Amara Rose Foundation, Inc.

03/13/2026

Come and get your Narcan tomorrow (Saturday) anytime between 11:00-1:00 at County Seat Laundry - Viroqua. After our daughter died, we decided that a part of our mission would be to get Narcan into the hands of everyone possible…if you carry it, you can save a life. Training will be available by Veronica Hoiland for those who want it.

03/12/2026

03/11/2026

Midweek check-in! Don’t forget about our Narcan distribution and training at County Seat Laundry - Viroqua this Saturday from 11-1. (Open house.) We’ll also have our spike-prevention stickers available for the taking.
We could use a few more chili entries for our Chili Challenge on March 28th…go to our site to register!

03/10/2026

March 25th is Amara’s 36th birthday. We our extremely grateful that Linda's Bakery is donating a birthday cake to our event on March 28th. What a beautiful offering to celebrate our beautiful daughter. Everyone who comes to our Chili Challenge will get a piece. :)

03/07/2026

Pop-up Narcan distribution and training day! One week from today (on 3/14), we will be distributing free Narcan (and giving training for those who need it) at County Seat Laundry - Viroqua from 11 AM-1 PM. Open House, drop in when you can! Address is 1218 N Main Street in Viroqua. Come and get your Narcan.
Thank you, County Seat, for opening up your facility to us. You do so many awesome things for our community!

03/06/2026

Today is another awareness day…Black Balloon Day. Today we remember the ones we’ve lost to addiction and overdoses. Such a sad day, but remember that they live on in our hearts and we’ll see them again someday!

03/04/2026

Come and eat pizza and buffet and support a wonderful cause this Friday! We love Driftless Recovery Services and all they do.

Hey Driftless Community!
Come on out and join us for a night of great food and fun on March 6th at Pizza Ranch - La Crosse for their Community Impact Night! 🍕✨

Enjoy a delicious meal while supporting an incredible cause — a portion of the evening’s proceeds will benefit the Driftless Recovery Community Foundation.

We are so grateful Pizza Ranch for selecting the Driftless Recovery Community Foundation as their Community Impact partner. Your support helps us continue building hope, connection, and recovery in our community.

Bring your friends, bring your family, and we’ll see you there! ❤️

03/03/2026

We believe we are one of the few organizations that do this in our area, so come and join the fun on March 28th at the C**n Valley Village Hall (1-4). Who doesn’t love a beautiful cake? We have had so many gorgeous, tasty cakes at our auction during the Chili Challenge fundraiser over the past two years that we decided to highlight them and put them in their very own cake competition and auction this year. Any cake entered will be displayed on a separate table, be voted on by attendees and then auctioned off.

The entries so far are:
Cakes by Kolbo
Laura Lindahl
Cakery and Bake Shop
Samantha’s Sweets
Heather Rudrud

If you’d like to enter a cake, send a message to us today! If you’d rather not enter the competition but want to donate a cake or other baked goods item (like KOS- A Gastropub did), we’ll put that on our regular auction table. Just drop us a message.

03/02/2026

Our Chili Challenge fundraiser is almost 3 weeks away (March 28th). We are calling all Chili Royalty Wannabes! If you want to enter your chili and show off your culinary skills, enter on our website today! You won’t have the chance to dethrone the winner from last year, as Justin Running is not participating this year…we are looking for a new Chili King or Queen.
New this year will be cash prizes, made possible by some special sponsors.
Don’t put it off…enter today! We can’t wait to taste what you’ve got. :)

02/27/2026

It is Black Balloon Day on March 6th! We will send you five 18-inch black balloons as a gift if you donate at least $10.00. The deadline to order these balloons is this Sunday, March 1st. Please go to our website to donate…but click on the Get Details button at the top of the page to donate for this. Black Balloon Day is observed each year to honor those who have lost their lives to substance use and overdose. You can fill with helium or air and hang outside your house to raise awareness. String included.

Photo courtesy of Photo by Pawel Czerwinski (Unsplash).

02/25/2026

There are so many of us, each with our own stories. The pain never goes away. If you’d like to share your story, please message us.