Montgomery Goes Purple

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Montgomery Goes Purple, Inc., a 501c(3), is a countywide coalition that promotes substance use & mental illness prevention & recovery, commemorates International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD), & celebrates and supports International Recovery Month.

The Montgomery County Local Behavioral Health Authority (LBHA) needs our input.
09/16/2026

The Montgomery County Local Behavioral Health Authority (LBHA) needs our input.

Get ready. It's coming!!
09/15/2026

Get ready. It's coming!!

09/08/2026

It's 988 Day!! If you are struggling today, don't wait, CALL 988!

Join the call today to learn more. Please tell all your friends, family members, co-workers, and others about the 988 life crisis line. You can call, text, or chat, 988 to speak anonymously with highly trained counselors 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They can help with mental health, substance use, and every day stressors that are just too much on any given day.

They can also help connect you with resources for housing, food, utilities, and other needs.

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Here is the Teams link for 4pm today:
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/269831452874423?p=IZ62Dd7nH73wbpOI9y
Meeting ID: 269 831 452 874 423
Passcode: Ag3uk6AN

Today we remember the lives lost to overdose, honor the families and friends who continue to carry their memories, and s...
08/31/2026

Today we remember the lives lost to overdose, honor the families and friends who continue to carry their memories, and stand beside those who are still fighting their way toward recovery.

Behind every overdose is a person. A son. A daughter. A mother. A father. A brother. A sister. A friend. Someone who had a story, someone who mattered, and someone who was loved. I know a lot of families and friends who have lost a child to addiction and overdose, so for me, today is personal. I too carry the memories of those who didn’t make it every day.

As someone who has walked beside a loved one through addiction and into long term recovery, I believe we have to continue fighting the stigma that keeps people suffering in silence. Addiction does not have to be the end of someone’s story.

. . .

And sometimes one person believing that change is still possible can help someone hold on long enough to find a different way of life.

Today, Montgomery Goes Purple remembers those we have lost, supports the families and communities affected by overdose, and continues carrying the message that and every life is worth fighting for. Where there's a heartbeat there is hope.

We remember. We honor. We support.

Tomorrow begins .

Support Recovery!

Adapted from Steals Recovery Foundation

Tomorrow is International Overdose Awareness Day. There will be articles, posts and conversations about overdose… before...
08/31/2026

Tomorrow is International Overdose Awareness Day. There will be articles, posts and conversations about overdose… before you comment, please remember that people who are grieving will see your words- they will see the stigma, the judgment and the negativity… and they will remember it.

Almost everyone you know is carrying the memory of someone they’ve lost. Tomorrow may remind them of one of the worst days of their life. If you don’t have someone to remember tomorrow, I hope you never have to.

It takes nothing to be kind. And if you can’t be kind, it takes even less to just be quiet. 💜

Borrowed from a friend.

08/27/2026

Earlier this month, our team hosted a series of town halls to collect p***c feedback on how the state can best use its share of Rx opioid settlement funds.

We are pleased to share the written summary from these events!

Thanks to everyone who turned out and shared their ideas. Public feedback is essential for ensuring that Maryland considers how to best use funds to address urgent needs in all of our communities.

You can read the summary at stopoverdose.maryland.gov/events.

Help, please. Give me your play lists and suggestions for music for Saturday's Color for a Cause Run/Walk/Roll. Please i...
08/26/2026

Help, please. Give me your play lists and suggestions for music for Saturday's Color for a Cause Run/Walk/Roll. Please include links to your songs. Then come join us for and get color dusted - or dust others - on the 1 mile course this Saturday!!

Volunteers of All Ages Needed Fun, Informative, Family Volunteer Activity!Volunteering as a Family is a Great Protective...
08/24/2026

Volunteers of All Ages Needed

Fun, Informative, Family Volunteer Activity!
Volunteering as a Family is a Great Protective Factor!
SSL Hours Available
https://montgomerygoespurple.org/events

Volunteer Positions Available

• Color Dusters – Dusters will be stationed at one of five (5) stations to dust interested Color for a Cause participants with color powder as the move along the one-mile course in Rockville. The powder is food grade corn starch and food coloring put into commercial squeeze bottles. Dusters will squeeze the bottle to eject the powder onto participants as they pass by.
o Students earn SSL hours
o Minimum of 20 needed
o 9:00-11:00 am

• Water Distributors – Individuals will be stationed at one of five (5) stations hand bottles of water to Color for a Cause interested participants as they pass by.
o Students earn SSL hours
o Minimum of 10 needed
o 9:00-11:00 am

• Resource Fair Helpers – Helpers will assist Resource Fair Vendors in unloading their materials to a cart and moving the cart to their table while the vendor parks. Helpers may also help vendors load up their vehicles at the conclusion of the event. Volunteers may arrive as early as 7:30 am to help set up tables and chairs and/or stay after to break down (extra SSL hours awarded).
o Students earn SSL hours
o Minimum of 10 needed
o 8:15-11:30 am

• Attendees – Students may also earn SSL hours for attending the event and visiting a minimum number of Resource Fair vendors to learn about:
o preventing mental health and substance use challenges for their wellbeing
o resources for treatment, if needed
o resources and strategies for recovery
 9:00-11:00 am

Students seeking SSL hours must check in AND check out at the
Montgomery Goes Purple table!

Students: Sign up for SSL hours now to get detailed information emailed to you by Friday. https://montgomerycountymd.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?need_id=1299760

Adults: Please email [email protected] to let us know how you want to get involved.

The Crepe Shoppe will have their delicious sweet and savory crepes available,

The Montgomery County Mobile Health Clinic will be on site (https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/department-health-human-services/about-us/public-health-services-phs/mobile-health-clinic)

Montgomery County Police Department will have their Community Opioid Prevention Education (COPE) Trailer open for FREE tours. What's hidden in plain sight in your home?

Resourse Fair with dozens of organizations to help you be your best self!

Update: The color and bottles arrive today! Message me if you are interested in helping to fill the squeeze bottles with...
08/17/2026

Update: The color and bottles arrive today! Message me if you are interested in helping to fill the squeeze bottles with the color powder tomorrow, 8/18, beginning at noon in upper Montgomery County. We have 144 bottles and 200 lbs of color, LET'S PLAY!!
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Woodfield Road
Rockville, MD
20872

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