The recent Twin Cities Film Festival included a new seven-minute opiod awareness and education video produced by the Steve Rummler Hope Foundation (SRHF) and funded by nine District 5950 clubs: Bloomington Daymakers, Bloomington Noon, Buffalo, Eden Prairie AM, Eden Prairie Noon, Edina, Edina Morningside, Minneapolis University, and Plymouth. The video was shown following the feature film, Chasing the Dragon: The life of an Opiate Addict, produced by the FBI. Rotary was given a $5,000 in-kind sponsorship recognition and a full-page ad in the program. D5950 attendees including District Governor-Elect Irene Kelly (second from left).
In appreciation for our District’s participation in this project, the SRHF will make a copy of the video available to clubs, develop a program for members, and help plan follow-up activities in clubs’ communities (e.g., treating youth athletes, persons with chronic pain and mental health issues, parent education and collaboration with existing health programs).The Steve Rummler Hope Network lobbied for the 2014 law allowing for wider distribution of naloxone and immunity for those who use it to save a life. It is giving away thousands of doses across the state to anyone who might need it, including police officers, first responders, college employees, drug rehab staffers and parents.