It is our goal to reduce harms and fatalities by reducing stigma, raising awareness, promoting prevention, encouraging harm reduction strategies and reaching out for help, ensuring equitable access to treatment, and supporting recovery.
Starting July 22, we are undertaking a challenge to train 2,027 people in Mental Health First Aid to recognize and respond appropriately to youth or adults experiencing an mental health or substance use challenge or crisis by July 22, 2027! Learn more on our Events page and meet the challenge with a one time or recurring donation.
In August, Montgomery Goes Purple will host the annual Recovery Month Launch in coordination with the International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD).
September is International Recovery Month, and prevention and recovery focused events and activities continue throughout the year. Your generous contributions will help us to reach more students and adults in September and all year long.
Recovery Month is an international observance to celebrate recovery and encourage individuals with a mental health or substance use disorder to seek recovery. This annual event is meant to reduce the negative stigma surrounding mental health and substance use disorders and promote treatment along with recovery.
Provisional data from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics indicate there were an estimated 69,973 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2025. This marks a nearly 14% decrease from the estimated 81,313 deaths in 2024, representing a decline for the third counscutive year.*
These declines prove that what we are doing is making a difference. However, the loss of nearly 70,000 lives shows that more work is still needed.
Thank you for your generous support!
Montgomery Goes Purple, Inc. is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit
Donations by check are fee free and can be mailed to:
Montgomery Goes Purple, Inc
25508 Woodfield Rd
Damascus, MD 20872
*CDC Press Release, May 12, 2023: U.S. Overdose Deaths Decrease for Third Consecutive Year
Montgomery Goes Purple, Celebrating Recovery
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