{"id":114410,"date":"2026-02-15T04:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114410\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T04:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:54:13","slug":"%f0%9f%92%97february-2026-prevention-recovery-wellness-events-in-erie-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114410\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udc97February 2026 Prevention, Recovery &#038; Wellness Events in Erie County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83d\udc97\u00a0February is a time to show care for our community and support is one of the most powerful ways to do that. Across Erie County, local partners are offering trainings, meetings, and recovery resources focused on substance use prevention, harm reduction, and mental wellness.\ud83d\udc97<\/p>\n<p>Drug &amp; Alcohol Prevention and Education<\/p>\n<p>Free Virtual Narcan Training \u2013 Hosted by the Pennsylvania\u00a0Department of Health.\u00a0Learn how to recognize and reverse an opioid overdose. Participants receive a free Narcan kit by mail.<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/services\/health\/register-for-naloxone-training\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/services\/health\/register-for-naloxone-training<\/a><br \/>\nAddiction Education &amp; Resources \u2013 The Erie County Drug and Alcohol Coalition offers prevention education and substance use resources.<br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"http:\/\/Eriedrugandalcohol.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eriedrugandalcohol.org<\/a><br \/>\nSupport for Women &amp; Families in Recovery \u2013 Recovery Is Beautiful NWPA provides ongoing recovery support in the Erie area.<br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"http:\/\/recoveryisbeautifulnwpa.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recoveryisbeautifulnwpa.org<\/a><br \/>\nPeer Support Groups \u2013 NAMI Erie County PA is hosting peer-to-peer support groups from February through March.<br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"http:\/\/namierie.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">namierie.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mental Health &amp; Related Meetings<\/p>\n<p>HIV Task Force Meeting \u2013 The Erie County HIV Task Force meets Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 1 p.m. in a hybrid format at the health department.<br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"http:\/\/echiv.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">echiv.org<\/a><br \/>\nAA Spring Conference Committee Meeting \u2013 Hosted by Alcoholics Anonymous Erie PA on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 7 p.m.<br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"http:\/\/aaeriepa.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> aaeriepa.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recovery Services Available<\/p>\n<p>Peer Navigators at Blasco Library \u2013 The Mental Health Association of Northwestern PA offers peer support services at the Blasco Memorial Library for individuals in recovery.<br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"http:\/\/mhanp.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> mhanp.org<\/a><br \/>\nConsumer Recovery Center \u2013 A welcoming drop-in center for adults (18+) navigating mental health or addiction recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Need immediate help for alcohol-related support?<br \/>Call the AA answering service: 814-452-2675<\/p>\n<p>Support is here. Help is here. You are not alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udc97\u00a0February is a time to show care for our community and support is one of the most powerful&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":{"0":"post-114410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}