Blue Mountain Heart to Heart

07/26/2025

Tickets are live NOW for our 40th Anniversary Party and Fundraiser! Come enjoy live music by Rogue Lobster, great eats by La Monarca and Colville Street Patisserie, alcoholic and zero-proof beverages, and a silent auction. Join us in celebrating 40 years of our efforts to provide excellent care in HIV and behavioral health.
The party happens on August 23, 7PM, at Foundry Vineyards, and tickets are $40 a person. We can't wait to share an evening with you!

The "Little Agency that Could" is celebrating 40 years of life-changing work! Please join us as we mark progress & look ahead.

07/01/2025

SAVE THE DATE: AUGUST 23, 2025
Can’t wait to see you at our annual fundraiser bash! Celebrating 40 years of compassion and care. Details to come.

06/28/2025

Our executive director writes in today's paper about the challenges in understanding overdose data.
https://www.union-bulletin.com/opinion/opinion_columns/commentary-national-opioid-crisis-may-be-reversing-but-not-in-walla-walla-valley/article_7f62b3b1-3489-43e0-b873-f2da6cf24f35.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawLM6OtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFYbGpWSlhwdWhYUEZiSUdkAR71QdMcc1n2mrcRSYrzfceGx24WOpKIH9fy2GZga1BzIEHYGb_3cmF54XJErA_aem_QufewKpsG0s-Z0prblt7Eg

In a crisis, it is natural for one to react. If that crisis continues to play out, at some point we seek understanding. What is the extent of the damage?

06/20/2025

So nice to see you all yesterday at the downtown Juneteenth event!

Meanwhile, we are happy to thank Bicycle Barn for their generous donation of a Gary Fischer bike to one of our clients. This will really help the client's mobility for work. We appreciate you!

06/07/2025

We are ready to see you at Pride today! On the east side of Main by Colville.

04/04/2025

We have now surpassed 5,000 overdose reversals in the 10+ years of our naloxone program. Six counties, since December 2014, people who had never overdosed before, and some who overdosed multiple times. Another chance, an attempt to compassionately respond to people who the majority of the time woke up frightened and disoriented, in their own homes, in alleys, in cars, in all manner of circumstances, that's what the naloxone program has given nearby rural communities. Along the way we have worked with law enforcement, emergency responders, and hospital staff to help educate about naloxone, the illicit drugs in our midst, and the true possibilities for change that come with harm reduction. We are very proud to be establishing naloxone vending machines throughout southeast Washington State, as we continue to manage a changing substance environment. More details to come on that.

03/28/2025

OVERDOSE ALERT: Law enforcement alerted us to three overdose fatalities in Walla Walla County in just the last two days. This is a much higher rate than typical, even with the potency of fentanyl in our community. Please come see us at our new office at 1129 S Second Avenue, Suite B, for free naloxone. Planned Parenthood in Walla Walla now has a naloxone vending machine as well.

We are working on setting up our own vending machines across the region, rolling them out this spring. Your health and your life are important.

Blue Mountain Heart to Heart's naloxone program now has more than 5,000 overdose reversal attempts in our program's history. Thank you so much to everyone here who has acted to save a life.

03/06/2025

What a great series in our local paper about our work, fentanyl, and what this issue looks like on the ground.

Columbia County Public Health has been awarded a state grant to begin a campaign about the importance of naloxone.

03/04/2025

Our next food box delivery is this Thursday, and we are looking for volunteer drivers! If you would like to drive a delivery or two on Thursday afternoon, please email Marissa at m.cosaert@bmh2h.org. Thank you!

03/01/2025

Proud to have contributed to this report, and of course, to do the work of helping people live healthier lives.

Fentanyl has a harsh impact on the people who become addicted to it and those around them — from friends and family members to first responders and health care professionals.

03/01/2025

We’ve been busy this winter, and yesterday our clinic moved to a new location. You will find us now at 1129 S. Second Street, Suite B, a little south of the old general hospital. Signage is going up next week. Come see us in our new space!

01/06/2025

Our executive director was honored to work with a terrific group last year as part of creating reform guidance for opioid treatment. Please join in next week for the discussion on the Bree Collective's report. You can register at this link. https://www.viethconsulting.com/members/evr/reg_event.php?orgcode=FHCQ&evid=50181109