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This statewide campaign provides educational resources that bring awareness to practices for safe use, safe storage, and safe disposal of prescription opioids. Toolkits comprised of resources specifically for parents, coaches, and athletic directions are available. Everyone can access The Prescription Playbook for free.

Our Mission: Empowering and educating Illinois youth, parents, coaches, athletic trainers, educators, and other adult impactors to practice the safe use, storage, and disposal of prescription, illicit, and over-the-counter substances.   

Our Vision: To eliminate Illinois overdose numbers by empowering and educating youth to make safe and smart decisions.   

We are the voice for those who feel they don’t have one.

We believe the power of compassion, connection, and hope will aid in the creation of bonds that will empower those we serve to build trust, overcome challenges, and create pathways to perseverance.

We aim for a unifying approach on prioritizing mental health, delivering education, and eradicating cultural stigmas.

We strive to prevent suicide by eliminating access barriers to care, facilitating mentorship programs, and connecting our clients to a comprehensive offering of support groups through our community partners – and providing graceful postvention support accepting those on their path to resilience.

The Birdies for Ben Golf Outing was established in 2022 in remembrance of Ben Schoenhardt by combining a sport he enjoyed to play with the advocacy for opioid death prevention.

The mission of the Winnebago County Coroner’s Office is to provide timely, accurate determinations of cause and manner of death based on fact and evidence, with integrity and compassion for families, community, public health and public safety. 

Winnebago County Coroner's Office

Coroner, Jen Muraski

403 Elm Street, 2nd floor
Rockford, IL 61101
(815) 319-4970
info@coroner.wincoil.gov

Kinnikinnick School District Vision
"To educate our students to be responsible citizens with the knowledge, character, confidence and skills necessary to achieve personal success and make a positive difference in the world."

Rockton-Roscoe News, the first daily news outlet exclusively for Roscoe, Rockton, and South Beloit since 1835, provides independent, locally-owned journalism for northern Winnebago County, Illinois, with local news, events, advertising and generally good information for residents and businesses of the Stateline area. You can reach the editor at 815-408-0140‬ or editor@roscoenews.com.

Rockton-Roscoe News believes in providing readers with accurate, unbiased local news and follows ethics guidelines set forth by the Society of Professional Journalists.

Improving the quality of life of individuals and families living with mental illness through support, education, advocacy, and hope. 

• Educating the public about mental illness

• Working to eliminate the stigma of mental illness

• Advocating for increased funding for research into the causes and treatment of mental illness

• Advocating for better policies and legislation around the treatment of those touched by mental illness

Live4Lali works to reduce stigma and prevent substance use disorder among individuals, families, and communities, and minimize the overall health, legal and social harms associated with substance use.

Our Values
Diversity – Compassion –Research and Best Practices – History – Sustainability – Education