*** Check out the new Save a Life Day 2024 web page here. Below is an archival page of Save a Life Day 2023 :-). ***
We can’t wait for the first Appalachian-wide Save a life Day on Sep 14th 2023!
Got questions, etc? Reach out to Appalachian Save a Life Day Coordinator, Iris Sidikman, [email protected].
We are thrilled for the support of this year’s sponsors!
Appalachian Partners include: AIDS Healthcare Foundation, CAMC Foundation, the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, the Pallottine Foundation of Huntington, and the WV Drug Intervention Institute.
Lifesaver Sponsors include: Ayuda Medical, CareSource, Community Education Group, Mountain Care Network, and Unicare.
Good Samaritan Sponsors include: Cabin Creek Health Systems, Community Connections, First Choice Services, First Settlement Physical Therapy, Hope in Action Alliance, the Groundwork Project, Marshall University’s MSW Program, Mountain State Harm Reduction, Remedy Alliance, Shatterproof, Thomas Health, the Women’s Health Center of WV, WV ACLU, the WV Alliance of Recovery Residences, and West Virginians for Affordable Healthcare.
West Virginia’s Office of Drug Control Policy and the University of Charleston Pharmacy School have supplied naloxone (brand name: Narcan) for West Virginia’s events since 2020.
The theme for the 2023 event is “partnering with people with lived experience.” Organizers are invited to explore ways to genuinely build with neighbors who are intimately close to the pains, solutions, and hopes surrounding the overdose crisis. People who’ve saved lives with naloxone or been saved are the frontline voices in this work. By building together, we can build a better response.
Looking for the 2023 contacts for your county?
| Alabama | ||
| Madison [Education Only] | Morgan Farrington | [email protected] |
| Tuscaloosa | Braden Hopkins | [email protected] |
| Georgia: | ||
| Catoosa | Robert Childs | [email protected] |
| Lee | Carmen Skarlupka | [email protected] |
| Kentucky: | ||
| Adair | Meghan Whitehead | [email protected] |
| Bell | Pam Shackleford-Sulfridge | [email protected] |
| Boyd | KaSandra Hanshaw | [email protected] |
| Carter | KaSandra Hanshaw | [email protected] |
| Clark | Lindsay Horseman | [email protected] |
| Clay | Pam Shackleford-Sulfridge | [email protected] |
| Garrard | Pam Shackleford-Sulfridge | [email protected] |
| Greenup | KaSandra Hanshaw | [email protected] |
| Hopkins | Karen Tapp | [email protected] |
| Jackson | Crystal Neufeld | [email protected] |
| Knox | Pam Shackleford-Sulfridge | [email protected] |
| Laurel | Pam Shackleford-Sulfridge | [email protected] |
| Lincoln | Pam Shackleford-Sulfridge | [email protected] |
| Mason | KaSandra Hanshaw | [email protected] |
| McCreary | Meghan Whitehead | [email protected] |
| Montgomery | KaSandra Hanshaw | [email protected] |
| Pike | Laura Fraley | [email protected] |
| Powell | KaSandra Hanshaw | [email protected] |
| Pulaski | Meghan Whitehead | [email protected] |
| Rockcastle | Pam Shackleford-Sulfridge | [email protected] |
| Rowan | Kristin Tiedeman | [email protected] |
| Russell | Meghan Whitehead | [email protected] |
| Taylor | Meghan Whitehead | [email protected] |
| Wayne | Meghan Whitehead | [email protected] |
| Whitley | Meghan Whitehead | [email protected] |
| Maryland: | ||
| Allegany | Melissa Clark & Jordan Rhoads | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Frederick | Marisa Shields | [email protected] |
| Garrett | Melissa Clark | [email protected] |
| Washington | David Washington | [email protected] |
| Mississippi | ||
| Hinds | Lorinda Tomlinson | [email protected] |
| New York: | ||
| Chenango | Jessica Colley | [email protected] |
| Ostego | Abigail Mosenthin | [email protected] |
| Rensselaer | Emily Purtell | [email protected] |
| Tioga | Kylie Holochak | [email protected] |
| North Carolina: | ||
| Clay | Lee Gibson | [email protected] |
| Haywood | Diannee Carden | [email protected] |
| Jackson | Lee Gibson | [email protected] |
| Macon | Lee Gibson | [email protected] |
| New Hanover | Diannee Carden | [email protected] |
| Pitt | Diannee Carden | [email protected] |
| Swain | Lee Gibson | [email protected] |
| Wake | Diannee Carden | [email protected] |
| Wilkes | Devin Lyall | [email protected] |
| Ohio: | ||
| Adams | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Athens | Drea Reany | [email protected] |
| Belmont | Lori Bolen | [email protected] |
| Brown | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Butler | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Claremont | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Clinton | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Cuyahoga | Jessica Collier | [email protected] |
| Franklin | Dana Fleetham & Katie Farabee | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Gallia | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Greene | Alayna Romer | [email protected] |
| Guensey | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Hamilton | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Hocking | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Jackson | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Jefferson | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Lake | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Lawrence | Kimbala Gabbard | [email protected] |
| Licking | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Lorain | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Lucas | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Mahoning | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Meigs | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Miami | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Montgomery | Dana Fleetham | [email protected] |
