There’s No Place Like NaloxHome Gala
Join a Wizard of Oz-themed evening for a cause in Vancouver on August 14th at the There’s No Place Like NaloxHome gala. NaloxHome Society is a youth-led, Metro Vancouver-based nonprofit that provides youth with de-stigmatizing education on the signs of an overdose, stigma, naloxone, and how to keep each other safe. Proceeds from the gala will go towards the organizations expansion into new parts of British Columbia.
There’s No Place Like NaloxHome
- Date: Thursday, August 14, 2025 from 5:00pm to 9:30pm
- Location: SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 West Hastings St, Vancouver)
- Tickets: Available online now from $150. Includes three-course dinner buffet done by The Lazy Gourmet.
The event will also have a panel of people with lived/living experience using drugs, healthcare professionals, youth, and more including harm reduction advocate and addiction educator Guy Felicella.
A Decade of the Overdose Crisis in BC
In 2016, provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall declared a public health emergency due to a significant increase in drug-related overdoses and deaths. There were 997 unregulated drug deaths in 2015. In 2024, there were 2,287 [source].
By Health Authority, in 2025, the highest number of unregulated drug deaths were in Fraser and Vancouver Coastal Health Authorities (185 and 155 deaths, respectively), making up 57% of all such deaths during 2025. The highest rates were in Northern Health (46 deaths per 100,000 individuals) and Interior Health (35 per 100,000). Expanding programs to other regions of BC is now the focus of NaloxHome.
About NaloxHome
NaloxHome delivers 60-minute, stigma-free presentations on overdose awareness and harm reduction, backed by Fraser Health and reviewed by SHARE Society. These sessions are open to everyone, not just those with direct experience with substance use, because solving the overdose crisis requires collective action.
The organization was founded in 2021 by Chloe Goodison, a first-year SFU student who recognized a gap in education after graduating high school without learning about BC’s overdose crisis. Despite five years as a declared public health emergency at the time, critical topics like overdose signs, naloxone access, harm reduction, and the poisoned drug supply remain absent from school curriculums—fuelling stigma and putting lives at risk.
NaloxHome first launched in the Tri-Cities region and Goodison enlisted a diverse group of Youth Educators, each bringing unique experiences in race, gender, drug use, education, and life. This dynamic team delivers impactful presentations in your classrooms and communities. Now a registered charity, they have trained over 90 facilitators and reached 30,000 youth across BC through a unique peer-to-peer model.
Get your tickets today and support this important work. Follow NaloxHome on Instagram for insights and information.
Miss604 is a sponsor of this event
