Prevention and Response Columbia County

04/02/2026

Check out this FREE opportunity! Scan the QR code or register at https://www.aspirus.org/classes-events/beyond-the-game-a-mental-health-summit-focused-on-13073

04/01/2026

Check out our quarterly newsletter, The PARCC Connection!

03/20/2026

PARCC is so excited to be part of this great event!

Poynette Wellness Day will be taking place on Saturday, June 13th from 9-12p! There will be a 5k race starting around 8am that morning followed by over 30 wellness vendors from the community on Main Street! We will be highlighting the 8 dimensions of wellness for the community: Physical, emotional, social, intellectual, environmental, spiritual, occupational, and and financial wellness! Are you, or someone you know, interested in participating in Poynette Wellness Day as a business or organization? Fill out the google form in the comments to let us know your interest! Be well!

03/16/2026

03/16/2026

The deadline to submit nominations for the PARCC award closed on Friday, March 13, at 12pm. Thank you to those who submitted the nominations for the PARCC Awards. We look forward to sharing the names of the award recipients!

03/16/2026

🌬️It might be snowing and blowing out but we are thinking about spring!

🌼🪻🌺The spring drug take back day will be occurring on Saturday, April 25th, at 8 locations across Columbia County! See flyer for locations and times!

💊Bring your expired and unused medications, pills, patches, and pet medication to one of these locations! Please no sharps!

Thank you to our community partners that help make this event possible: Columbia County Sheriff's Office WI Hometown Pharmacy - Pardeeville City of Columbus - WI Village of Fall River Police Department City of Lodi Police DepartmentPortage Police Department - WisconsinPortage Public Library Poynette Police Department Village of Arlington, Lodi Area EMS Randolph Police Department

03/10/2026

The deadline is quickly approaching!! This Friday!!!

Please complete the following form if you would like to nominate someone for a PARCC award. Do you know an individual or a group that is changing lives and changing futures in Columbia County? Are they doing their part to create a healthier Columbia County with sustainable drug free communities? Nom...

03/05/2026

🤔Do you know an individual or a group that is changing lives and changing futures in Columbia County?
🤔Are they doing their part to create a healthier Columbia County with sustainable, drug-free communities? Nominate them for the PARCC Award. Nominees do not need to be members of the PARCC coalition. We want to celebrate them!

⏰Nominations are due Friday, March 13, 2026!
🥳Award winners will be celebrated on Thursday, April 16, 2026!

Please complete the following form if you would like to nominate someone for a PARCC award. Do you know an individual or a group that is changing lives and changing futures in Columbia County? Are they doing their part to create a healthier Columbia County with sustainable drug free communities? Nom...

03/03/2026

In case you missed our sister coalition, Lodi Community Action Team's presentation on Social Media, Substance Use, and Mental Health last night, you can watch it now!

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

03/03/2026

This is happening tonight, Tuesday, March 3rd, at The Harbor Recovery Center!

02/26/2026

😍Thank you, CASA of Dane & Columbia Counties, for having PARCC present at the Advocate Summit on Saturday, February 21, 2026. Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children is a non-profit program dedicated to providing advocacy for children who experienced abuse and neglect and are under the protection of the courts. A program of Canopy Center Inc.

PARCC presented to foster parents, other child advocates, and CASA volunteers about the prevention efforts in Columbia County and shared tools and resources. Thank you for being a light to our youth! 🫶

11/20/2025

PARCC partners with Wisconsin WINS to conduct to***co compliance checks in Columbia County. These checks ensure that retailers are not selling to***co products to youth!

Thank you to the following retailers in Portage: Dollar General, Discount Liquor, Market Basket, and Discount Smokes for keeping to***co products out of the hands of youth.