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Angel Moms to hold fentanyl awareness walk this Saturday

Hundreds expected at Brooks City Base for inaugural event

SAN ANTONIO – On Thursday morning, a group of Angel Moms surrounded San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg as he presented a proclamation in honor of Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month at the San Antonio City Council meeting.

In a few days, the group will again be together for an event aimed at saving lives.

Those families, who are also with the nonprofit Soles Walking 4 Souls, will hold their first-ever fentanyl awareness walk.

The walk is happening in Brooks at The Greenline from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday. There will be music, food trucks and a one-mile walk.

Attendees at the walk will also learn how to reverse an opioid overdose.

“We’re going to have naloxone training. We’re going to be giving that away for free to the public,” said Christina Villagrana. “It’s really a wake-up call. I think a lot of people are unaware of what’s happening with this pandemic.”

Villagrana, from Adkins, tragically lost her son to fentanyl poisoning last year. She wants to make sure all parents are aware of the dangers of the synthetic opioid, which is blamed for killing five Texans every day.

If you’d like to attend the event, click here.


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Stephania Jimenez is an anchor on The Nightbeat. She began her journalism career in 2006, after graduating from Syracuse University. She's anchored at NBC Philadelphia, KRIS in Corpus Christi, NBC Connecticut and KTSM in El Paso. Although born and raised in Brooklyn, Stephania considers Texas home. Stephania is bilingual! She speaks Spanish.

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