Opioid Awareness Workshop

The Rotary Club of Edina, along with support of Rotary District 5950 and several area Rotary Clubs, will host a Opioid Awareness Workshop on Thursday, May 3, at the Edina Country Club. Registration for the workshop closed April 27. Please contact Josh Sprague or Jennifer Garske if you would like to attend but did not register. Please support our Rotary District 5950 grant by attending this program!

Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. Check-in begins at 11 a.m. The event will conclude at 1:30 p.m. Cost for the event is the same as a regular Rotary Club of Edina meeting: Senior Active and Honorary members pay $20 at the door, as do any guests. Regular members have already paid for the meal on their quarterly invoice. 

The sponsoring clubs for the event are Bloomington, Buffalo, Eden Prairie Noon, Edina, North Minneapolis and Rogers. Rotary members from the sponsoring club and other area clubs will sign up through their home club. They will not pay at the door, their club will be invoiced for their lunch. Non-Rotarians should have registered through the website. They will pay at the door.

All registrations are final as of April 27.

The schedule of events:

• 11–11:30 a.m.—Registration and networking
• 11:30–11:45 a.m.—Welcome, Introductions and History of Opioid Epidemic, by Josh Sprague
• 11:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.—Online Opioid Seminar and Table Discussion, led by Lexi Reed Holtum, Executive Director of the Steve Rummler Hope Network
• 12:15—12:30 p.m.—Treatment and Intervention Options, featuring Dr. Stephen Delisi of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
• 12:30–12:45 p.m.—Prescription Guidelines and Pain Management Options, by Dr. Peter Stiles of TRIA
​• 12:45–12:55 p.m.—Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Demonstration by Rich Stanek, Hennepin County Sheriff 
• 12:55–1:05 p.m.—Cutting the Supply: Safe Disposal of Unused Opioids, by Rob Reynolds of Verde Technologies
• 1:05–1:25 p.m.—Panel Discussion and Questions
• 1:25–1:30 p.m.—Closing Remarks

This event takes the place of the regular Rotary meeting that day. 

Questions? Contact organizer Josh Sprague at josh@joshsprague.com or 612-501-0252.