Fentanyl awareness presentation to San Francisco High School of the Arts students.

Veteran’s Memorial Park, Downtown Napa
5:00 PM

The Napa Opioid Safety Coalition invites you to United Against Fentanyl: An Opioid Awareness Rally & Memorial.

Come together as a community to hear about the Napa countywide fentanyl awareness campaign, honor those who lost their life to the crisis, and learn how to get involved and save a life. Hear from community leaders, advocates, and those personally affected by illicit fentanyl, followed by a short unity walk. A vigil with a moment of silence and a memorial to remember those we've lost to opioid poisoning and overdose will take place after the walk. Bring a photo of a loved one, candles will be distributed. Resources will be available to learn how to stay safe and how to take action.

Live Spanish interpretation and rally signs will be available.

To learn more contact: mona@michaelleonardifoundation.org or napaopioidsafetycoalition@gmail.com

St. Helena, CA
Oak Avenue between Adams Street and Spring Street
10 am - 4pm

The Hometown Harvest Festival is St. Helena’s most-beloved Fall event for the young and old held on the 3rd Saturday in October each year. The Hometown Harvest Festival features live music, wine and beer, a food alley, kids zone, and an array of arts and crafts vendors.

The Michael Leonardi Foundation will have important information and resources on illicit fentanyl and the dangers, and ways to stay safe.

More information on the event here.

Yountville Community Center
6516 Washington St, Yountville, CA
9 am - 12 pm

Community Wellness Fair from 9 AM - 12 PM - FREE Flu Shots, health information and screenings, community resources information, free giveaways and more!

The Michael Leonardi Foundation will have important information and resources on illicit fentanyl and the dangers.

11am-1pm

We will be at located at the library plaza from 11am-1pm. Please stop by to learn more about illicit fentanyl, the dangers, and ways to stay safe. We will have our safety kits that include Narcan and fentanyl test strips.

Fentanyl awareness presentations to Denver Waldorf High School students and parents.

Fentanyl awareness presentation to the Whisper Creek parents, teens, young adults and community.

noon-6:00pm
Napa Valley Expo, 575 Third St., downtown, Napa, CA

Team Morales Events presents Napa Blues, Brews, BBQ & Classic Cars at Napa Valley Exposition on Saturday, Oct. 5, at noon. Come visit the Michael Leonardi Foundation booth and learn more about illicit fentanyl and ways to stay safe.

A Bay Area favorite in its 13th year, it features BBQ, live blues music from some of the Bay Area’s best musicians and craft beer. For more information visit napabluesandbrew.com.

Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Join the Napa County Suicide Prevention Council for a day of learning, sharing, mutual support, and awareness-raising. Open to mental health professionals, educators, community leaders, families and individuals who have been affected by suicide, and engaged neighbors, the Suicide Prevention Conference will explore the complexities of suicide, reduce stigma around mental health issues, and provide practical tools and strategies for prevention, intervention, and postvention.

Community organizations will be on-site with information tables and valuable resources, including the Michael Leonardi Foundation.

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased here.

Fentanyl awareness presentation to Camille Creek Community School students.

Coffee + Awareness
Napa Bookmine, 1625 2nd St., Napa, CA 94559
10:00 AM

Come join us for a cup of coffee (on us!) and a presentation on illicit fentanyl and ways to stay safe. Books on this topic will be suggested. Please RSVP to info@michaelleonardifoundation.org. Hope to see you there!

The Michael Leonardi Foundation is funded in part by Napa County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) through Opioid Settlement Funds (OSF) to support prevention, intervention, treatment, recovery, and other life-saving programs and services for individuals and families throughout the community.

11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Be Bubbly, 1407 2nd St, downtown Napa, CA

Be Bubbly is celebrating it’s 4th year in business! Come celebrate with cold bubbles, hot music, and delicious food. Your ticket includes welcome glass of champagne & bistro bites! Be Bubbly is generously raising proceeds to donate to the Michael Leonardi Foundation.

DJ Jerry Ross will be celebrating with us from 1-6pm kicking up & wrapping up the party- as well as spinning between Ariel’s sets!

Ariel Marin and her full band will be performing from 2-5pm! You won’t want to miss this show!

Grab your ticket while they last- it will be standing room only for sure! JOIN THE PARTY

Napa Yard
585 First Street, Downtown Napa, CA
2 - 5 PM
TICKETS: $20, purchase here.

Join us Saturday, August 24th, 2024 for our next Michael Leonardi Foundation Music + Awareness Concert hosted at Napa Yard from 2-5 pm, featuring The Framers, Weekend Youth and Sanho! The event will feature live music, guest speakers, and community resources, and held during the same week as National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, which is August 21st.

The Framers are an alternative indie rock band from Santa Barbara that perform both originals and covers, from bands like The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys. They are recent winners of the 2024 Battle of the Bands in Santa Barbara and won a spot to perform at SLO’s Shabang Music Festival. We’re thrilled to have them back in Napa. You won’t want to miss it!

