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Addiction Policy Forum & Makin’ It Happen Online Courses are LIVE!

Addiction Policy Forum & Makin’ It Happen Online Courses are LIVE!

by Makin It Happen | Sep 4, 2025 | Featured, Happening Now, Makin ’It Happen Together, Prevention, Recovery, Recovery Ready Community

Makin’ It Happen and The Addiction Policy Forum are thrilled to announce that our online, self-paced courses are LIVE! These courses include Understanding Overdose Risk and Medication Efficacy, Reentry Best Practices for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders,...
Up-and-Coming: Clip the Stigma

Up-and-Coming: Clip the Stigma

by Makin It Happen | Jul 31, 2025 | Featured, Happening Now, Happening Soon, Makin ’It Happen Together, Prevention, Recovery, Recovery Ready Community, Resiliency Essentials, Uncategorized

Makin’ It Happen is excited to be developing a new initiative designed to break down stigma and build resiliency among individuals working in direct service businesses throughout the greater Manchester region. Our pilot module, ‘Clip the Stigma,’ has been...
Buying Furniture + Supporting Makin’ It Happen = Everyone Wins!

Buying Furniture + Supporting Makin’ It Happen = Everyone Wins!

by Makin It Happen | Mar 20, 2025 | Featured, Happening Now

Are you in the market for a new piece of furniture? Is spring cleaning causing you to reconsider your decor? I know, you’re probably thinking, “Why am I reading a furniture promotion from Makin’ It Happen?” …  Starting on March 16th, Fallon’s Furniture and...
Makin’ It Happen Launches Responding To Addiction Training!

Makin’ It Happen Launches Responding To Addiction Training!

by Makin It Happen | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, Recovery Ready Community

On February 3, our Recovery Ready Communities Team facilitated Makin’ It Happen’s first Responding To Addiction Training, a curriculum developed and produced by Addiction Policy Forum! Responding To Addiction aims to disintegrate common stigmas associated with...
Farewell, But Never Goodbye!

Farewell, But Never Goodbye!

by Makin It Happen | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, Makin’ It Happen in the 603

For Ashley Bachert, it has been 8 years since her journey began at Makin’ It Happen as a youth volunteer. Throughout her time, she had been pivotal in invoking change and impacting the Greater Manchester Region! It is very bittersweet that we announce that she has...
Goffstown High School Is Makin’ Seasons Brighter!

Goffstown High School Is Makin’ Seasons Brighter!

by Makin It Happen | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Goffstown, Makin’ It Happen in the 603

Although we may be in the coldest season of the year, last month we felt rays of warmth to last all winter! For the second year in a row, Goffstown High School senior, Maddox Turck, spearheaded the impactful initiative to put together stocking for Farnum Center...
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Makin’ It Happen is on a mission! . . . to create a coordinated response among individuals, organizations, businesses, and communities to promote behaviors that measurably improve the overall health and well-being of our youth, families, and communities with a focus on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention and mental wellness.

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Today is National Fentanyl Awareness and Preventio Today is National Fentanyl Awareness and Prevention Day. Fentanyl is being found in substances people don’t expect, and it only takes a small amount to be deadly.

You can help make a difference.

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So wonderful to see all of the Greater Manchester So wonderful to see all of the Greater Manchester communities participating in DEA Drug Take Back Day this past weekend! 

Missed out? No worries. Check out these disposal sites available year-round: https://www.des.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt341/files/documents/2020-01/nh-drug-box-locations.pdf

See you in October for another Take Back! 

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For every $500 you spend at @FallonsFurniture or @ For every $500 you spend at @FallonsFurniture or @LaZBoy_or_Manchester, you can donate $10 to Makin' It Happen and get $25 off!

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