Monday, April 22, 2024

Happy Earth Day – Earth is Life!

 


Today is Earth Day, the annual celebration to raise awareness and advocate for change on issues that impact our home - Planet Earth! The Earth Day initiative began in 1970 and has grown to include events coordinated globally that involve over a billion people in more than 193 countries. The 2024 theme is “Planet vs. Plastics” to raise awareness of the health risks of plastics, with the goal to phase out use of single-use plastics. Thanks to our friends at Positively Present for illustrating wonderful suggestions we can do to love our Home Planet!

InnerAct Alliance and coalition partners, StandUP Polk and UthMpact, support Earth Day and local efforts to keep our community safe year-round. This Saturday, April 27 we will join the DEA and 6 Polk County enforcement agencies to host National Prescription Drug Take Back Day for citizens to turn in unused expired human and pet medications for safe disposal – this keeps medication from being misused or winding up in lakes and streams harming the water supply and wildlife. 


Unwanted medication may also be taken to one of the Polk County permanent drop sites, funded by GiveWell Community Foundation, year-round at police department locations:
Auburndale (weekdays 8-5)
Haines City (weekdays 8-5)
Lake Alfred (24hrs/7days)
Lake Hamilton (weekdays 8-5)
Lakeland (24hrs/7days)
Winter Haven (weekdays 8-5)

InnerAct Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and licensed prevention provider for substance abuse prevention in Polk, Hardee, and Highlands counties. For info, please call (863) 802-0777 or visit https://www.inneractalliance.org/



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