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Breaking Stigma, Honoring Victims at Overdose Awareness Vigil
Addiction & Recovery On Our Minds

Breaking Stigma, Honoring Victims at Overdose Awareness Vigil

August 30, 2024 • For International Overdose Awareness Day, residents paid tribute to the lives lost to addiction and those who still struggle with drug...

Cameron Morsberger
August 30, 2024March 3, 2025
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NPH’s New Approach to Recovery
Addiction & Recovery Municipal Services Needham Public Health

NPH’s New Approach to Recovery

April 18, 2024 • The Needham Public Health Division is hoping to make new in-roads to recovery through peer counseling. At their first meeting since...

Yuxiao Yuan
April 19, 2024April 22, 2024
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Vigil Returns to Raise Awareness
Addiction & Recovery Health & Wellness Needham Public Health

Vigil Returns to Raise Awareness

September 8, 2023 For over two decades, International Overdose Awareness Day has been observed on August 31st. In 2022, the Town of Needham worked together...

Mike Levin
September 11, 2023September 11, 2023
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Vigil Highlights Overdose Awareness
Addiction & Recovery Community Organizations Health & Wellness Suicide Prevention

Vigil Highlights Overdose Awareness

The community gathered to recognize the 2,290 overdose deaths in Massachusetts last year during the first annual International Overdose Awareness Day Vigil.. According to the...

TNC/Needham Local
September 6, 2022February 16, 2023
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Meet the Latest “R.A.Y.”
Addiction & Recovery Giving Back Needham Youth and Family Services

Meet the Latest “R.A.Y.”

Maxim Grin received the R.A.Y. of Hope Award for his work with SALSA to encourage middle school students to make healthy decisions and to stay...

TNC/Needham Local
August 8, 2022February 17, 2023
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