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Candlelight Vigil for Overdose Awareness Day 2012

Did you know that accidental drug overdose causes more deaths in Illinois-and across the nation-than traffic fatalities?

 

Please join us to:

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• Remember those lost to overdose

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• Hear stories from impacted families and friends

• Honor those who have displayed courage by publicly sharing personal experiences

• Raise awareness about the heroin and pain pill epidemics

• Meet others affected by heroin, opiates and overdose

• Advocate for lifesaving solutions

• End overdose by 2022

 

 

Who Should Attend?

Anyone impacted by the overdose or heroin/pain pill epidemics; individuals in recovery; treatment and mental health providers; health care, emergency services and law enforcement professionals; teachers and health educators; students; community members.

 

Date:  Thursday, August 30, 2012

Time: 6:30pm

Where: Roosevelt Campus Rotunda, Schaumburg, 1400 Roosevelt Boulevard, Schaumburg, IL

Bring: Pictures of lost loved ones, ribbons, your stories

 

For more information: please email Kathie Kane-Willis kkane@roosevelt.edu or call 773.865.3104 or 

You can download a flier at: http://files.xlmc.net/vigil/

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