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Spectrum Health and Human Services will present the sixth annual Not One More: Stand Together to End Overdose, a free evening of remembrance and information on Wednesday, August 26, 5pm to 8pm at Veterans Memorial Park in West Seneca (1250 Union Rd. behind the 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”. The banner will hang in the Town of West Seneca Community Center Atrium on selected days.
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.
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, Horizon Health Services, and WNY Compassion Connection 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.