Tuesday, August 26th from 5pm - 8pm: Not One More Stand Together to End Overdose Event

 

Spectrum Health and Human Services will present the fifth annual Not One More: Stand Together to End Overdose, a free evening of remembrance and information on Tuesday, Aug. 26th, from 5pm to 8 pm at Veterans Memorial Park in West Seneca (1250 Union Road behind Town Hall).
 

This free and family-friendly event is a community collaboration to commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day, a global initiative to raise awareness and remember lives lost to substance use.
 

Friends and family members are invited to bring a photograph of a loved one who lost their life to overdose. These photos will be added to custom-made “We Remember Them” banner designed by Spectrum Health’s Kristina Moore, RN. The banner will hang in the West Seneca Community Center Atrium on selected days. Guests may also decorate a memory stone to honor a loved one; this activity will be led by the Spectrum Health Buffalo Hope COMHPS team.
 

The popular local band, The Kensingtons will perform on the Lions Club bandshell. The Kensingtons are well-known in music circles for regular appearances on regional stages and community awareness events.

Students from Datu’s Tribe from Horizon Martial Arts in West Seneca will also present a demonstration.

 

Representatives from 13 local agencies will also be there with resources, including Erie County’s Department of Health Harm Reduction team, Crisis Services, Spectrum Health’s Buffalo Hope COMPHS, Endeavor Health Services, BestSelf, Save the Michaels of the World, Inc., Horizon Health Services, Kaleida Health FOCUS program and others.

 

There will also be family activities, from the Explore & More - The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Children’s Museum, and the Healthy Cruiser from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of WNY, face painting, and food trucks, too.

 

The event is sponsored by Five Star Bank, The New 96.1, Buffalo Spree Publications and WGRZ.

For more information, please visit Spectrum Health & Human Services, WNY Mental Health and Addiction Counseling.