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Clean Works Project

Michigan Public

Published June 27, 2011 at 11:21 AM EDT

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In our What's Working series, we hear about the Clean Works Project in Grand Rapids, MI. It runs a needle exchange program.

All year, Michigan Radio has been talking with people about projects and efforts that are having a positive effect on the state. Today, we hear from Ruth Olsson, a long-time volunteer for the Clean Works project in Grand Rapids. The main goal of the project is to reduce the rate of HIV. To do that, it runs a needle exchange program where drug users can turn in used syringes, and pick up a clean one.