MCAVHN Care and Prevention Network

08/13/2026

Today is community lunch day! We made a huge taco salad with tomatoes, beef, beans, cheese, olives, and safe lettuce. If you or anyone you know is hungry, please send them to our 148 Clara Ave office and have some yummy lunch!

08/12/2026

Attention! Attention!! The free phone guy with be at MCAVHN! Tomorrow (8-13) starting at 10am! Swing by 148 Clara Ave and maybe get you a free phone!!

08/10/2026

On this day in 1988, our friend and founder Dave Purchase set up his card table and started a movement. Tacoma Needle Exchange became the first legally sanctioned syringe exchange program in the US, and 36 years later, we’re still advancing Dave’s mission of providing harm reduction services to the people of Tacoma and Pierce county. Dave would go on to found the North American Syringe Exchange Network (NASEN) in 1992, creating a national counterpart to his local work.
Thank you to all of the staff, friends, allies, advocates, and participants who have helped TNE thrive over the years. We are honored to carry on Dave’s legacy in his hometown over three decades later. In Dave’s own words: “The point is the point.” ❤️🫂💉

08/06/2026

Approximately 105,000 American lives were lost to drug overdose in 2023.

On this International Overdose Awareness Day, we:

Honor those we've lost.
Encourage treatment & recovery.
Help communities build prevention capacity.
Join the many voices turning grief into collective action: http://bit.ly/4mYj3IX

08/06/2026

08/06/2026

Sending love to the people who have lost loved ones to an overdose.
Carry Narcan and Never Use Alone.
877-696-1996

08/05/2026

Don't forget you can get free Narcan at either our mobile unit or right here at our 148 Clara office

08/04/2026