 Buy Into Greatness was the quote of the day of the twelfth annual Wellness Summit in Red Lake today. This was the quote that led into other discussions about healthy relationships and fighting the opioid crisis. Our own Cheryl Moore introduces us to the team who's inspiring change at the reservation. Together we can make change. That was the theme for this year's Red Lake Wellness Summit at the Seven Clients Casino. This is an illness that we can overcome by working together and stopping these drugs that are coming to destroy our families. The events started with a prayer and a few drum songs. Then speakers came up to share words of motivation. This is all about our future generations to stop this epidemic. The events main speakers were married couple Chance and Tyler Rush. They travel all over the United States to work with different tribes. It's one thing I love about the Red Lake community is they they're really welcoming and they want to they want to be teachers. They want to teach the outside world about Ojibwe language about Anishinaabe ways. Today the summit started bright and early at 9 a.m. At first there was a lot of talk about the opioid crisis and how we can address that but then there was also a lot of talk about fostering relationships and how we can make the community stronger. You want to have a structure because I believe that everybody in this world has to have a support system. How do you identify if it is this just a situation where we're having arguments are we you know how can we work through this how do we work through this and or am I in something that is really just something unhealthy. Audience participation was included in many of the presentations. There were also booths set up outside the event center that offer different services and even employment opportunities to attendees. Overall it was a promising opening day for this year's summit. We have to work together we have a battle in our hands but we can do it. Reporting in Red Lake, Sheryl Moore, Lakeland News. The summit will continue until Friday at noon it starts at 9 in the morning both days anyone is welcome to attend. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.