What is Project DAWN?
Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided with Naloxone) is an overdose education and naloxone distribution program. Participants learn how to:
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of an overdose.
- Make an emergency 9-1-1 call.
- Perform rescue breathing.
- Administer Narcan (naloxone) to someone experiencing an opioid overdose.
If you are interested in obtaining a FREE project DAWN kit, please use the link below to fill out the intake form and watch the training video. Once this is completed, contact 740-454-9741 X 350 and ask to speak with the PROJECT DAWN COORDINATOR to schedule a pickup.
Project DAWN is named in memory of Leslie Dawn Cooper, who struggled with substance use disorder for many years before dying from a witnessed opioid overdose on Oct. 3, 2009. The first Project DAWN site was established in Leslie’s hometown of Portsmouth, Ohio, in 2012. Since then, Project DAWN has expanded to a collective of more than 380 naloxone distribution sites that cover around 77 of Ohio’s 88 counties.
