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Nathan's Circle/Consoling Partners IOAD Candlelighting

The Tree of Remembrance Angel Making and Decorating

The Tree of Remembrance Angel Making and Decorating

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The 15th at 5pm is just the kickoff. Turning Point RSC will have a table set up throughout August with Angels and Purple Ribbons for those who would like to fill out an angel and hang it from our tree in honor of their love ones who passed too soon to the disease of addiction. those that'd like to

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32 Common St
Walpole, MA 02081
United States

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The Purple Flag Project- Natick

Easthampton Overdose Awareness

International Overdose Awareness COMMUNITY RESOURCE NIGHT

International Overdose Awareness COMMUNITY RESOURCE NIGHT

Join us for a Regional Resource Night and to remember the lives lost this year to opioid overdose. Listen to speakers who have lived experience with the impact of opioids, collect resources,
speak to providers, meet prevention teams and learn about the life saving impact of Narcan.

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41 Cochituate Road
Wayland Town Building Field
Wayland, MA 01778
United States

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Luminaries & Love 2023

Luminaries & Love 2023

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We heal in community. Please join us to walk the luminary display. Stay linger & just be together with other who understand. Help us remember & show support to those left behind.

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99 Western Ave
The Flag Pole at the Cut Bridge
Gloucester, MA 01930
United States

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Brockton Area Overdose Vigil By Candlelight

Brockton Area Overdose Vigil By Candlelight

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The Brockton Area’s 2023 Overdose Vigil by Candlelight will be held on Tuesday, August 29th at Massasoit Community College in the Quad. Resources will be available starting at 6:00PM and the program will begin at 6:45PM. In addition to the video slide show, the program will feature a multitude of local speakers discussing the impact of substance use disorder on the familial and community level. Join us to honor those lost.

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1 Massasoit Boulevard
Massasoit Community College
Brockton, MA 02302
United States

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Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford Overdose Awareness Day

Boston International Overdose Awareness Day Memorial

Boston International Overdose Awareness Day Memorial

The MA Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, Boston Office of Recovery Services, and Boston Medical Center will plant 20,000 purple flags on the Boston Commons in remembrance of the 20,000 lives lost to overdose in Massachusetts between 2012-2022. An additional 2,357 flag will honor that many overdose deaths during 2022. Governor Healey and other government officials will observe a moment of silence and plant flags around 9:00am.

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Liberty Mall
Liberty Mall in Boston Commons (in front of State House)
Boston, MA 02108
United States

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Butterfly Release and International Overdose Awareness Day Ceremony

Butterfly Release and International Overdose Awareness Day Ceremony

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In honor of International Overdose Awareness Day, our annual butterfly release ceremony will be held on 8/31/23 at the Braintree MA Town Hall. Each attendee will receive a live butterfly to set free. Please RSVP by indicating you are going so we know how many butterflies are needed. All are welcome. https://fb.me/e/Bc6OKQ52

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1 John F Kennedy Memorial Drive
Braintree, MA 02184
United States

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OAD in Framingham

OAD in Framingham

Join us on 8.31 to learn about overdose prevention and available resources in Framingham.

Address

12 Irving St
Downtown Framingham Common
Framingham, MA 01702
United States

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OAD in Haverhill

Overdoes Awareness Day memorial

City of Somerville Flag Display & Narcan Distribution Events

City of Somerville Flag Display & Narcan Distribution Events

The City of Somerville will be placing 22 purple flags on the front lawn of City Hall to represent the 22 Somerville residents who passed away from an opioid-related overdose in 2022. The City will also be hosting three Narcan Distribution Events to provide residents with FREE overdose prevention training and harm reduction materials including Narcan, Fentanyl test strips, CPR face shields, and syringe disposal containers. Events will be 11a-6p on 8/31 (Somerville City Hall), 9/14 (165 Broadway in East Somerville), and 9/28 (Statue Park in Davis Square).

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93 Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02143
United States

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Overdose Awareness Day Vigil

Remembrance and Recovery

Wall Of Remembrance

Wall Of Remembrance

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Honor a loved one on The Devine Recovery Center's Wall of Remembrance throughout the month of August. See the flyer for more information. 

Address

70 Devine Way
Devine Recovery Center
Boston, MA 02127
United States

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SAFE Coalition Moving Memorial Vigil- Wrentham

Holyoke Overdose Awareness Day

SAFE Coalition Moving Memorial Vigil- Norfolk

Candle light vigil

Candle light vigil

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Together, we can remember those we have lost, support each other in our grieving and healing process. In hopes of raising awareness and destigmatize addiction.

