5k Race to End Overdose

• Oct 10
• Uncategorized

Take Strides to End Overdose in Lake County!

Fourth Annual
One Stride at a Time: Race to End Overdose

Hosted by Gateway Lake Villa to benefit the Lake County Opioid Initiative and Gateway’s Naloxone Distribution Program.

ticipants will receive race t-shirt and bag filled with goodie

Awards

• 1st Place Overall Male & Female
• 1st Place Male & Female in Age Divisions:
  18 & Under | 19-29 |30-45 | 46-57 | 58 & Over

More Information

• USATF Certified Course
• Professional Timing
• Raffles & Prizes
• Stroller Friendly
• Pet Friendly

About the Cause

Since 2016, Gateway has been able to provide 275 doses of life-saving medication through its Naloxone Distribution Program to patients, families and members of Lake County. Additionally, Gateway has been able to support the Lake County Opioid Initiative in an effort to prevent opioid abuse, addiction, overdose and death. With the community’s help we are hoping to bring awareness to the worsening opioid epidemic in Lake County.

Naloxone is a medication designed to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose. It can quickly restore normal respiration to a person who’s breathing as slowed or stopped as a result of overdosing with heroin or prescription medications. Providing more people in the community with Naloxone can help prevent the increasing number of overdoses.

Gateway Foundation

Gateway Foundation is a recognized leader in evidence-based addiction treatment proven to get results. Our experts in Addiction Medicine—including highly educated clinical and medical professionals and expert psychiatrists and nurses—deliver care that never stops. For over 50 years, Gateway Foundation has been helping individuals and their families recover from addictions and behavioral health issues and is the only provider that covers the entire state of Illinois with 16 facilities from the Wisconsin Border to the Kentucky Border. Gateway has specific programs focusing on substance use disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety, and other co-occurring issues. We’re licensed by the state of Illinois and accredited by the Joint Commission. We are in-network with all the major commercial insurance plans. Gateway Foundation: Addiction medicine, saving lives.