Recovery group provides NaloxBox boxes to business across region

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Voices of Hope is a non-profit recovery community center that helps people in recovery stay in recovery.

The group is partnering with the Louisville Recovery Community Center to sponsor a campaign to distribute NaloxBoxes to businesses in Lexington and Louisville and surrounding communities.

“For a business, having a NaloxBox is similar in concept to having an AED on the wall. It’s a heavy-duty box mounted to the wall that contains doses of naloxone. These boxes provide the tools necessary to empower community members to respond to an opioid overdose,” said Program Director Amanda Fallin-Bennett, PhD, RN.

“We are taking part in this initiative to distribute NaloxBoxes to area businesses because we know the opioid epidemic is a public health crisis. Kentucky is one of the hardest hit states in our country. We are dedicated to educating the community, dispelling stigma, and ultimately saving lives,” added Louisville Recovery Community Connection Director Jeremy Byard.

NaloxBoxes were ordered for the following partner organizations:

Big Blue Vapor Shop, Nicholasville

Boone’s Store, Louisville

Catalina Motel, Lexington

Central Kentucky Recovery, Cynthiana

Diva’s Gentlemen’s Club, Lexington

Ethan Health, Richmond

Louisville Health and Healing, Louisville

Miracle Bubbles Laundromat, Lexington

New Leaf Clinic, Louisville

Pocket Change by Change Today, Change Tomorrow

Recovery Café, Lexington

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Voices of Hope is a Recovery Community Organization created by people in personal and/or family recovery in response to unmet needs in our community.

Their goal is to enhance the quantity and quality of support available to people seeking and experiencing long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction.

They aim to break feelings of isolation and shame, build strong relationships, and advocate for evidence-based solutions that work.

Voices of Hope Recovery Community Center is located in downtown Lexington.