09/01/2025
Last night was Windsor's 4th Annual Overdose Awareness Day. 💜
We came together to remember, honor, support, educate, and break the stigma. It was a powerful and beautiful evening. Each year, this event creates a safe place for us to gather and honor our loved ones lost to overdose with a moving candlelight vigil.
It is so important that we continue to remember:
💜 Overdose can and must be prevented.
💜 Overdose prevention solutions exist—let’s use them.
💜 Criminalizing drug use hasn’t worked. Compassionate alternatives must be pursued.
💜 Policy and legislation must exist to protect individuals and communities, and ensure basic human rights and needs are met.
💜 Everyone has a right to respectful and comprehensive health care.
💜 Only a community-wide effort can end overdose.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who helped make this event possible:
✨ To everyone who came out last night, and to the families who return year after year.
✨ The Town of Windsor for their ongoing support.
✨ The volunteers who helped with setup and breakdown.
✨ Our speakers, Jen Tenney & Elissa Smith, for courageously sharing their powerful stories.
✨ Ryan Fowler for providing Narcan education and free Narcan.
✨ Chief of Police Bill Daniels, Chief of Fire Kevin McAllister, and Senator Joe Major for speaking and offering continued support.
✨ The agencies who provided resources: Turning Point Recovery Center, TLC, and Connecticut Valley Addiction Recovery.
✨ The Windsor Elks Lodge #1665 for generously providing FREE food every year.
✨ Coca-Cola for donating drinks.
✨ Michael McNaughton for providing sound equipment and support.
✨ Kate Ryan and Windsor High School for the podium.
Together, we are making a difference. 💜
