Upcoming Community Events: Westside

Community Creatures: Free Collage Workshop

AUG 28:

Join We Amplify Voices (WAV) for their Community Creatures: Free Collage Workshop! Craft your unique collage creature, connect with your community, share love around the westside. The last Friday of the month from 3-5PM.

1327 Sullivant Ave.

For more information email: gigi@weamplifyvoices.org

Friday Clean Up: Sullivant Ave.

FRIDAYS:

Join dedicated locals as they help keep Sullivant Ave. clean Fridays at noon. Efforts are in collaboration with Keep Columbus Beautiful and the Columbus Division of Refuse; as well as help from dozens upon dozens of various volunteers these past 85 weeks.

For more information contact Lisa Boggs at lisaboggs693@sbcglobal.net

Glenwood Community Center Produce Giveaway

SEPT. 4:

Produce giveaway at Glenwood Community Center (1888 Fairmont Ave, 43223) on the first Thursday of the month from 2-4PM between April-November.

2025 Dates: September 4, October 2, November 6.

For more information email: FLGrace@columbus.gov

Produce Giveaway at Sullivant Gardens

SEPT. 4:

Sullivant Gardens Recreation Center in partnership with Mid-Ohio Food Collective offers produce giveaways on the first Thursday of the month from 2-4PM from April to October 2025. Please bring your ID.

For more information please call 614-645-8171

Safe Point Mobile Pop-up

FIRST THURSDAY; 12-2PM:

Safe Point is a comprehensive harm reduction model to educate the community about safer drug use and fight the spread of infectious disease. Safe Point has a mobile pop-up at Primary One Health on the Hilltop at 2300 W. Broad St, 43204 on the first Thursday of the month from 12-2PM. The mobile unit is parked in the back lot of the Primary One. Information is available in English and Spanish.

Safe Point participants have access to the following services:

-Syringe exchange and safer injection use education

-HIV/STI/Hepatitis C testing and linkage to care

-Drug intervention treatment referrals & counseling

-Overdose prevention education

-PrEP referrals

-22G syringes for the trans community

Some services may not be available at every session. Please contact us to confirm specifics.

Safe Point is a legal program operated by Equitas Health with support from Columbus Public Health.

Safe Point operates in Franklinton at 1267 W Broad St, 43222 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4-8PM (line cut at 7:30PM), and Saturdays from 9AM-1PM (line cut at 12:30PM).

For more information, call 614-460-1406