What is Save a Life Day?

On Sep 26th, 2024, all the states East of the Mississippi River (and a few beyond) powered up the largest day of naloxone distribution to date. Over 650 events from 35 states took part – distributing over 82,000 naloxone doses! Check out some photos here.

“Save a Life Day” events grow bigger every year. In 2023, all 13 Appalachian states joined together and distributed over 45,000 naloxone doses in a single day.

How can I organize Save a Life Day in my community?


Want to get a jump on signing up your county for Save a Life Day 2025 (Sep 25th, 2025). Click the link above!

All groups will be supported with monthly planning calls, design and outreach templates, a mega map anyone can use to find your events. (Over 300 care packages with swag and anti-stigma materials were also sent to County Organizers who signed up for a package before Aug 30th 2024.)

Find Save a Life Day events near you below!

For Save a Life Day Organizers

Thanks to our amazing Save a Life Day East (2024) sponsors!

Naloxone Box Sponsor: CareSource.

#SaveLifeEast GameChangers: Healing Appalachia &  Drug Intervention Institute with OneBox, and Padagis.

Appalachian PartnersGreater Kanawha Valley Foundation and Emergent BioSolutions.

Lifesaver SponsorsAyuda Medical, CAMC FoundationCommunity Connections, Community Education GroupHope in Action Alliance, Pallottine Foundation of Huntington, & Shatterproof.

Good Samaritan Sponsors: the Grassroots Harm ReductionGroundwork Project, Mon Health, Pride Center of VT, Remedy Alliance, WV Can’t Wait, WV ACLU, WV Alliance of Recovery Residences, WV Center on Budget & Policy, & Unicare.

We also want to thank the WV Bureau for Behavioral Health, WV Office of Drug Control Policy, and the University of Charleston Pharmacy School who have supplied naloxone for WV’s Save a Life Day events since 2020.