Fentanyl Educational Awareness Resources

There is a horrible crisis that has invaded our country, our states, our cities, our communities and our homes. And when I say homes. I mean our home. On August 4, 2022, my wife Melody and I lost our son Brandon Adam Bowers (Forever 27) to the poisoning of illicit fentanyl. If you knew our son, then you would know this was a shock of reality that was very unexpected. We knew nothing about fentanyl except what we had seen on the news. But what we now know is, if this could happen to our son, it could happen to anybody's child.

We decided we had to do something. We started studying Fentanyl. And what we learned was mind blowing. We felt God had now given us the passion to educate and spread awareness about this crisis. So, we founded F.E.A.R. (Fentanyl Educational Awareness Resources).

We have worked close with the Greenville County Sheriff and City Police.  The Sheriff Department has called us when another child is lost to this crisis. They ask if they can give our information to the grieving family. When the family does reach out to us, we invite them to the FAVOR Upstate grief meetings. A great organization, but this is a club you do not want to join. The initiation fee is too costly.

In January 2023, we joined other grieving families and stood in front of and sat beside the Senators of the South Carolina Senate Committee and testified why South Carolina needed a fentanyl trafficking law. which thankfully was passed! In 2025 we again fought for Fentanyl Induced Homicide Law. And it passed too!

In February 2023, we went before the Greenville County School Board because we heard that only the 1 or 2 Resource Officers in the schools had access to Narcan. At the time not even the nurses had access. We warned them this was not being very proactive to save the life of a student that may encounter fentanyl at a school. We were blessed! Governor McMaster passed a bill to allow more school staff to carry Narcan.

May 6th, 2023, we held our 1st Fentanyl Awareness Rally in downtown Greenville, SC. We also have held rallies in Spartanburg, Easley, Columbia and my hometown Newberry. We want to speak and go anywhere and do whatever we can to educate and spread awareness in hopes we can prevent other families from experiencing what we are. We have spoken to substance use groups and told our story. The substance users are our next goal. If we can help them kick substance use, this will help put the drug dealers out of business.   

Finally, our new government administration has helped fight this crisis! But, We The People also have to step up and help attack this crisis from the bottom, starting with our children. We are not fighting this crisis for our child. We are fighting this crisis for yours. Yes, God took our only son, Brandon. But we also know our son is his son too. So, we ask not WHY. We now just ask, what can we do next?

So, there is a lot more work to be done. But in order for F.E.A.R. to continue our educational and awareness fight, we need your financial support. But as I quote, your donations are not for us. They are for You, The Giver, to enable You to help us fight this evil. Your support will allow us to have awareness rallies in more cities to educate and spread awareness and help those with substance use. We also want to be able to help those that have lost loved ones to this crisis, so they will know they are not alone.

So, help us with your donation of, $5.00, $10.00, $100.00. No matter the amount you give, you will be helping others. 

Luke 6:38

Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Thank You For Your Support In This Fight!