"Taking Out HEROin Addiction"

Thank you for your commitment for the betterment and well-being of youth. We thank you for partnering with us for our “Taking Out HEROin Addiction” campaign. The official launch of this campaign will be early April 2016.

Our campaign is formulated to provide preventive information, programs and resources in the classroom and community for our youth, parents and community members that support them. You are vital to our success of this campaign because of your strong and devoted commitment to the well-being of the youth in your local and neighboring communities.

                                    Why we need your help

We are experiencing the imminent impact of heroin use & abuse and addiction epidemic in our country. This is something that we must promptly and strategically take action against, using effective preventative measures. According to the Trust for America’s Health report, the nationwide drug overdose death rate has more than doubled during the past decade among people aged 12 to 25, rising from 3.1 deaths per 100,000 in 1999-2001 to 7.3 deaths in 2011-2013. Heroine is an opiate. Opiates are used in the medical field for a variety of reasons, including pain management and pain relief. When used properly for medicinal purposes, opiates like Vicodin can be very effective. However, this very common pain management drug can become very addictive, which can create a psychological, physiological and physical dependence. Heroin is an illicit drug and is never used for medical purposes. It has been created for the sole purposes of creating a sensation or a “high” that has been described by many users, as a feeling that can’t be described. “The rise of heroin and other opiates is one explanation for the decreased use of other substances. Some other illicit drugs, like cocaine and methamphetamine, have become less popular”, said Jeff Levi, executive director of Trust for America’s Health. In most cases, youth who become addicted to heroin, typically do not start their experimentation or initial drug use with heroin. Unfortunately, the accessibility and affordability of heroine has made it become a very popular choice for youth. Youth are not able to understand the long term effect and dangers that heroin use & abuse can lead them to. Heroin is a highly addictive opiate that can cause both short- and long-term harm to any individual who engages in its use or abuse. 


                                              Who We Are

                  CEO/Co-Founder Morlon Greenwood

The Morlon Greenwood Foundation Inc.(TMGFI) is comprised of like-minded individual mentors in athletics, community members, school districts and private professionals dedicated to motivating, guiding, and directing at-risk youth toward realizing their full potential and life-goals. TMGFI was established to provide youth with the sense of doing that which their respective communities require and so desperately need. TMGFI is here for YOU so YOU can be there for the next youth in need. The principles driving (TMGFI) initiatives, events, and support are based upon a set of core values; Community, Honesty, Integrity, Ethics, Flexibility and Service we refer to as (C.H.I.E F.S) We support other individuals and organizations demonstrating the values expressed through our mission statement. “To Uplift, Integrate and Inspire success to reach one's full potential by respecting diversity within the community”
MGFI is a 501C(3) Non-Profit organization re-established in March 2015 by Morlon O. Greenwood and Robert T Green to function as a Community Youth Program. Morlon is an 8 year NFL starter and an 11 year pro. For the past 10 years Morlon has been successful in many arenas: Currently a Musician, Songwriter who made hit songs with artist the likes of Pitbull and Flo-Rida, Actor and Community Activist. Morlon feels it is important to use the notoriety that he achieved as an athlete and public figure to give the youth a better representation on what a role model and active member of the community should look like. (CEO) Morlon Greenwood and Co-Founder, (Preseident) Co- Founder Robert T. Green along with other industry professionals comprising TMGFI's Board of Directors have come together to leverage their collaborative knowledge and networks of influence so as to better this World one child at a time, one organization at a time, and one community at a time.




“There is a HERO in all of us worth fighting for, and that HERO can be the one to change the world for the better,” “Believe it, and you will achieve it.”-Morlon Greenwood.





                             Jazzmin Wesley -Brown
 
The official spokeswoman for "Taking Our HEROin Addiction" campaign  is Jazzmin Wesley-Brown, a 23-year-old young woman who fell under the spell of drugs and alcohol until she eventually found herself fighting for her life after a heroin overdose. The overdose also left her a quadriplegic, and Brown has since dedicated her life to doing two things. The first mission is to walk again, and the second is to be a voice of deterrence for youth who may find themselves in a dark situation similar to where she once was.


“It is exciting to work with a group of selfless people like those at The Morlon Greenwood Foundation Inc.,” “They are not only taking an interest in this cause, but also actively participating in being part of the development in the most encouraging ways for our most valuable resource, which is our youth.

The success of this campaign to fight addiction and walking again are the two things in my life that I am 100% committed to achieving.”- "






https://www.facebook.com/jazzmins.journey/




   President/Co-Founder of TMGFI , Robert T. Green

“The Morlon Greenwood Foundation Inc. is humbled, yet determined, with respected youth advocates across the country to protect the most precious resource we have, our children,” “They are our HERO'es who have to navigate, inspire and thrive in the world we brought them into. Their existence of being born is to lead and create hope and opportunity in the future. The future is now. There is not any Hero in Heroin, so we are here Taking Out HEROin Addiction.” - Robert T. Green


                       www.morlongreenwoodinc.com
https://www.facebook.com/The-Morlon-Greenwood-Foundation-INC-1601161366789838/?fref=ts







Tyrell Zimmerman, President and CEO of ZIMMNATION FOUNDATION INC. who has partnered up with TMGFI, stresses the importance of being involved in the Taking Our HEROin Addiction movement.


“As a young man, I grew up in the inner city in a drug-infested environment,” “As an adult, I have the privilege of working with youth on a daily basis. I have personally witnessed the effects of drug use, abuse and addiction. But never have I seen a drug, such as heroin, claim the lives of so many, regardless of age, race or socioeconomic status. Heroin has no respect of person. It is powerful, it is accessible, and it is affordable. If we do not do something to combat this epidemic, the whole nation will suffer!” -Tyrell Zimmerman

                http://www.zimmnationfoundation.org/


                                       HEROes AREus
           https://twitter.com/TakingOutHEROin

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXh80XeqqoLXZfkgT-U6hQ

https://www.instagram.com/takingoutheroinaddiction

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                                                Our Mission

Taking Out HEROin Addiction officially launches in April 2016 with an educational tour and national campaign that has an emphasis on heroin abuse and addiction in our youth.

This awareness tour will provide accessibility to information and support systems for our youth who suffer from addiction and substance use, including therapy and educational resources. "Taking Out HEROin Addiction" stands with them in their battle against addiction and will help them win to become their own personal HERO. This tour and national campaign will also inspire other like-minded professionals, communities and families to rise up and join the fight against this tragic disease.

Thank you for your contibution in helping our youth find the HERO in them  with your support.

Respectfully,

The Morlon Greenwood Foundation Inc.
Jazzmin Wesley- Brown
Zimmnation foundation

"Believe it and you will achieve it"
"Its Better Together"

 Find the HERO in you by Taking Out HEROin Addiction.

#HEROes AREus