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Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Hosts Second Annual Opioid Awareness Walk on April 4

Wilkes-Barre, PA (04/01/2019) — The Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy will host a second annual opioid epidemic awareness walk on Thursday, April 4 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Participants will walk from the Wilkes campus to Kirby Park and back to raise awareness for the opioid epidemic.

The event begins in the Fenner Quadrangle in the center of campus. Participants will walk on S. River St., across the Market Street Bridge, around the Kirby Park pond and back. In the event of inclement weather, participants will depart from the Henry Student Center and the walk will be shortened.

Educational materials and t-shirts will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. A suggested $5 donation will benefit the Wilkes-Barre Fire Department's Naloxone program. Last year, 311 doses of Naloxone were administered by the department. The entirety of the funds from the walk will go directly to the program.

Wilkes students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the community, are welcome to attend. Participants can register by contacting Dylan Fox at dylan.fox@wilkes.edu.

The event is organized by the Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Generation Rx team. Generation Rx increases public awareness of prescription medication abuse and encourages health care providers, community leaders and college students to actively work to prevent abuse.

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About Wilkes University:

Wilkes University is a private, independent, non-sectarian institution of higher education dedicated to academic and intellectual excellence through mentoring in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs. Founded in 1933, the university is on a mission to create one of the nation's finest small universities, offering all of the programs, activities and opportunities of a large university in the intimate, caring and mentoring environment of a small college, open to all who show promise. The Economist named Wilkes 25th in the nation for the value of its education for graduates. In addition to 47 majors, Wilkes offers 25 master's degree programs and five doctoral/terminal degree programs, including the doctor of philosophy in nursing, doctor of nursing practice, doctor of education, doctor of pharmacy, and master of fine arts in creative writing. Learn more at www.wilkes.edu.

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