Greenwoods Addiction Outreach

05/22/2026

This Tuesday join our community outreach team at Torrington Fire dept, NW Realty in Winsted, Loaves and Fishes in New Milford and the Colebrook Senior Center. Please note the Colebrook Senior Center time is 8-9am

Apex Community Care and the Litchfield County Op**te Task Force are teaming up to help keep our communities safe with a county wide FREE Narcan giveaway all day on May 26th!

We’ll have multiple locations across Litchfield County distributing Narcan, overdose prevention resources, and community support. Select sites will also have free ice cream.

Whether you want to pick up Narcan for yourself, your family, your workplace, or just to be prepared in an emergency, everyone is welcome. No judgment. Just community helping community.

Locations include:
• Torrington
• Winsted
• Colebrook
• Harwinton
• Watertown
• Bethlehem
• New Milford
• Danbury
• Waterbury

Check the flyer for participating organizations, addresses, and times.

Every kit distributed is a chance to save a life. Please share this post to help us reach more people!

05/07/2026

Mental Health Awareness Month is here! Each and every month of the year, Greenwoods Counseling & Referrals, Inc. is here to support, understand, and connect individuals living or working in Litchfield County to the best mental health care they deserve! No barriers, no judgement. Our community outreach team is here to help connect you if reaching out is something you are struggling with!

04/21/2026

Help us reach our goal for our financial assistance fund!

https://www.givelocalccf.org/organizations/greenwoods-counseling-referrals

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04/20/2026

Our services are free, confidential and available to anyone in Litchfield County. No judgement, just love!

03/09/2026

Join us for this FREE event on March 31st at Bantam Cinema! Pre registration is required at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1982207329482?aff=oddtdtcreator

Hope to see you there! 🍿

02/12/2026

This Valentine’s Day, show love where it matters most! Love your community by learning how to respond to an overdose and support your neighbors. Litchfield County has seen an increase in overdoses over the last month, and now is the time to come together. Join our partners from McCall Behavioral Health Network at 9:00am, Apex Community Care at 12:00pm, or Greenwoods Counseling & Referrals, Inc. at 3:00pm for a 20-minute, informative session on how to use naloxone. Ask questions, connect with providers, and learn how a small act of care can save a life.

Looking for naloxone? Visit LCOTF.org to request a kit at no cost, because loving your community means showing up for one another. ❤️

Links to follow shortly!

02/05/2026

We have to have a little fun sometimes!

02/05/2026

Simply touching fentanyl cannot cause an overdose.

Let's continue focusing on facts, instead of fear. When sticking to the facts, people who are responding to an opioid overdose are more likely to follow through with the encounter, rather than being too scared to act.

When someone is overdosing and the individual responding to this overdose is frightened for their own safety - this can be dangerous for the person experiencing an opioid overdose as the response is either slower or doesn't occur at all. What we can provide when responding to an overdose is rescue breathing and Narcan - which Red Project gives out for free!

Try to never walk away from an overdose. Unless you directly snort, ingest, or inject fentanyl you're going to be unaffected. Even the fentanyl dermal patches for skin take hours to start working (up to 24 hours), and they're specially formulated for that task.

Don't let misinformation cost someone their life. As someone who’s held the power of Narcan in my hands, I've seen it - how a single moment, a single choice, can mean the difference between life and death. If you’re ever in the face of an overdose, don’t hesitate. Call 911. Stay there. Act. Because if it were your life hanging in the balance, you’d want someone to do the same.

It’s worth it. It’s always worth it.

To learn more about fentanyl and how to keep yourself and others safe please visit our office, call, or visit:

616.456.9063 | redproject.org





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02/01/2026

Recently in Stonington Ct, an incident occured where it was suspected a K-9 was exposed to fentanyl. In people, Fentanyl exposure is often difficult unless the substance enters a mucous membrane. Dogs naturally are sniffing and can be exposed to fentanyl or other substances.

Signs of opioid exposure in dogs include sedation, pinpoint pupils, vomiting, stumbling, slow respiratory rate, slow heart rate, coma, respiratory arrest. Narcan should be administered as soon as possible. Opening the dogs airway similar to a human. The head should be tilted back so the Narcan can flow through the nasal passage. Narcan can be administered every 2-3 minutes until the dog wakes up. Caution: dogs can be very confused and may lead to aggression.
Dogs should be seen by a vet as soon as possible as monitored closely for 12-24 hours.

01/22/2026

Emerging substances to be aware of. These are stronger than substances we have seen in the past. Never use alone and always have Naloxone available.

01/20/2026

We are seeing an increase in overdoses in the areas of Winsted, Torrington and some of our more rural communities in Litchfield County. If you need access to Narcan, support, resources, treatment options, please reach out to our recovery Navigators. 860-485-7725 call/text. Free and confidential.
If you are using alone, call Safe Spot, 800-972-0590.

Order a Narcan: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXMNJ-H7oqc9WTvLuyB8K-c-5k_ma-sLxP8lPbDpRXf9MLig/viewform