5th Annual Not One More: Stand Together to End Overdose

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, 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.

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 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 popular stages and community awareness events. Students from Datu’s Tribe from Horizon Martial Arts will also give a demonstration.

Representatives from several 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., and Horizon Health Services.

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

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