Community Prevention, Awareness
& Education Campaigns
2023
Saving Lives Five Towns Drug & Alcohol Coalition is a proud Johnny’s Ambassador Certified Trainer.
Thank you Laura Stack for all that you do!
Saving Lives Five Towns Drug & Alcohol Coalition is proud to be a Sponsor for the 2023
Ogden Elementary School Night Winter Wonderland
Chanukah 2023 – Community Underage Drinking Awareness
Thanksgiving Holiday 2023 – Underage Drinking Awareness
Independence Day Underage Drinking Outreach Campaign
Thank you to
Dr. Eugene Vortsman for a
very informative event!
Thank You Greater Five Towns Community!
Drug Take Back Day 2023
Put A Lid On It (LID) Campaign Reaches New Goals
As part of its LID (Lock Inventory Dispose) campaign, the Saving Lives Five Towns Drug & Alcohol Coalition, under the auspices of the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC, successfully hosted its Second Annual Prescription Drug Take Back Day at the Hatzalah Station on West Broadway on April 23rd .
The LID Campaign encourages people to lock their needed medications, inventory what they have and easily and safely dispose of those meds that are unused or expired by bringing them to our Drug Take Back event.
Recognizing the high proportion of the observant Jewish community in our area, Susan Blauner, Director of Saving Lives explained, “The national drug take back days are held on Saturdays, but to accommodate the Five Towns, we hold ours on Sunday to great success.”
This past Sunday, 134 pounds of meds were collected as people walked or drove in and dropped off their unneeded medications. This is almost double the amount we collected at our first well-received and well-attended program last year and has now become an annual community event. “People were blessing and thanking us for making this happen. It’s clearly making a difference and helping to save lives,” continued Blauner.
Saving Lives is very grateful to our Coalition partners, first of all to Hatzalah of the Rockaways and Nassau for allowing us the annual use of their emergency station, as well as to the Nassau County Police Department, Northwell Health, Hewlett Woodmere Business District, Tempo Group and others who participated and supported Saving Lives on this very important project.
Launched in 2019, the Coalition is made up of community leaders from business, education, government, health care, law enforcement, faith-based, media, parents and young people, youth services and behavioral health organizations. The Coalition will continue its work to focus on youth mental health, mental health, education, prevention and awareness of the dangers of youth drug and alcohol misuse.
For more information about joining the Saving Lives Coalition or to find out where permanent local medication drop boxes are located please contact Susan Blauner at: susan.blauner@guraljcc.org
Passover 2023
Underage Drinking & Prescription Drug Awareness Campaigns
Underage Drinking Awareness
Prescription Drugs – Passover Campaign
Purim Safety Tips 2023
SUPERBOWL 2023
