Saving Krystal Heroin Outreach 5K Walk/Run

**Update - due to weather this is a now a virtual at home event -Jump on your treadmill or take your 3 mile walk/ run in a safe environment 

5 K walk/ run is to raise awareness to the growing problem of heroin and opiod use. Too many of our young adults are getting taken away from us and it needs to stop now.  Our best method of prevention is through education and outreach for parents and young adults. 

In Maine, drug overdoses killed over 400 people and those numbers continue to rise . Most heroin and fentanyl dealths happen between the ages of 18-25 as Opiod abuse comes in many forms from pills to shooting up with needles. Fentanyl is 1000 more potent  than morphne and often combined with other drugs without the user  knowing.  Drug dealers come into our state on a daily basis and set up shop in every town ,waiting for our children one by one. 

We must bring awareness and end the stigma on drug addiction . It is a disease that is not biased . We are all at risk and we must start the conversation today.  When we educate others on the dangers of drugs , we honor those that we have lost and celebrate those that became drug free and survived.  

We are looking for multiple people to volunteer with this 5K walk from check in, handing out water , and directing walkers on the route . Please email me if you would like to volunteer at savingkrystalheroinoutreach@gmail.com

Course- Course will start and end at Scarborough High School -plenty of parking and refreshments and portable toliets available 

Race Date : Sunday July 18, 2021  Check in / Regisration starts at 10am   Race starts at 11 am 

 Due to the fact this is an outdoor event and  can socially distant, and with the expectations a majority of people will already be vaccinated , we do expect this event to meet the safety guidelines of the state .  If for some reason we can not hold the event ,then we will switch to a virtual event.