Raising harm reduction awareness one bowl of soup at a time

By Carly McHugh Writer Despite a chilly start to the day, the warm sunshine greeted community members who stopped by the Six Nations Department of Well-Being’s harm reduction outreach soup share. The outreach team took advantage of the lunchtime rush at Iroquois Village Plaza on Nov. 19, handing out hearty, homemade corn soup and spreading the word about National Addictions Awareness Week, which ran from Nov. 16 to 22. The initiative began about five years ago, but back then, it ran sporadically, whenever someone had the availability to supervise the booth. However, more recently, the team has grown, and the four staff members who participate have been trying more to get out into the community. In recent weeks, they have also seen an increasing number of visitors. “It’s just reaching…

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