PRESS RELEASE
FENTANYL AWARENESS MUSIC VIDEO SHOOT & FUNDRAISER ~ FREE!
Nonpartisan Family Fun Event with Kid Friendly Activities, Food Trucks & Free Naloxone
WHEN: Sunday, 5/19/24 from 12 noon – 4 pm with FREE PARKING
WHERE: Legion Stadium, 2149 Carolina Beach Road, Wilmington NC 28401
WHO: Open to the Public! Kid Friendly! FREE! Anyone who lost a loved one to fentanyl, allies, advocates for life-saving NALOXONE in ALL NC SCHOOLS, music lovers, students, educators, health care providers, publicity hounds, anyone who dreams of being in a music video, law enforcement, press, nonprofits, those in recovery.
CONTACTS:
Scott Maitland, Side-By-Side Entertainment, 516-304-6499, sidebysideent@gmail.com
Barb Walsh, fentvic.org, 919-614-3830, barb@fentvic.org
FEATURED ARTISTS: 22JAX & LADYDICE song collaboration “For Yall”
Z107.5 fm with Foz broadcasting live!
SCHEDULE 12-4pm: 12 gates open. Entire time = games, raffle, food & music. 1-2pm Nonprofits Speak on Dangers of Fentanyl & Urge Naloxone in ALL NC Schools & Public Spaces. 2-3pm Video Shoot. 3:30 Raffle Drawing.
NC NONPROFITS WHO FIGHT FENTANYL SAVE LIVES TOGETHER!
Fentvic.org, Fentanyl Victims Network of North Carolina
Forgotten Victims of North Carolina
Fight4Me Foundation
It’s Bigger Than Me: Michiko La’Deja Duff Foundation
FACTS:
- 17,212 NC residents’ fentanyl involved fatalities in 10 years. Fentanyl fatalities occur in all 100 NC Counties, 2013-Jan 2024 (NC OCME)
- 469 fentanyl fatalities in New Hanover County in 10 years 2013-3/2023 (NC DPH Injury&Prevention Branch Epidemiology Surveillance Informatics unit)
- 7 out of 10 ‘street’ pressed copy-cat pills contain lethal fentanyl additives (DEA 2023)
- 10 NC residents killed by fentanyl each day (NC OCME)
- This means 10 more NC families implode each day.
- NC is #4 in nation in fentanyl fatalities (CDC 2023) yet #10 in population.
- Fentanyl is leading cause of death in NC for 18–25-year-olds (CDC 2022)
- Links to NC fentanyl fatality data. Go to www.fentvic.org website, select RESOURCES tab, select NC COUNTY REPORTS, select COUNTY NAME you are interested in.
RULES: Have fun! Sandbags must be used for all tents and banners, no stakes in ground. No weapons of any kind. No alcohol. No political signs