Overdose crisis organization need help

And the need is great.

“The numbers are staggering,” says Ferrey. “They’re not going down. The North is continuously seeing the highest numbers of overdose deaths in the province. Homelessness, overdose, are of the highest. So we felt like that was a place that we could start serving, start giving back, you know, to monitor the streets out here when there’s no other service providers running and just making sure people are safe out here on the streets.”

“We noticed that there’s quite a few service providers, but they only run till about 11 p.m., so we run Saturday, Sunday night from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. And then Monday morning again from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,” says Co-Founder Daniel Roy.

But they need some help and have turned to City Council, amongst others.

“We’ve got clothing donations, blankets. We have food donations. Harm reduction. Right now, we’re doing everything out of a personal basement suite, and it takes up so much room. It’s hard to live amongst boxes and boxes of stuff.”

The “boxes of stuff” also include naloxone kits harm reduction supplies and other resources needed for quick response. But NPG is not hanging its hat on the City – if anyone wants to come forward with supports, they’ll stake.

“The overdose crisis isn’t going to go away. And this is kind of a plea for help.”

If a location could be found in the downtown, where their efforts are focussed, quick response could happen even quicker.

If you are able to lend a hand, they can be messaged via Facebook at “Northern Peer Guardians” or by phone at (778) 675-3245.

by Cheryl Jahn

Overdose crisis organization need help

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