PROCLAMATION
INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY 2026
PRESENTED TO ALICE POWER
NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
WHEREAS, International Overdose Awareness Day is recognized on August 31st of each year to raise awareness of drug overdoses; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville does affirm and acknowledge the harm and hardship caused by fatal drug overdose; and
WHEREAS, we recognize that the purpose of International Overdose Awareness Day is to remember loved ones lost to overdose, to support those left behind and to end the stigma surrounding substance use disorder (SUD) and substance-related deaths; and
WHEREAS, we resolve to play our part in preventing substance use disorder and overdose in our community; and
WHEREAS, we recognize that those lost to overdose are children, parents, siblings and friends and that those they left behind are deserving of our love, compassion and support as with any other tragic loss; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, the Danville Town Council, along with the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse and other community partners, do hereby proclaim August 31st, 2026, as International Overdose Awareness Day throughout the Town of Danville.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this 11th day of August 2026. _____________________________
NEWELL ARNERICH, MAYOR
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ROBERT STORER, VICE MAYOR MARK BELOTZ, COUNCILMEMBER
_______________________________________ _______________________________________ KAREN G. STEPPER, COUNCILMEMBER RENEE S. MORGAN, COUNCILMEMBER