FIGHTING FOR ALYSSA FUND INC
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Mission Statement
Dedicated to the awareness, prevention, and treatment of substance use and addiction in our communities.
About This Cause
Fighting for Alyssa was founded in May 2015 by Lea Heidman and Brian Malone after the sudden passing of their daughter Alyssa due to a heroin overdose. At the time of her death on March 18, 2015, Alyssa had just turned 21 years old. The purpose of FFA is to raise funds through various annual events and distribute those funds to local agencies which assist in promoting education, awareness, and treatment of substance use disorder in our local communities. Your contributions and support help FFA fund programs to fight this epidemic in our local communities. Together our committee decided to use the phrase, #lovespeaks, to encourage everyone to love themselves to stay sober; to love someone enough to speak out for them to seek help; and to give a voice to those who can no longer speak. Fighting For Alyssa (FFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 2015 which is dedicated to raising funds to distribute to local agencies that promote the awareness, prevention, and treatment of substance use disorder in and beyond Northeast Ohio. We would like to emphasize that your financial contributions to date have allowed FFA, among other initiatives, to fund a program named Alyssa’s Promise at Akron Children’s Hospital that will, in the near future, assist in promoting education and awareness for the youth in over 28 counties.. FFA has sponsored patient rooms at the Key which is a women’s treatment center in Lorain County operated by the LCADA Way. FFA has also sponsored a community room at LCADA Way treatment facility located in Lorain and Medina counties as well at Robby’s Place, a community center for recovering addicts providing peer support, counseling, and job training located in Medina. FFA has provided funding to the Summit County Community Partnership to expand the use and distribution of Deterra bags which assist in the disposal of unused opioid prescriptions. FFA has sponsored Project Panda for the Summit County Community Health Center which assists in the education of adolescents about substance abuse in local schools. FFA has also provided grant funding to Bianco Accommodations, which provides sober living facilities in Summit County. FFA provided funding, and helped create, approximately one hundred “blessing bags” filled with hygiene items, food, and clothing to six different local treatment facilities. FFA has also provided grant funding to The Lantern, a male treatment facility located in Cuyahoga County.