BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190427T140000Z DTEND:20190427T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Medication Take Back Event DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, April 27\, 2019\, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Ottawa County Opiate Taskforce will be participating in a national medication takeback event in order to safely dispose of unused and expired medications in our community.\n\n\n\n"Why do we participate in medication takeback events?" It is important to safely dispose of medications by giving them to Law Enforcement because when we throw medications in the trash or flush them down the toilet\, the medications contaminate our water supply. Also\, storing unused or expired medications creates a risk of accidental or intentional misuse of medications. The University of Michigan reports that every 10 minutes a child is taken to the emergency department for medication poisoning. Let's reduce the risk of accidental medication poisoning in our community by cleaning out our medication cabinets and safely disposing of any unused and expired medications! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:On Saturday\, April 27\, 2019\, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Ottawa County Opiate Taskforce will be participating in a national medication takeback event in order to safely dispose of unused and expired medications in our community.
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\n"\;Why do we participate in medication takeback events?"\; It is important to safely dispose of medications by giving them to Law Enforcement because when we throw medications in the trash or flush them down the toilet\, the medications contaminate our water supply. Also\, storing unused or expired medications creates a risk of accidental or intentional misuse of medications. The University of Michigan reports that every 10 minutes a child is taken to the emergency department for medication poisoning. Let'\;s reduce the risk of accidental medication poisoning in our community by cleaning out our medication cabinets and safely disposing of any unused and expired medications! LOCATION:Grand Haven: Health Pointe (15100 Whittaker Way) Holland: Meijer (746 E 16th St.) Hudsonville: Meijer (4075 32nd Ave) Zeeland: Zeeland Community Hospital (8333 Felch St.) UID:e.1796.8827 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260506T143928Z URL:http://business.allendalechamber.org/events/details/medication-take-back-event-8827 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR