National Fentanyl Awareness Day: Why We Fight

Today, on National Fentanyl Awareness Day, we pause to reflect on a crisis that continues to devastate families and communities across the country. This day is a national call to action—to raise awareness about the dangers of illicit fentanyl, honor the lives lost, and mobilize communities toward prevention, education, and support.

At Trinity’s Children, this day carries profound weight. We started this nonprofit in memory of our beautiful daughter Trinity Viola Ripley, who died from a fentanyl overdose in December 2023. She was just 18 years old—bright, adventurous, compassionate, and full of promise. Like too many others, Trinity didn’t fully understand what she was taking. And like too many others, she never got a second chance.

Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 45. It’s 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Just two milligrams, roughly the size of a few grains of salt, can be fatal. The worst part? It’s being laced into everything from counterfeit pills to common street drugs, often without users knowing.

This is why Trinity’s Children exists.
We are on a mission to fight this epidemic through:

• Community Education
• First Responder & School Engagement
• Grief Support & Family Advocacy
• Youth Awareness Campaigns

We believe that knowledge is power and compassion is healing. We speak at schools, set up awareness events, work with government agencies, and connect families to resources. We advocate fiercely—because we know what it’s like to lose a child to something preventable.

Today, as we honor Trinity and thousands of others taken far too soon, we ask you to stand with us.

📌 Here’s how you can help:

• Learn more about fentanyl and share the facts
• Have real conversations with your children, friends, and neighbors
• Support nonprofits like ours that are working on the front lines
• Make a donation to help us expand our reach and save lives
  👉 https://trinityschildren.org/donate

Your support helps us bring prevention programs into schools, provide Narcan training, assist grieving families, and advocate for stronger policies and protections.

Today is not just about remembering—it’s about responding.

Let’s save lives together.
For Trinity. For all of our children.
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