Adam’s Gift, for Substance Abuse Recovery

03/07/2025

03/06/2025

Today is Black Balloon Day at PBHC. While Adam lost his battle with addiction, we love that his memory lives on. Please pause today (and any day) to remember those who have been lost to this terrible disease 😔💔

11/05/2024

FRIENDS: I NEED YOUR HELP!

I’m in charge of Veteran’s Day in New Straitsville this year (This Saturday at 11am ) and several of the people who usually take part are going to be out of town. Can any of you help, please?

I need shooters for the 21-gun salute, I didn’t realize there just aren’t as many veterans as there used to be. It doesn’t have to be veterans but I’d like to utilize them first. Can you and your loved ones come out and participate in honoring our veterans?

We are also welcoming entrants in a small parade before the ceremony. Nothing political - US and Veteran Pride is great but nothing election related (that’s not why we are there).

Reach out for details, and please share this. Let’s make this a wonderful Remembrance for their service and sacrifice 🪖🎖️🇺🇸

09/20/2023

NOTICE:
OVERDOSE RISK ALERT! A raid of an illegal casino occurred yesterday that included an unknown amount of narcotics. This could cause disruptions in drug supply. Studies have shown an increased rate of overdose incidents after drug busts. LOCATION: Lancaster, Fairfield County 2400 block of Columbus-Lancaster rd SOURCE: Media Report citing Fairfield County Sheriff Test your drugs with free fentanyl and xylazine test strips available here: https://thesoarinitiative.org/get-free-test-strips and carry naloxone available for free here: https://www.harmreductionohio.org. Never use alone. Never Use Alone Inc. – 800-484-3731 If you know of a drug bust, deadly batch of drugs or overdose surge, help anonymously keep your community safe by texting "Submit Report" to 614-768-7627.

Join the “Strip Club”, our statewide mail-order harm reduction program! If you have an Ohio address, click the button below to fill out a short, secure form to request 5 fentanyl test strips discreetly mailed to you as soon as possible.

08/31/2023

For me, it’s Adam, Grant, and Kyle 💔

08/13/2023

🖤💜

06/18/2023

Adam's grave was blooming and beautiful today. The loss is real!

05/22/2023

https://www.addictionpolicy.org/post/xylazine-increasingly-found-mixed-with-fentanyl

DID YOU KNOW???
“Xylazine is making the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced, fentanyl, even deadlier,” DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said in the alert. “DEA has seized xylazine and fentanyl mixtures in 48 of 50 states. The DEA Laboratory System is reporting that in 2022 approximately 23% of fentanyl powder and 7% of fentanyl pills seized by the DEA contained xylazine.”

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a recent alert about the widespread threat of fentanyl mixed with xylazine, an animal tranquilizer commonly known as “tranq”. According to the public safety alert, xylazine and fentanyl drug mixtures place individuals at a higher risk of suffering ...

05/07/2023

Please meet us at the New Straitsville Public Library on Tuesday, May 9th at 6pm to finalize a calendar of events for community summer fun. Engagement and a feeling of belonging can help those in need feel they are a part of something bigger. Let's work together to form supportive community events this summer.
We look forward to seeing you there!

04/09/2023

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

Our next Team ADAM meeting is on April 11th at 6:00pm at the NS Public Library. We are putting together a Summer Engagement Series calendar with dates and events happening in our Southern Perry community. We are currently working on dates for June, July, and August 2023.

IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND: Email me at [email protected] with event dates/time/locations you are aware of that our families, children, and/or adults would like to attend locally.

As always, please share!! Let's support our villages and give our residents options for inexpensive and healthy social events close to home.

03/24/2023

PARENTS BE AWARE!!!!!
Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center Warns of Emojis Symbolizing Potential Drug Activity

The Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center (ONIC) released a public safety bulletin alerting parents that emojis are being used by youth on social media and electronic communications to market, sell, and buy illegal drugs. Emojis used in drug communications commonly refer to the physical, psychological, or physiological characteristics of the drugs. The presence of these emojis in communications can be one indication of possible drug activity, though it is important to note that these meanings are not definitive and emojis can be used in other ways. The use of emojis in this manner is a nationwide trend, and our analysts are seeing it here in Ohio!!

03/21/2023

TEAM ADAM UPDATE!

Next MONTHLY Meeting: Tuesday, APRIL 11th at 6pm

March meeting held at the NS Public Library on March 9 highlighted ideas for planned summer activities for community members. A calendar is available at the library and will be used over the next month to compile all activities, group meetings, community dinners, sporting events, classes, or social events in the area that would be of interest to community members. Our goal is to provide fun and educational events that everyone can enjoy and will want to attend.

Please let us know if you have anything happening in June, July or August that we can list on the calendar for children, adults, or both.

Once all local events have been added to the calendar, we will print it and deliver it to Millcreek/Miller to be sent home with the children as a reference for all things happening in our community this summer.

Please plan to attend the TEAM ADAM meeting on TUESDAY, APRIL 11th at 6PM and help us plan a fun and healthy summer in Southern Perry County!