BATAVIA/Photos/Genesee-Orleans-Wyoming CARES Alliance Overdose Awareness Day at St. Anthony’s on Tuesday evening
Previously: BATAVIA/International Overdose Awareness Day includes event at St. Anthony’s, Batavia – Video News Service
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GENESEE COUNTY/Batavia/Overdose Awareness Day messages focus on serving each other, hope for recovery
Speakers at Wednesday’s Overdose Awareness Day at Austin Park are, from left, John Bennett, Rev. Erin Martin, Lynda Battaglia, Chris Budzinack Jr., Paul Pettit, Chris Budzinack and Rob Kent. Photos by Mike Pettinella/UConnectCare (photo by Mike Pettinella) By Mike PettinellaUConnectCare Publicist “We are best when we serve others,” said the …
GENESEE COUNTY/Overdose Awareness Day campaign includes event at Austin Park, Batavia
Press release: “Together we can” is the theme for this year’s International Overdose Awareness Day campaign – the annual observance that includes a local event from 3-7 p.m. Aug. 28 at Austin Park in Batavia. The world’s largest annual movement to end overdose, IOAD is dedicated to remembering without stigma …
BATAVIA/Overdose Awareness Day set for August 30th at Austin Park
Press release The Genesee-Orleans-Wyoming Opioid Task Force, in conjunction with the National Institute of Health’s HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-Term) Initiative, will be commemorating Overdose Awareness Day next month to raise awareness of the dangers of opioids and to remember the lives of those who have succumbed to an …
BATAVIA/Overdose Awareness Day gives hope to those in recovery while remembering those who have been lost to overdose
______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Overdose Awareness Day speaker: Caring people provide hope for those struggling with addiction By Mike PettinellaGCASA Publicist “My name is Jarett LoCicero and you can find me at the GCASA recovery center, helping out with services for those looking to be themselves, feel better and maybe even live their dreams.” …
BATAVIA/Overdose Awareness Day offers ‘hope and help’
Press release Christopher Budzinack has a straightforward reason for agreeing to speak at next Wednesday’s Overdose Awareness Day: To show those affected by substance use disorder that there is hope and there is help. “As a person in long-term recovery, I know first-hand how important these services are and I …
BATAVIA/’Sobering’ statistics reveal impact of opioids, other drugs upon society
By Mike Pettinella GCASA Publicist Over the 12 months prior to September of 2020, 90,237 in the United States – a 30 percent increase from the previous year. In 2017, 585,000 worldwide. In 2020, 15 in Genesee County and seven in Orleans County. Those figures represent the number of people …