Weekend Youth is an alternative pop-rock band from right here in Napa, CA. They’ve shared the stage with One Republic, SirSly, and Imagine Dragons, and sold out their debut headlining show at Blue Note Napa in 2023. They’ve recently released their new single “I can’t sleep without the tv on.” We’re so excited to have them join us!

Sanho The Indian, a rapper from Napa, California, is a major player in the Hip Hop scene. This skilled musician, who specializes in the Contemporary Hip Hop subgenre, adds a new and creative spin to the genre. Sanho The Indian's music is a true expression of the lively energy and ethnic diversity of the United States, with a special fusion of poetic lyricism and enticing beats.

Radio personality, musician and producer Bob St. Laurent will be the MC for the music event.

Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased through Eventbrite. Food and beverages will be available for purchase at Napa Yard.

Local organizations joining include the Napa Opioid Safety Coalition with Narcan (naloxone) distribution , ALDEA Prevention Services and Mentis Mental Health Services.

Thank you to our sponsors and partners!:
Napa Yard, Peak Productions Event Rentals, Magic Hour Live Entertainment, Gibbs Vineyards, Myles Davis Electric, Napa County, Napa Health & Human Services, Matthew Perry Foundation, Scott Porter, Earthen Wear, Glen & Stephanie Galaich.

The Michael Leonardi Foundation is funded in part by Napa County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) through Opioid Settlement Funds (OSF) to support prevention, intervention, treatment, recovery, and other life-saving programs and services for individuals and families throughout the community.

In honor of Michael’s birthday, we are eating cake … carrot cake that is, and spreading kindness.  You can change someone’s day with a kind word or act. 

Get your carrot cake by visiting Sweetie Pies Bakery and/or Kara’s Cupcakes (cupcakes count!) in downtown Napa, your local baker, or make your own and share! 

Post your carrot cake on social media with #carrotcakeandkindnessday and tag us @michaelleonardifoundation along with your baker.

August 21st is a coordinated day of response by grassroots fentanyl awareness organizations and families impacted by fentanyl to educate the public about the dangers of illicit fentanyl.

Learn more at https://facingfentanylnow.org

11am-5pm

Downtown Napa SoFi District will have three stages for Battle of the Bands. Stop by our information table and learn what you need to know about illicit fentanyl and ways to stay safe.

The event takes place in downtown Napa, CA on Second Street, between School and Franklin Streets and will feature 14+ bands on three stages. Food trucks, wine, beer and non-alcoholic drinks will be available for purchase. For more information click here.

This is a free event.

Raising awareness and presenting as part of the Napa Opioid Safety Coalition to students on the dangers of illicit fentanyl and fake prescription pills.

Raising awareness and presenting as part of the Napa Opioid Safety Coalition to students on the dangers of illicit fentanyl and fake prescription pills.

Raising awareness on the dangers of illicit fentanyl and fake
prescription pills to parents and educators.

Raising awareness on the dangers of illicit fentanyl and fake
prescription pills to NVUSD parents.

Napa River Inn - Hatt Hall
500 Main Street, downtown Napa
6:00 pm

A half-hour film that delves into the lives of younger people who survived the loss of their loved ones to fentanyl. Like the previous film, Dead on Arrival, this film is a trek through the ever-growing illicit fentanyl crisis that is re-shaping American life, destroying families.

From the Alexander Neville Foundation, the O’Connell Family Foundation and filmmakers Dominic Tierno and Christine Wood.

Free admission. Q & A and discussion to follow film. English viewing with Spanish subtitles.

Raising Awareness on the dangers of illicit fentanyl and fake
prescription pills to high school students and parents.

Yountville Community Center
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Event is free. Limited seats, please register.

Ben Westhoff is an award-winning investigative reporter whose books are taught around the country and have been translated around the world, including Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Created the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic, the bombshell first book about the fentanyl epidemic. He has advised officials at the top levels of government about the opioid crisis. Westhoff is currently directing a film about the opioid treatment drug naltrexone, called Antagonist, and his book Original Gangstas: Tupac, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube and the Birth of West Coast Rap is the definitive book about West Coast Hip-Hop. He has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, and the Guardian, and been interviewed as an expert commentator on CNN, NPR, and CSPAN, and on full, dedicated episodes of Fresh Air and the Joe Rogan Experience. 

This speaking event will be held at the Yountville Community Center in Yountville, CA. A Q&A and discussion will follow.

Napa Bookmine will be on-site selling copies of Fentanyl, Inc., with 20% of sales proceeds to the Michael Leonardi Foundation.

The Napa Opioid Safety Coalition (NOSC) and ALDEA Children & Family services will be on-site with information on their services, along with Narcan training and distribution.

Raising Awareness on the dangers of illicit fentanyl and fake
prescription pills to students and parents.