We need your support now more than ever!
2020 has been a year that the world faced an unseen predator that threatened our lives and our livelihood. COVID-19 brought uncertainty, fear and death to our every-day lives. Deaths skyrocketed and people faced for the first time what many families face every day when someone they love is ravaged by the disease of addiction.
Early in the year, the Board of Directors for Not One More Alabama (NOMA) began to re-organize planned gatherings and replaced them with virtual meetings and educational events via Zoom. We decided early on that we cannot allow an ongoing sense of uncertainly to further distance families from the services that they desperately need. These individuals have already experienced the shame and isolation associated with the disease of addiction. Frankly, individuals suffering from substance use disorders and their families are very familiar with the anxiety, grief and isolation brought on by COVID-19.
Early in the year, the Board of Directors for Not One More Alabama (NOMA) began to re-organize planned gatherings and replaced them with virtual meetings and educational events via Zoom. We decided early on that we cannot allow an ongoing sense of uncertainly to further distance families from the services that they desperately need. These individuals have already experienced the shame and isolation associated with the disease of addiction. Frankly, individuals suffering from substance use disorders and their families are very familiar with the anxiety, grief and isolation brought on by COVID-19.
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More than 20 million people in the U.S. have a substance use disorder and 81,230 people have died from drug overdose (the largest number ever recorded over a 12 month period.) With our community's generous support, NOMA has reached thousands of individuals who have been impacted by addiction. COVID-19 has further validated our mission to support, educate and inspire those who need it now, more than ever. We welcome any donation, large or small; one time donation or monthly recurring donations. We have been humbled by the many birthday fundraisers through social media. And the large corporate donations have allowed us to offer our services free to the public. NOMA is a completely volunteer-operated 501c3 non-profit organization. Please consider a donation today.
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Your support saves lives
Together with UAB Family Medicine and Auburn School of Pharmacy, we trained individuals and distributed more than 250 packages of NARCAN (Naloxone), the lifesaving opioid reversal medication. This summer, one woman’s powerful message puts NOMA’s purpose in perspective:
“Monday night my son injected fentanyl. He had not used in a year. I received the little red bag from your event. I am a nurse clinician and was sure he was dead. Remembering the Narcan, I used both inhalers while waiting on the ambulance. He survived because of your outreach to the community. He has a long and winding road but now he has another chance. Thank you so much. God bless you.”
Your Support Provides Training for Parent Coaches
In collaboration with the Partnership to End Addiction, NOMA armed our local community with 17 Parent Coaches trained in CRAFT (Community Reinforcement Approach and Family Training). CRAFT is an evidence-based practice that families can use to support a loved one's treatment and recovery. Families who have been impacted by addiction often find comfort in connecting with someone who has been through a similar situation.
Your Support Provides Education and Comfort to Grieving Families
This year NOMA partnered with the Addiction Prevention Coalition and the Drug Education Council of Mobile to host a Virtual Grief Education Workshop for those who have lost loved ones to addiction. We also partnered with Bradford Health Services and the Drug Education Council of Mobile to provide multiple FREE Community Education Programs.
Your Support Helps to Lift the Stigma of Addiction
For the fourth consecutive year, NOMA has sponsored a flagship tree on Downtown Huntsville's Tinsel Trail. The NOMA Angel Tree is adorned with photos of beautiful souls lost to the disease of addiction. Part of our mission is to comfort families by honoring the memory of their loved one. We want to acknowledge the life they lived and the years we lost due to a preventable, treatable disease.
Another important part of our mission is to put a face to addiction. Often we focus on the number of overdose deaths and fail to remember that each number is someone's child, mother, father, sister, brother, uncle, friend or hero. Visitors from all over the state stop to gaze at the smiling faces looking back at them. When they read the message posted next to the Angel Tree, we have an opportunity to change a pre-conceived notion of what addiction looks like. It looks like you. It looks like me. It can happen to anyone.
Another important part of our mission is to put a face to addiction. Often we focus on the number of overdose deaths and fail to remember that each number is someone's child, mother, father, sister, brother, uncle, friend or hero. Visitors from all over the state stop to gaze at the smiling faces looking back at them. When they read the message posted next to the Angel Tree, we have an opportunity to change a pre-conceived notion of what addiction looks like. It looks like you. It looks like me. It can happen to anyone.
Please consider a contribution to this important non-profit today
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Not One More Alabama is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Thank you for your generous online donation! We are completely dependent on the generosity of our community to operate NOMA and are very appreciative of your financial support. Our online donation tool is easy to use and you can make a one-time donation or set up a recurring donation.
To make a contribution without using the Online Donation form, simply mail a check made out to Not One More Alabama to 225 Pratt Avenue, Huntsville, Alabama 35801. We also accept donations directly through Paypal. Please use notonemorealabama@gmail.com to send paypal donations. You may donate in honor or in memory of a loved one. Please indicate this information on your check if you are mailing a check. THANK YOU in advance of your support of Not One More Alabama. |
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Not One More Alabama is proud to be a Community Partner with The Partnership to End Addiction, an organization that provides personalized support and resources to families impacted by addiction, while mobilizing policymakers, researchers and health care professionals to more effectively address addiction systemically on a national scale.