Community Event

Come and attend our wellness fair. We will be raising awareness around overdose prevention and providing information about available services and supports in our community. This will include opportunities to share stories, and honour and remember those we have lost. For more information about this International Overdose Awareness Day event, please contact Jennifer Glen at 778-212-4349 or […]

Please join us for an awareness march. Feel free to bring a picture of a loved one to carry with you. For more information on this International Overdose Awareness Day event, contact info@counsellinggroup.co.

Gather at the Lions Pavilion at Maffeo Sutton Park. We have guest speakers Dr. Paul Hasselback and more. For more information about this International Overdose Awareness Day event, please contact Tanya Hiltz at 250.755.1014 or ladyblackrose@telus.net.

Starting with a screening of our Photo Voice video project at Heritage House, then an unveiling of a memorial bench in Riverside Park. For more information about this International Overdose Awareness Day event, please contact Sandra Tully at 250.372.9928 or sltully@shaw.ca.

We will have a march starting at our City Hall at 6 p.m., ending up at Willingdon Beach where the bench and tree are already in place. We will have naloxone training, an info table, memorial table, speakers, placing of doves on our tree, and candlelight vigil with LED candles. There will be a petition […]

This International Overdose Awareness Day event, organized by Moms Stop the Harm, will feature music, naloxone training, drug testing education and a candlelit vigil. For more information on this event, contact Helen Jennens at 259-763-9354 or helen_jennens@hotmail.com.

Let’s take a moment as a community to gather for lunch and a memorial tree planting for International Overdose Awareness Day in commemoration for those we have lost to overdose. This tree will be available in the Community Services lobby for the week of August 26-30 to leave a special note to those who lost […]

A celebration of life with a picnic in the park on International Overdose Awareness Day. This event is meant to provide a space for the entire community, families and children, brothers and sisters of all ages, to remember those we have lost who touched our lives and to unify in a spirit of love and progress […]

Drop by our table in front of Save On Foods and learn more about how to recognize the signs of an overdose, receive free naloxone training and leave with a free naloxone kit. We also encourage members of the community with lived experience to come to our event and to stand in solidarity with the […]

August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. Please join us at Memorial Park (Aldwynd Road, Langford) for a picnic lunch, resource table, speakers, and support. At 1 p.m. a naloxone training and kits will be provided. Free. Everyone welcome, family friendly. Provided by AVI Health & Community Services with support from the Victoria Foundation. This […]