EASTON — Bright purple boxes across the Mid-Shore give people around-the-clock access and wound care kits. Grace Street, a recovery community organization based in Easton, began placing the boxes about two years ago.
Kelley Callaghan, founder and director of Grace Street Easton, said the boxes are nicknamed Barneys because their bright purple color reminds people of Barney the dinosaur. Each box weighs about 20 pounds and has a base that can be filled with water to keep it in place.
Grace Street restocks the outdoor boxes weekly. The organization describes them on its flyer as having “no barriers, just grab and go.”
In Talbot County, boxes are at the Neighborhood Service Center and Days Inn in Easton and at Kronsberg Park in Tilghman. In Caroline County, they are at St. Luke’s Church in Denton, Lucky’s Corner in Federalsburg and a bus stop off Morris Avenue in Federalsburg.
In Dorchester County, boxes are at Stop Shop in Hurlock and at Groove City Mini Market and Agape Temple of Praise & Ministries in Cambridge. In Queen Anne’s County, a box is at Go Mart in Church Hill.
“Anybody can go up to them and open the door and grab naloxone, grab test strips, grab wound care kits,” Callagh...