AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF) - Sunday is National Overdose Awareness Day and several organizations came together Saturday offering recovery resources.

Open Arms Outreach Augusta was on Washington Rd. and the Kroc Center handing out life-saving supplies including free Narcan, Fentanyl test strips and other life saving essentials.

They will also help people get insurance, and into treatment or rehab.

An official with Open Arms Outreach Augusta tells me they recently partnered with Good Neighbor Ministries and are officially a non-profit.

This means they are able to apply for grants so they can pay for people to get into treatment facilities.

“Me and the other Co-Founder of Open Arms Outreach, Dolly, are both women in long term recovery so we’ve been right where these people are at and we understa

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