| Pike | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Ross | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Scioto | Abby Spears | [email protected] |
| Stark | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Trumbull | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Vinton | AmandaLynn Reese | [email protected] |
| Wayne | Holly Woodruff | [email protected] |
| Pennsylvania: | ||
| Adams | Carla Clouser | [email protected] |
| Allegheny | Alfred DiRosa | [email protected] |
| Armstrong | Mike Krafick | [email protected] |
| Bucks | Tara Calderbank | [email protected] |
| Carbon | Heather Barna Dowling | [email protected] |
| Cambria | Kim Botteicher | [email protected] |
| Clarion | Mike Krafick | [email protected] |
| Crawford | Julia Covert | [email protected] |
| Cumberland | Carla Clouser | [email protected] |
| Dauphin | Sarah Ballard | [email protected] |
| Indiana | Mike Krafick | [email protected] |
| Franklin | Katelyn Becker | [email protected] |
| Fulton | Katelyn Becker | [email protected] |
| Lebanon | Susan Wright | [email protected] |
| Lehigh | Tara Calderbank | [email protected] |
| Luzerne | Tara Calderbank | [email protected] |
| Lycoming | Abby Houseknecht | [email protected] |
| Monroe | Tara Calderbank | [email protected] |
| Montgomery | Tara Calderbank | [email protected] |
| Northampton | Tara Calderbank | [email protected] |
| Perry | Carla Clouser | [email protected] |
| Pike | Tara Calderbank | [email protected] |
| Schulkyll | Heather Barna Dowling | [email protected] |
| Sullivan | Abby Houseknecht | [email protected] |
| Tioga | Abby Houseknecht | [email protected] |
| Washington | Breanne Pugh | [email protected] |
| Westmoreland | Tim Phillips | [email protected] |
| York | Carla Clouser | [email protected] |
| South Carolina | ||
| Anderson | Ruthanne Aiken | [email protected] |
| Greenville | Michelle Handler and Rollie Martinson | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Horry | A’zhane Powell | [email protected] |
| Lexington | Amber Frazier | [email protected] |
| Oconee | Michael Crouch | [email protected] |
| Spartanburg | Matt Files | [email protected] |
| Tennessee | ||
| Hamilton | Cai Vance | [email protected] |
| McMinn | Cai Vance | [email protected] |
| Virginia | ||
| Floyd | Mike Wade | [email protected] |
| Giles | Mike Wade | [email protected] |
| Montgomery | Mike Wade | [email protected] |
| Pulaski | Mike Wade | [email protected] |
| Portsmouth | Tanisha Coleman | [email protected] |
| Radford | Mike Wade | [email protected] |
| Roanoke | Bailey Helgeson | [email protected] |
| West Virginia: | ||
| Barbour | Jennifer Burner | [email protected] |
| Berkeley | Caroline Wilson and Stephanie Stout | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Boone | Alisha Woodson | [email protected] |
| Braxton | April Lloyd, Layni Valdivieso | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Brooke | Amy Neeley | [email protected] |
| Cabell | Erin Dalton | [email protected] |
| Calhoun | Tina Pesinger | [email protected] |
| Clay | Kari Osborne | [email protected] |
| Doddridge | Brian Lipscomb | [email protected] |
| Fayette | Paula McCutcheon | [email protected] |
| Gilmer | Jessica Greenlief | [email protected] |
| Grant | Roger Dodd, Brooke Erb | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Greenbrier | Kimberly Raleigh | [email protected] |
| Hampshire | Glen Kesner | [email protected] |
| Hancock | Amy Neeley | [email protected] |
| Hardy | Heather Bergdall, Brittany Holloway | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Harrison | Lou Ortenzio & Melissa Lehman | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Jackson | Amy Haskins | [email protected] |
| Jefferson | Caroline Wilson | [email protected] |
| Kanawha | Joe Solomon | [email protected] |
| Lewis | Deanna Palmer | [email protected] |
| Lincoln | Ryan Elkins | Lincolncommunityoutreach @outlook.com |
| Logan | Amber Blankenship | [email protected] |
| Marion | Raven Berkey & Maxine Harker | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Marshall | Mary Hess | [email protected] |
| Mason | Cynthia “Cindy” Baker and Bethany Blankenship | [email protected], [email protected] |
| McDowell | Dominique Adkins | [email protected] |
| Mercer | Dominique Adkins | [email protected] |
| Mineral County | Bren Bland, Kristin Hays, Tara Newton | [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] |
| Mingo County | Keith Blankenship | [email protected] |
| Monongalia | Brittany Irick & Cassidy Thompson | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Monroe | Dr. Jamie Styons | [email protected] |
| Morgan | Caroline Wilson | [email protected] |
| Nicholas | Kimberly Raleigh | [email protected] |
| Ohio | Claudia Raymer | [email protected] |
| Pendleton | Bethany Perez | [email protected] |
| Pleasants | Debbie Thompson | [email protected] |
| Pocahontas | Kimberly Raleigh | [email protected] |
| Preston | Barbara Thorn & Jessica Myers | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Putnam | Tina Ramirez | [email protected] |
| Raleigh | Dominique Marcus | [email protected] |
| Randolph | Katy Ross | [email protected] |
| Ritchie | Misty Dawson & Dominique Kirl | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Roane | Brandy Brabham | [email protected] |
| Summers | Crystale Farmer | [email protected] |
| Taylor | Cathy Coontz-Griffith | [email protected] |
| Tucker | April Miller | [email protected] |
| Tyler | Kimberly McVey | [email protected] |
| Upshur | Melissa Daugherty | [email protected] |
| Wayne | Dawn Streets | [email protected] |
| Webster | Kimberly Raleigh | [email protected] |
| Wetzel | Amy Hopkins | [email protected] |
| Wirt | Kimberly Richards | [email protected] |
| Wood | Brandy Blatt and Erin Carpenter | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Wyoming | Dominique Adkins | [email protected] |