New Lenox Organization To Offer Free Narcan Training

New Lenox IL

28 December, 2020

5:14 PM

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NEW LENOX, IL — The New Lenox Safe Communities America Coalition, in partnership with the Will County Executive's Office, is offering FREE Narcan training on Monday, Jan. 25 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. via Zoom. Registration is being handled through Eventbrite via this link. A link to the Zoom videoconference will be sent via email to everyone that registers. Narcan® (Naloxone) is a medicine that blocks the effects of opioids and reverses a drug overdose. The combination of training and having a Narcan® Nasal Spray Kit can save a life. Dr. Kathleen Burke, Director of Will County Office of Substance Use Initiatives, will be the instructor for the class. Dr. Burke will also provide everyone in attendance with a Narcan® Nasal Spray Kit, upon completion of the training. Arrangements for the pick-up of the kits will be announced during the Zoom videoconference. For additional questions about the Narcan® (Naloxone) training, contact Daniel Martin, Safe Community Coordinator, Village of New Lenox, by email: [email protected] or by phone at 815-462-6493. For more news and information like this, subscribe to the New Lenox Patch for free. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app; download the free Patch Android app here. Don't forget to like us on Facebook!