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 towards a common goal of saving lives. For more information on this event, contact Amanda Bonella at 778.347.3840 or amanda@drugwarsurvivors.com.

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 men and women who have been personally affected by overdose. For more information about this International Overdose Awareness Day event, please contact Anne Marie Thornton…

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 event is taking place on the traditional territories of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. For more information about this event, please contact Hermione at 250.384.2366…

Purple ribbons for lost loved ones, grey for survivors. Naloxone training, information and free food. For more information about this International Overdose Awareness Day event, please contact Willow Giesinger at 250.983.9669 or wildwomenofthenorth@gmail.com.

International Overdose Awareness Day events will be taking place on Saturday, August 31, 2019 at #1 Centennial Square, Victoria, BC. The daytime event runs from 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. There will be resource booths, a community BBQ, free and confidential drug checking, a mass naloxone training event, memorial activity and live music. A candlelight memorial will take place on the same day at 7 p.m. at St. John the Divine Anglican Church (1611 Quadra Street). Click here for more information.…

Following the International Overdose Awareness Day daytime event in Centennial Square (click here for information), a candlelight memorial will take place at 7 p.m. at St. John the Divine Anglican Church (1611 Quadra Street). This will be an evening to remember all those impacted by substance use and an evening of remembrance for those we have lost. Through words and music we will remember… For more information about this International Overdose Awareness Day event, please contact Shane Calder at 250.384.2366 or ioadyyj@gmail.com.