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SUMMARY:International Overdose Day
DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\n \n\n08.25.2026\n\nContact: Thomas Fuller\, Community Support Services Supervisor\, The Freedom Center\n\n740-397-2660 \n\n \n\nOverdose Can Affect Anyone - Come Together on August 31st\n\n\n\nThe Freedom Center and community partners invite you to come together on Monday\, August 31st\, to remember those who have died or suffered permanent injury due to drug overdose and support families who have lost loved ones over the years.\n\n\n\nThe event is set to take place at Ariel Foundation Park in Mount Vernon\, Ohio beginning at 5:00pm. Community resources will be available including The Freedom Center\, Knox Public Health\, Knox Recovery\, New Directions\, Municipal Probation\, Rooted In Recovery\, The Main Place\, Afterglow\, New Vision\, and others. Family and friends will have an opportunity to share stories and a moment of silence will be held to honor those lost. The event will conclude with the illumination of the tower in purple to symbolize awareness of overdose and its effects.\n\n\n\nTo submit a tribute for a loved one visit https://bit.ly/SubmitATribute\n\nInternational Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) seeks to create better understanding of overdose\, reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths\, and create change to reduce the harms associated with drug use. By holding an event each year\, Knox County joins the global movement for understanding\, compassion\, and change.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a name="_Hlk174294139"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></span></a><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">08.25.2026</span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Contact: Thomas Fuller\, Community Support Services Supervisor\, The Freedom Center</span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">740-397-2660 </span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:16.0pt\;">Overdose Can Affect Anyone - Come Together on August 31st</span></span></strong><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#1D2129\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">The Freedom Center and community partners invite you to come together on Monday\, August 31st\, to remember those who have died or suffered permanent injury due to drug overdose and support families who have lost loved ones over the years.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="background:white\;"><span style="color:#2A2A2A\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">The event is set to take place at Ariel Foundation Park in Mount Vernon\, Ohio beginning at 5:00pm.&nbsp\;Community resources will be available including The Freedom Center\, Knox Public Health\,</span></span></span></span> <span style="background:white\;"><span style="color:#2A2A2A\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Knox Recovery\, New Directions\, Municipal Probation\, Rooted In Recovery\, The Main Place\, Afterglow\, New Vision\, and others. Family and friends will have an opportunity to share stories and a moment of silence will be held to honor those lost. The event will conclude with the illumination of the tower in purple to symbolize awareness of overdose and its effects.</span></span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="background:white\;"><span style="color:#2A2A2A\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">To submit a tribute for a loved one visit </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">https://bit.ly/SubmitATribute</span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#1D2129\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) seeks to create better understanding of overdose\, reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths\, and create change to reduce the harms associated with drug use. </span></span></span><span style="background:white\;"><span style="color:#2A2A2A\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">By holding an event each year\, Knox County joins the global movement for understanding\, compassion\, and change.</span></span></span></span>
LOCATION:Ariel Foundation Park in Mount Vernon
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DTSTAMP:20260828T070851Z
URL:https://business.knoxchamber.com/events/details/international-overdose-day-12102
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