​Let us start by saying, the tragedy of death by overdose is preventable.

According to Statistics Canada, death by drug overdose has gone up across all age groups in the last 20 years, but the biggest spike was after 2015. In the last two years, Canada lost almost 6,000 to overdose alone. In fact, 94% of all accidental deaths are caused by drug overdose.
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Needless to say, this is cause for concern.

​SCHC’s Coordinator of Volunteer Engagement, Lori Beesley, was contacted by a multi-faith, spiritual organization called Sai’s Helping Hands before the August long weekend. They were looking for a non-profit that works with families in high-need neighborhoods, to host an event for them. Because of the long weekend, they had received a lot of rejections, but were really keen on going ahead with the event.

This story was shared by Jacqueline Medeiros, George’s daughter.
Both my husband and I have full-time jobs and our kids are in university full-time. When my dad was diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer’s, his doctor at the Toronto Memory program recommended that we find some sort of day program for him. Dad was home alone a lot and he was getting depressed.