To commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day and the thousands of lives lost in Delaware to the opioid epidemic, Attack Addiction will host a public event at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 27, on The Circle in Georgetown.

International Overdose Awareness Day is the largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember those who have died from overdose, and acknowledge the grief of the family and friends left behind. Attack Addiction is a grassroots nonprofit founded by Don and Jeanne Keister, who lost their adult son, Tyler, to an accidental overdose.

Attack Addiction invites the community to come together to commemorate the lives lost to overdose, provide local resources and support, and offer messages of remembrance, healing and hope.

“Since 2012, more than 4,200 people in Delaware have lost their lives to overdose. During International Overdose Awareness Day – and throughout the year – we honor and remember those lives, and the impact that those losses have had on family, friends and the entire Delaware community,” said Don Keister. “We are grateful that Delaware saw the first decrease in overdose deaths last year, and we join many other organizations, government agencies and treatment providers in working to continue that trend. We encourage the public to join us at our vigil and outreach event in Georgetown.”

For more information, go to attackaddiction.org.