Welcome to The Sam Chase Fund newsletter. This month is filled with fentanyl facts, a 227 supporter spotlight, and our fall presentation schedule! We are grateful to have you along this journey with us.

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Fentanyl Facts

Where does illicit fentanyl come from? 

“​​Illicit fentanyl is the black market version of the drug obtained or made by dealers and mixed into pills, other powders, blotter papers and liquids, etc. in “labs” with no quality controls. The risk of illicit fentanyl is two-fold. Illicit fentanyl, often made in Mexico, is not manufactured to the same quality standards as the pharmaceutical fentanyl commonly used for medicinal purposes. The potency of illicit fentanyl found in items sold in illegal markets can vary widely from maker to maker, or even from batch to batch, and the buyers don’t know the contents of what they are getting*. Fake pills are then being made, sometimes with inconsistent amounts of illicit fentanyl." 

The information above comes from the Song For Charlie Website. Click the link below and go to the third page of fentanyl facts to finish reading more information on illicit fentanyl. 

https://songforcharlie.org/facts-about-fentanyl/

227 Spotlight: Heidi Nesheim

Sam was a very passionate runner and one of his all time favorite coaches was Heidi Nesheim. Recently, Heidi participated in a marathon in honor of SBC. She ran with a poster on her back of Sam Chase and fentanyl facts. Heidi, thank you for helping to spread awareness and share the dangers of fentanyl. We appreciate you and the role you had in Sam’s life. His adorable thank you note is below:) Those who know Sam know he was a phenomenal thank you note writer.

A Big Donation

  This week we gave a large donation to Song For Charlie for their New Drug Talk resource portal for parents. The website will provide wonderful education and free tools to help families stay safe, as well as free resources & expert advice to help you learn about the dangers of fentanyl. We were able to make this happen because of you all believing in us and your kind donations so thank YOU from the bottom of our hearts. To find more information on this go to https://songforcharlie.org/the-new-drug-talk/ 

Words from Song for Charlie 

Sam Chase Fund

"Courtney, Chris, Carter and the entire Chase family are having a real impact in honor of their late son and brother, Sam. Through the Sam Chase Fund, they make presentations to youth in Northern California and Southern Oregon and recently became a Gold Partner in SFC’s New Drug Talk resource portal for parents."

Scheduling & Events

 What's Coming Up...

PRESENTATIONS

We recently had 3 educational fentanyl presentations and we have quite a few coming up!

October 30th Etna High School @ 11:15 

October 30th Fort Jones Junior High @ 2:15

November 17th Butteville Middle School @ TBD

This fall we also presented at the MSHS athletes committed meeting. You can find our two latests posts about it on our SCF Instagram

If you know of any schools or businesses interested in having us for presentations you can email samchasefund@gmail.com for any inquiries.

Looking Ahead

Giving Tuesday

Presentations

New Merch

Please help young adults find their path by supporting The Sam Chase Fund with your tax deductible contribution.

Donations to the Sam Chase Fund are processed and administered by our partner, The Community Foundation of the North State. The Foundation is a 501c (3) non-profit foundation and all donations are tax deductible.

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