Address

983 Bennington Street
Boston, MA 02128
United States

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International Overdose Awareness Day Memorial - Cambridge

Overdose Awareness Memorial

Recovery on the Harbor Annual Vigil

SAFE Coalition Moving Memorial Vigil- Millis

International Overdose Awareness Day Milford

Overdose Awareness Day: An event of Remembrance and Hope

SAFE Coalition moving memorial vigil- Medway

Their Light Shines On

Their Light Shines On

Assumption University, together with the community of students, family, friends, stakeholders, and organizations will join others all over the globe on IAD as we remember those who lost their lives to overdose. This 2nd annual Assumption University Overdose Awareness Event, Their Light Shines On, will be held from 4-6pm on August 31, 2023. The goal will be to create a space for remembrance and building of hope and to create a community recognition that opioid overdose is preventable and that we can all contribute to a solution.

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500 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01604
United States

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Worcester Assumption University Event

Fall River Overdose Awareness Day Vigil

International Overdose Awareness Day Observance- Lowell

International Overdose Awareness Day Observance- Lowell

Join Megan's House and the City of Lowell for an International Overdose Awareness Day Observance. All are invited to gather with us to honor and remember those we have lost to overdose, raise awareness about the impact of overdose, and support those who are currently struggling.

Please consider wearing purple - the official color of overdose awareness

#IOAD2023

Address

50 Arcand Drive
JFK Plaza at City Hall
Lowell, MA 01852
United States

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North Adams Overdose Awareness Day

Falmouth Community Gathering of Remembrance

Smuggler's Beach South Yarmouth

Smuggler's Beach South Yarmouth

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Please bring a beach chair and a large photo of your lost loved one. We will have community resource tables, personal experience speakers, tributes to our loved ones, a candlelight vigil and a sunset prayer.

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220 South Street
South Yarmouth, MA 02664
United States

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Westfield Overdose Awareness Day

Worcester, MA International Overdose Awareness Day Vigil & Walk

Open Doors, Open Hearts- Bridgewater

Open Doors, Open Hearts- Bridgewater

The doors of Trinity Episcopal Church will be open from 6 PM to 8 PM on International Overdose Awareness Day Thursday, August 31, 2023 for quiet Reflection, Remembrance, and Prayer. The community is invited to stop in during this time to light a candle, sit quietly in the peace of our sanctuary, or pray with our ministers, as they choose. We will toll our bells at 6 p.m. and at 8 p.m. in remembrance of those we have lost and all who have been affected by overdose.

Address

91 Main St
Trinity Episcopal Church
Bridgewater, MA 02324
United States

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Over Dose Awareness in the Sq (ODADS)

Overdose Awareness Vigil: A day of Remembrance & Hope

SAFE Coalition moving memorial vigil- Franklin

Springfield Overdose Awareness Event

Woburn Vigil on the Common

IOAD Memorial Service and Vigil

Marshfield Sunset Vigil

Marshfield Sunset Vigil

Sunset vigil on August 31, 2023. Remembering those lost to overdose or substance related death. Music, words of remembrance and candle lighting. Grief resources available

Address

Joseph Driebeek Way (Town Pier Road)
Harbor Park
Green Harbor, MA 02041
United States

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Needham Overdose Awareness Vigil

North Central International Overdose Awareness Day and Night of Hope

Overdose Awareness Day

STEPRox International Overdose Awareness Day

Weymouth Overdose Remembrance and Candlelight Vigil

Anchored in Recovery's Remembrance & Hope Vigil

Celebration of Life "A Candle Lighting Ceremony"

Overdose Awareness Day Candlelight Vigil

Recovery Luminaria

Recovery Luminaria

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Join The Red House as we observe International Overdose Awareness Day with a display of remembrance luminaria on the drawbridge seawallseawall

Address

12 Beach Road
Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
United States

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Revere's Overdose Memorial

The Recovery Exchange Overdose Awareness Event

Arlington Overdose Awareness Vigil

The Purple Flag Project- Newton

8th Annual - Chelsea Overdose Vigil

The Purple Flag Project- Boston

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The Tree of Remembrance Angel Making and Decorating

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The 15th at 5pm is just the kickoff. Turning Point RSC will have a table set up throughout August with Angels and Purple Ribbons for those who would like to fill out an angel and hang it from our tree in honor of their love ones who passed too soon to the disease of addiction. those that'd like to

Address

32 Common St
Walpole, MA 02081
United States

Event Date

International Overdose Awareness COMMUNITY RESOURCE NIGHT

Join us for a Regional Resource Night and to remember the lives lost this year to opioid overdose. Listen to speakers who have lived experience with the impact of opioids, collect resources,
speak to providers, meet prevention teams and learn about the life saving impact of Narcan.

Address

41 Cochituate Road
Wayland Town Building Field
Wayland, MA 01778
United States

Event Date

Luminaries & Love 2023

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We heal in community. Please join us to walk the luminary display. Stay linger & just be together with other who understand. Help us remember & show support to those left behind.

Address

99 Western Ave
The Flag Pole at the Cut Bridge
Gloucester, MA 01930
United States

Event Date

Brockton Area Overdose Vigil By Candlelight

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The Brockton Area’s 2023 Overdose Vigil by Candlelight will be held on Tuesday, August 29th at Massasoit Community College in the Quad. Resources will be available starting at 6:00PM and the program will begin at 6:45PM. In addition to the video slide show, the program will feature a multitude of local speakers discussing the impact of substance use disorder on the familial and community level. Join us to honor those lost.

