Health & Fitness
"Pets Miss People Too" Social Media Challenge
Supports the Do Your Part: Be the Solution awareness initiative and National Recovery Month in September
Oakland Community Health Network (OCHN) is launching a social media challenge, “Pets Miss People Too,” on Twitter and Facebook beginning September 1, 2017. The challenge is part of the agency’s “Do Your Part: Be the Solution” awareness initiative and coincides with September being National Recovery Month.
Every day, an average of 2,000 teenager’s nationwide use a prescription drug for the first time without a doctor’s guidance. OCHN’s 2017/2018 campaign focuses on the consequences of drug misuse, which could result in leaving loved ones and even pets behind.
Oakland county residents, especially youth, are encouraged to join the “Pets Miss People Too” challenge by taking a picture of themselves with their pet and posting it on their social media sites. The image should include #DontBeMissed. Participants are being asked to encourage others to like photos on Facebook, retweet on Twitter, and share their own photos.
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The social media challenge aims to increase awareness of the risks and potential harm of prescription drug misuse.
To see some adorable pets and for more information about the challenge, visit the Facebook challenge page, Pets Miss People Too. For Twitter, follow @PetsMissPeopleToo to follow the challenge.
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About OCHN
Oakland Community Health Network (OCHN) is the public mental health system responsible for identifying, influencing, and delivering services and supports to approximately 25,000 Oakland County residents, including individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, adults with mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbance, and persons with substance use disorders. Most of these individuals have Medicaid.
OCHN’s current network of service providers include: Common Ground, Community Housing Network, Community Living Services, Community Network Services, Easterseals Michigan, Macomb-Oakland Regional Center, Oakland Family Services, Inc., and Training and Treatment Innovations. A complete list of substance use service providers is available on OCHN’s website. For more information about OCHN call 800- 341-2003 or visit www.oaklandchn.org