PreventEd

07/22/2025

Whether you're walking your own recovery journey or simply want to better understand substance use disorder, we have some books recs that offer insight and hope about real-world experiences related to substances. From memoirs to evidence-based resources, there’s something here for everyone.⁠ 📚
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If you're interested in reading any of these books, our Olive location and The Collective have a library to borrow them! Feel free to drop by and check them out, or drop some ideas on what we should add to the list in the comments! 👇

07/21/2025

Physically, we're on summer break. Mentally, we miss Teen Institute and all of our amazing high schoolers! 🥺

Registration is open for TI 2025, taking place this November at Camp Wyman! 🏕️ Sign up now: https://prevented.org/event/ti-2025/

07/20/2025

Check out a highlight from one of the most fun gatherings in St. Louis: the National Service Dog Conference. 🐶 ⭐️

Stacie Zellin and Ashley Johnson attended the conference last week with their group of Mental Health First Aid participants, where they joined a community-specific training on Adult Mental Health First Aid for Military, Veterans, and their Families.

It was a great day of learning alongside some furry friends! ❤️

07/18/2025

Efforts to continue the trend of reduced overdose deaths in St. Louis County are underway, with 44 new naloxone vending machines now open across the area.

Our Executive Director Jenny Armbruster weighed on the importance of easy access to the overdose reversal medication for St. Louis Public Radio.

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There will eventually be 44 free naloxone vending machines in high-need areas across the county. The initial machines will be placed at six locations.

07/17/2025

TOMORROW! July 17th, 2025
Come out for some great pizza and support PreventEd!

MOD Pizza - 1261 Water Tower Pl. Arnold, MO 63010
Fundraiser Code: MODGIVES20

Order in store or online through the MOD app or website. Use the code and MOD will donate 20% of your bill to PreventED

07/16/2025

In Season 2, we welcomed singer-songwriter Erin Bode to the pod to share the power of music as therapy. 🎶

Reflect back on her discussion of mental health and songs as a second language in S2 Ep 15: Music Heals. 🎙️ Watch or listen anywhere you get your podcasts: https://prevented.org/preventable-a-prevented-podcast/

07/16/2025

We are happy to announce that Kim and Courtney will be speaking at the Community Services Summit: Guiding the Future on August 14th! Their session, Building Strong Youth: An Introduction to the 40 Developmental Assets, will cover the foundation of the 40 Assets framework and teach real-world ways to build assets at home, school, or in the community. 💡

The summit will take place at Mid Rivers Mall in St. Peters—don't miss out! For more information, click here: https://site.pheedloop.com/event/CSS2025/home/

07/15/2025

International Overdose Awareness Day is coming up. Join, PreventEd Saint Louis County Department of Public Health, SOUL: Surviving Overdose & Understanding Loss, MoNetwork and H.E.A.L. to Remember - Prevent - End the Stigma. Please share and see you there.

07/14/2025

📆 If you regularly work with or around children, join us virtually on August 11th for our ACEs training! You'll learn more about Adverse Childhood Experiences, the impact that trauma can have on children, and its correlation with substance misuse. This training will prepare you to support youth who may be experiencing the effects of trauma and take actionable steps to help them.

Visit our website to register, or contact Emily Wilkerson at ewilkerson@prevented.org with questions: https://prevented.org/event/adverse-childhood-experiences-aces-trauma-and-substance-use-training-2/

07/11/2025

We can't celebrate 60 years without acknowledging the people that have helped us get here! One of those people is Jane Young. Jane has been with the agency for nearly 28 years. As our accounting coordinator, she does just about everything, but as a human being and a co-worker, she's even more essential to the work we do every day. Whether it's greeting people with a smile on her face or having the answers to questions nobody else can help with, Jane is part of the glue that holds PreventEd together! 🤝

Read Jane's blog post reflecting on the agency reaching 60 years of community impact: https://prevented.org/60-years-of-leading-the-conversation/

07/09/2025