Get the answers to your questions about organizing with Save a Life Day!
September 26, 2024! Going forward, Save A Life Day will be on the 4th Thursday of September every year.
Easy—just hop on this Zoom link on the last Wednesday of the month @ 3 pm ET!
Upcoming dates are: Aug. 28, Sept. 25, Oct. 30
All states East of (aka this side of) the Mississippi River are invited to participate this year! That means folks in:
Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin + Washington DC, Puerto Rico, & the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Organizing a county means you will be the point-of-contact between the Save A Life Day Coordinating Team and your county- letting us know when and where your county’s events are, picking up your swag-filled care package, and taking the lead making sure all your events have naloxone, and on press and marketing. County organizers can organize as many events as they choose!
County Organizers may coordinate with others in your county to organize multiple events. For example, some counties rock one event- others support 2-3 or up to a dozen (or more) events across their county. It’s all ok!
Since the County Organizer’s name/email will be listed on the Save a Life Day website, other folks in your county may reach out to you for help or with a desire to organize an event too ( i.e. an Event Organizer!). This person/organization may be able to provide their own naloxone and volunteers, or they may need assistance from their County Organizer.
Over 300 care packages with swag and anti-stigma materials were also sent to County Organizers who requested one before Aug 30th 2024 to share with Save a Life Day events across their County.
You can expect some rock star support. The Coordinating team invites you to monthly planning calls (see below) to help troubleshoot and brainstorm your events. You can also email Caroline Wilson anytime @ [email protected] with questions or to set up a time to chat.
The coordinating team is also working hard to recruit sponsors in order to send every county team a pretty sweet box of anti-stigma materials and swag for your big day. The team will also be creating an epic map with everybody’s events with collaboration from County Organizers.
After Save a Life Day, the coordinating team will follow up with a survey and debrief call to inform 2025 and beyond – AND to recruit your photos for a mega archival photo album.
It’s totally optional! Although some organizers choose to buy materials such as signs, banners, t-shirts, or anti-stigma swag (like bumper stickers, backpacks, & pins), we understand that this isn’t for everybody. A Free Naloxone Event can be held with no more than a table, chair, handmade sign, and a whole lot of Narcan!
We have some great resources for County Organizers to get started with planning events tailored to their communities. 10 Steps to Prep for your Save A Life Day includes a step-by-step plan for event organizing, while the Organizing Timeline gives organizers an idea of when to start each organizing activity.
Every state is a little different. Unfortunately, the Save a Life Day planning team does not supply naloxone. We recommend reaching out to your local harm reduction group or statewide network (map), your local health department, or checking out this map of free naloxone programs. Some states have statewide agencies that supply naloxone to distributing organizations. You can also try reaching out to other county organizers in your state.
Naloxone can be purchased via Remedy Alliance – a stellar nonprofit that offers discounted as well as free naloxone. Direct Relief, another great nonprofit that offers free medical supplies, sometimes has free naloxone available. Your group can apply to work with Direct Relief here.
If we can help troubleshoot, please get in touch!
CareSource sponsored 50 free naloxone pick-up boxes for states participating in Save a Life Day 2024 (this is the box). On average, 1-2 boxes were awarded per state. The Save a Life Day planning team reviewed applications in July 2024 and notified awardees later in the Summer. Applications are now closed.
Planting a naloxone pick-up box in your community? Check out these tips and this sample press release.
You can check out the full collection in this online folder. In that folder, you’ll see a document that includes multiple Canva templates–including a facebook event image you can customize. In the folder, you’ll also see “I Carry Naloxone” sticker designs, t-shirt graphics, yard sign files, and more.
You can use whatever you want – including your own designs, or re-mixing any of the Save of a Life Day designs. Take or leave whatever is helpful. We trust your creativity and passion to build inclusive anti-stigma materials that help connect and reach more people in your community!
Local print and merch shops are great for brochures, yard signs, stickers, t-shirts, and more! We’ve also had some luck with a few vendors and you can check them out in this spreadsheet.
Thursday, Sep 25th 2025 is the date for 2025! We haven’t made a hard decision yet but it’s looking like if there’s interest – 2025 could be the year Save a Life Day goes fully national. If you’re west of the Mississippi and want to start making plans for 2025 – DO IT. And stay in touch. Jot a note to [email protected]. Good news is contagious!