PORT ANGELES — PA CAN, the Port Angeles Citizen Action Network intent on addressing the drug abuse problem here, will hold its next meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
All concerned residents are welcome at the meeting in the upstairs conference room at The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave.
The network, a subgroup of Revitalize Port Angeles, had its first public meeting in June. It drew recovering addicts and their family members as well as counselors, volunteers and social workers from the drug treatment community.
In July PA CAN held two meetings to crystallize its immediate, medium-term and long-term priorities.
Those who attended the July 22 session voted on a long list to select the top three:
■ Finding ways to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, which provide after-school activities and mentorship.
■ Supporting Oxford House, a network of homes for recovering addicts.
■ Developing a drug education program in local schools.
This Wednesday’s meeting will include presentations on the trio of priorities, promised organizer Angie Gooding.
“We will also be having an update on the Overdose Vigil set for Aug. 31,” she noted.
PA CAN, in cooperation with nurse and Clallam County Jail staff member Julia Keegan, will sponsor a vigil on the last evening of this month.
Beginning at dusk at Civic Field, the gathering is meant to raise awareness of the drug-overdose problem plaguing the community.
For information about the vigil and PA CAN, see its page on Facebook or visit www.RevitalizePortAngeles.org.
