Montreal Lake Cree Nation is ramping up for their National Addictions Awareness Week event that is starting November 25 to November 29.
“We’ve been working together as a team and putting together programs in our community, and one of them was the National Addiction Awareness Week,” said Delia Naytowhow.
The events that are planned start Monday, November 25, and start off in a good way with a pipe ceremony at 10 a.m. at Senator Allen Bird Memorial School (SABMS) Gymnasium, followed by a candlelight vigile planned for 1:30 p.m.
Community seminars will start on Tuesday, November 26. The first seminar is on drug-induced psychosis, starting at 10 a.m. The second seminar is community Naloxone training and will start at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, November 27, starting at 10 a.m. will be the Craving Card and Triggers workshop. In the afternoon will be a self-care and gratitude workshop.
Thursday, November 28, starting at 10 a.m., the RCMP is providing a drug awareness workshop. There will be a community scavenger hunt starting at 1 p.m. at the C & D arena.
Friday, November 28, starting at 1 p.m., there will be a sober family and violence awareness walk starting from the SABMS gym, and after the walk will be the honouring sobriety supper. There will also be a gospel jamboree starting at 4 p.m. at the SABMS gym.
Montreal Lake Cree Nation will have a week full of events, and daily door prizes will be available for those who attend.
“We also have a poster contest. It’s for ages 18 and under, that’s where the school comes in. They’re going to be doing a poster contest, a poem contest and in regards to what do you think of alcohol and drugs in our community and the 27th is a deadline. The youth will have a chance to win some prizes and also we want to put those posters on a big billboard in our community,” explained Naytowhow.
For more information, contact Delia Naytowhow at 306-981-2166.