Cascade Community Healthcare will be hosting three events toward the end of June for Lewis County residents to attend.
The first event, on June 21, will be a free screening of “Suicide: The Ripple Effect,” a documentary film focused on reducing the number of suicides and suicide attempts worldwide.
Scheduled to go from 3 to 5 p.m., the film will be shown at Cascade Community Healthcare located at 2428 W. Reynolds Ave. in Centralia.
To watch the film’s trailer, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UFdPQJ0mlo. For more information, email Makayla Greenwood at greenwoodma@cascadementalhealth.org.
On June 23, Cascade Community Healthcare will host its first ever Veteran Stand Down Day at Gust Backstrom Park, located at 750 Main Ave. in Morton.
Scheduled to go from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., a veteran benefit specialist will be on-hand to provide veterans with resource navigation help and veteran peer support will be available too. Additionally, veterans can get free haircuts and lunch will be provided as well.
The final event, on June 27, will be Narcan training at the Cascade Mental Health Care center, located at 135 W. Main St. in Chehalis.
Scheduled from 6 to 7 p.m., participants will receive training on how to administer nasal Narcan, a medication that reverses the effects of opioid overdoses, and get information on how to obtain it. No registration is required and free Narcan kits will be provided.
Cascade Community Healthcare is a nonprofit community health care center that serves Lewis County and surrounding areas, with five locations throughout the county. For more information, visit https://cascadecommunityhealthcare.org/.
