From Tillamook County Community Health Centers: Today, May 9th, is National Fentanyl Awareness Day and the official launch of the Northwest Oregon Fentanyl Aware Campaign. Tillamook, Columbia, and Clatsop County have come…
Category: Prevention Outreach
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH: Free Events, Trainings to Support Community
OIOpublisher Take some time to prioritize your mental health this month and join one of the many free events offered over the next few weeks at the Tillamook Family Counseling Center. Check…
Drug Take Back Day April 22nd at Tillamook County Communit Health Center’s 9th Clinic Parking Lot – 10 am to 2 pm
Tillamook County Community Health Center in partnership with Tillamook County Solid Waste & County Sherriff’s Office will be hosting National DEA Drug Take Back Day on April 22nd from 10am – 2pm…
Problem Gambling Awareness Month – Celebrating 20 Years of Prevention; FREE Virtual Trainings Available – QPR Suicide Prevention March 21st; Introduction to Problem Gambling March 29th
By Janeane Krongos, Tillamook Family Counseling Center March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month. This year’s theme is ‘Celebrating 20 Years’. The success and longevity of this grassroots campaign depends on the participation…
Suicide Intervention Training Offered January 27th – Virtual in English; In-Person in Spanish
Tillamook Family Counseling Center will be offering two Question, Persuade & Refer(QPR) Gatekeeper trainings in the month of January. Spaces are still available for both trainings. The first training will be a…
POSTIVE VIBES: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT – Suicide, Mental Health
EDITOR’S NOTE: How could there be “positive vibes” when discussing suicide? That’s exactly what Jan Boal wants to do. Remove the whispers and the whys and normalize the conversations about suicide and…
Sober Reminder from Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office – Don’t Drive Impaired!
The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office wants to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season. It’s also the time of year for holiday celebrations, a time to gather with family and friends. If those…
Tillamook County 2023 Calendar Contest ALL GRADES K-12 “Reconnecting with my Community” ART DUE – 11/10/22
SOS Tillamook—the Prevention Program of Tillamook Family Counseling Center, is excited to once again be gathering artwork from local students to be featured in the 2023 Tillamook County Calendar. The theme this…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Roundabout — Struggling with Addiction
by Neal Lemery We took a long weekend, embarking on a road trip across the Northwest for a birthday, a long over-due gathering of loved ones, dear friends, to celebrate a milestone,…
Opioid overdoses increased in 2021, OHA report shows; Fentanyl and methamphetamine help fuel rise in deaths and hospitalizations
PORTLAND, Ore.—Methamphetamines and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl helped drive an increase in opioid overdoses and related deaths in 2021, according to a new Oregon Health Authority (OHA) report. The report shows that…