Healthy Community Coalition free mobile unit services scheduled

FARMINGTON – Healthy Community Coalition’s mobile health unit staff is offering free harm reduction services through Dec. 28.
Also offered are blood pressure checks, body composition analysis and general health and wellness education and resources for visitors at all stops on the schedule.
The schedule for the remainder of the year is as follows:
• Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Big Apple, 380 U.S. Route 2, Wilton
• Nov. 16, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Farmington Park & Ride (next to Walgreens)
• Nov. 30, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Edmund’s Market, 1185 Rangeley Road, Phillips
• Dec. 7, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Central Plaza, 72 Main St. Livermore Falls
• Dec. 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Big Apple, 380 U.S. Route 2, Wilton
• Dec. 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Farmington Park & Ride (next to Walgreens)
• Dec. 28, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Edmund’s Market, 1185 Rangeley Road, Phillips
Harm reduction services protect the lives of those individuals actively using drugs until they are ready to begin a recovery plan. Services offered include Naloxone, an intranasal medication that can reverse an opioid overdose; hepatitis C and HIV at-home testing kits; wound care supplies; Fentanyl test strips; and safer sex supplies, among others.
For more information, visit the Healthy Community Coalition Facebook page or call 207-779-3136.