PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Harm Reduction will hold an open house to show off its new Pittsfield location and to provide the public with an opportunity to learn more about its work addressing a critical community need. 

 

The open house will be held on Thursday, Aug. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. at 42 Summer St., second floor.

 

The new location has expanded space for the many services Berkshire Harm Reduction provides, including HIV health and prevention, syringe services, overdose education and prevention and Hepatitis C, HIV and STI testing and hepatitis C treatment. At the open house, Harm Reduction staff will provide information on those services, as well as Narcan training and tours of the Harm Reduction mobile unit that traverses the county to care for clients unable to visit one of its two physical locations, in Pittsfield and North Adams.

 

"Harm Reduction addresses a major community need and our staff is excited to invite the public in to see the new space and learn how to be ambassadors for public health, Narcan administration and reducing incidence of overdose in the Berkshires," said Sarah DeJesus, program manager.

 

Light refreshments will be provided at the open house and visitors can talk with Harm Reduction staff about the work they do in the community. For more information, call 413-447-2654.