Address

1 Massasoit Boulevard
Massasoit Community College
Brockton, MA 02302
United States

Event Date

Boston International Overdose Awareness Day Memorial

The MA Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, Boston Office of Recovery Services, and Boston Medical Center will plant 20,000 purple flags on the Boston Commons in remembrance of the 20,000 lives lost to overdose in Massachusetts between 2012-2022. An additional 2,357 flag will honor that many overdose deaths during 2022. Governor Healey and other government officials will observe a moment of silence and plant flags around 9:00am.

Address

Liberty Mall
Liberty Mall in Boston Commons (in front of State House)
Boston, MA 02108
United States

Event Date

Butterfly Release and International Overdose Awareness Day Ceremony

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In honor of International Overdose Awareness Day, our annual butterfly release ceremony will be held on 8/31/23 at the Braintree MA Town Hall. Each attendee will receive a live butterfly to set free. Please RSVP by indicating you are going so we know how many butterflies are needed. All are welcome. https://fb.me/e/Bc6OKQ52

Address

1 John F Kennedy Memorial Drive
Braintree, MA 02184
United States

Event Date

OAD in Framingham

Join us on 8.31 to learn about overdose prevention and available resources in Framingham.

Address

12 Irving St
Downtown Framingham Common
Framingham, MA 01702
United States

Event Date

City of Somerville Flag Display & Narcan Distribution Events

The City of Somerville will be placing 22 purple flags on the front lawn of City Hall to represent the 22 Somerville residents who passed away from an opioid-related overdose in 2022. The City will also be hosting three Narcan Distribution Events to provide residents with FREE overdose prevention training and harm reduction materials including Narcan, Fentanyl test strips, CPR face shields, and syringe disposal containers. Events will be 11a-6p on 8/31 (Somerville City Hall), 9/14 (165 Broadway in East Somerville), and 9/28 (Statue Park in Davis Square).

Address

93 Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02143
United States

Event Date

Wall Of Remembrance

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Honor a loved one on The Devine Recovery Center's Wall of Remembrance throughout the month of August. See the flyer for more information. 

Address

70 Devine Way
Devine Recovery Center
Boston, MA 02127
United States

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Candle light vigil

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Together, we can remember those we have lost, support each other in our grieving and healing process. In hopes of raising awareness and destigmatize addiction.

Address

983 Bennington Street
Boston, MA 02128
United States

Event Date

Their Light Shines On

Assumption University, together with the community of students, family, friends, stakeholders, and organizations will join others all over the globe on IAD as we remember those who lost their lives to overdose. This 2nd annual Assumption University Overdose Awareness Event, Their Light Shines On, will be held from 4-6pm on August 31, 2023. The goal will be to create a space for remembrance and building of hope and to create a community recognition that opioid overdose is preventable and that we can all contribute to a solution.

Address

500 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01604
United States

Event Date

International Overdose Awareness Day Observance- Lowell

Join Megan's House and the City of Lowell for an International Overdose Awareness Day Observance. All are invited to gather with us to honor and remember those we have lost to overdose, raise awareness about the impact of overdose, and support those who are currently struggling.

Please consider wearing purple - the official color of overdose awareness

#IOAD2023

Address

50 Arcand Drive
JFK Plaza at City Hall
Lowell, MA 01852
United States

Event Date

Smuggler's Beach South Yarmouth

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Please bring a beach chair and a large photo of your lost loved one. We will have community resource tables, personal experience speakers, tributes to our loved ones, a candlelight vigil and a sunset prayer.

Address

220 South Street
South Yarmouth, MA 02664
United States

Event Date

Open Doors, Open Hearts- Bridgewater

The doors of Trinity Episcopal Church will be open from 6 PM to 8 PM on International Overdose Awareness Day Thursday, August 31, 2023 for quiet Reflection, Remembrance, and Prayer. The community is invited to stop in during this time to light a candle, sit quietly in the peace of our sanctuary, or pray with our ministers, as they choose. We will toll our bells at 6 p.m. and at 8 p.m. in remembrance of those we have lost and all who have been affected by overdose.

Address

91 Main St
Trinity Episcopal Church
Bridgewater, MA 02324
United States

Event Date

Marshfield Sunset Vigil

Sunset vigil on August 31, 2023. Remembering those lost to overdose or substance related death. Music, words of remembrance and candle lighting. Grief resources available

Address

Joseph Driebeek Way (Town Pier Road)
Harbor Park
Green Harbor, MA 02041
United States

Event Date

Recovery Luminaria

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Join The Red House as we observe International Overdose Awareness Day with a display of remembrance luminaria on the drawbridge seawallseawall

Address

12 Beach Road
Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
United States

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