HERO

07/22/2025

03/18/2025

Join HERO as we present with New Lenox Safe Community Coalition to present MON MARCH 31st at 7pm via Zoom.

* Registration on Eventbrite

Questions? Please send us a DM or contact Bonnie at [email protected]

03/14/2025

02/18/2025

Grief Support AND Family Support meetings are cancelled for today FEB 20th.

For the Google Meet link for virtual GRIEF SUPPORT, please email [email protected].

02/18/2025

HERO's Family Support meeting, tonight at the Alano Club is cancelled due to the weather. Please contact Jan at [email protected] if you have any questions or need help.

02/14/2025

Dinner for two $120, roses and chocolate $115….carrying a kit of Narcan $0!

Send us a PM or call (708) 557-8394 if you’d like to learn how to recognize an opioid overdose and receive a free Narcan kit after a brief training.

♥️🤍♥️

01/21/2025

FAMILY SUPPORT & GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS CANCELLED FOR TODAY TUESDAY JANUARY 21ST DUE TO WEATHER.

If you are in need of support or assistance, we can be reached by PM or the HERO General Number (708) 557-8394.

We hope you stay safe and warm today!

--> GRIEF Support: There will be a Google Meet for anyone who is still looking to meet virtually ( tonight). Please contact Bonnie at [email protected] for the meeting link.

12/08/2024

Tomorrow, Sunday December 12th 🕯

A solemn tradition, a small, flickering flame, a way to honor and remember, expressing love and reverence for those who have departed.

12/02/2024

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday. This is a global day of giving and unity that happens the Tuesday following Thanksgiving.

As a nonprofit organization, HERO survives off of donations, grants and the generosity of people who donate their time to help support our mission.

We all have so much to be grateful for and HERO is fortunate to have so many supporters.

Whether you can donate any amount or offer your time to help us at at event… we thank you!

Tomorrow.. no matter where you are or what you choose to do, make it a point to give back and remember we are all just trying to get through this life together.

From our families to yours, we wish you health and happiness this holiday season.

12/01/2024

This is a sad reality for the US. In the time most of us use to scroll on FB to pass the time, people are overdosing at an alarming rate. In fact, someone overdoses about every 5 minutes.

That equates to almost 300 people overdosing.. a day!

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is ravaging families and dimming the light of so many incredible people.

So, what can we all do to help the epidemic plaguing our country (especially destroying lives of our youth)?

•Break the stigma with us! Too many people are losing their lives. Start the conversation. Speak up. Volunteer with organizations like ours who get out into communities to meet people affected by SUD/Mental Health struggles.

•Carry Narcan! As a nonprofit organization, we are able to train people what an opioid overdose looks like and how to use Narcan to reverse it when caught in time. We proudly offer free training with a free kit to anyone who asks. Be a HERO, save a life.

•Educate! Learn about the growing drug trends and how our youth are using substances freely without fully understanding the dangers and potential consequences. (This includes over-the-counter medications).

•Donate! HERO is a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization. No amount is too small and we are so grateful to those who support our mission. All donations are turned back into providing our programs at no cost to those who seek our help. (All donations are tax deductible)

•Say their name! With so many people losing their lives, help honor their memory and warm their loved ones hearts by keeping their memory alive. Many of us have an empty seat at our table this holiday season. Our hearts are heavy, but we remember and honor missed loved ones daily and in the work we do.

www.theherofoundation.org

Be a HERO, save a LIFE. 💜

11/28/2024

From our families to yours, HERO wishes you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

For those of us with an empty chair at the table…we remember your loved ones with you along with our loved ones that we too have lost.

Feel free to leave a photo of your loved one that you miss today. Perhaps share a special memory…or simply write their name.

While those we have lost are no longer here, we say their name and remember them always. We honor them by the work we do. ♥️💙