeting will conclude at 1pm.The Orrville Area Safety Council is sponsored by the Orrville Area Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Division of Safety & Hygiene and Massillon WestStark Chamber of Commerce, to provide Ohio employers with access to occupational safety and health, workers' compensation and risk management education, networking, and resource sharing. Visit www.orrvillesafety.com​​ for information.