The Columbia Press
Junee 3, 2022
Park volunteers could find themselves in the weeds
Lewis and Clark National
Historical Park seeks folks
who like to get their hands
dirty.
Volunteers are invited to
work and learn alongside na-
tional park staff during week-
ly garden parties.
Work parties will be held
at the ethnobotanical gar-
den at Netul Landing from 1
to 3 p.m. Thursdays begin-
ning June 9 and continuing
through September.
While helping the park,
volunteers learn about na-
tive plants and their tradi-
tional uses. There will also
be opportunities to share
ideas for your own yard/
Schools to receive
opioid toolkits
Schools will soon receive a
fentanyl and opioid response
toolkit, thanks to Oregon
Health Authority and Oregon
Department of Educations.
The toolkits are in response
to the public health crisis of
opioid overdoses and deaths.
This toolkit provides infor-
mation about how schools
can create an emergency pro-
tocol to administer naloxone,
also known as Narcan.
The toolkit includes infor-
mation on how to access,
administer and store the
life-saving opioid overdose
prevention medication.
From May 2020 to April
2021, deaths due to acci-
dental overdose surpassed
100,000 for the first time
on record, according to the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. Sixty-four
percent of the deaths were at-
tributed to illicitly manufac-
tured fentanyl, which often
comes in the form of pills that
closely resemble prescription
oxycodone or benzodiaze-
pines such as Xanax.
In Oregon, fentanyl-related
overdose deaths increased by
74 percent from 2019 to 2020.
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CCA wins grant to help homeless
Clatsop Community Ac-
tion received a $5,000
grant from the Pacific Pow-
er Foundation to be used for
personal care assistance,
including basic health and
hygiene resources, for peo-
ple experiencing poverty
and homelessness in rural
Clatsop County.
Rangers work in the weeds at Fort Clatsop.
habitats. Bring gloves, water,
snacks, and weather-appro-
priate clothing layers.
Tools will be provided.
For more information, con-
tact Barbara Clark at 503-
861-4410 or barbara_clark@
nps.gov.
The award was part of
the foundation’s quarterly
grant-giving, which totaled
$314,952 to community
organizations in Oregon,
Washington and California.
PacifiCorp
Foundation
has awarded more than $60
million to nonprofit organi-
zations since 1988.