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...
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...
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...
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...
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...