Local Resident Paul Reinhardt Speaks to Kiwanis about Overdose Awareness Day & Vigil

photo caption: from left to right: Kiwanis member Joyce Sixsmith, Paul Reinhardt, Kiwanis President Tucker Murphy.

Local Resident Paul Reinhardt Speaks to Kiwanis about Overdose Awareness Day & Vigil

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“I decided to do my best to make sure this doesn’t happen to others,” noted New Canaan resident, New Canaan Parent Support Group Founder Paul Reinhardt.

New Canaan, CT, July 24, 2017 – The Kiwanis Club of New Canaan (https://www.facebook.com/KiwanisClubofNC) welcomed New Canaan resident Paul Reinhardt, who presented at a recent Kiwanis luncheon meeting at South End.

Paul, who lost his own son 2 years ago to a heroin overdose, is the founder of the New Canaan Parent Support Group, which provides support to families suffering through the challenges of addiction, especially prescription drugs.

According to Paul, ”Research suggests that many young people who may have anxiety or other mental health issues, are more likely to self-medicate with drugs and alcohol. This leaves them more at-risk for addiction than other teens.”

“The New Canaan Parent Support Group, along with the New Canaan Community Foundation, is working to raise awareness that addiction is a disease, and needs to be treated as such. The good news is there is support and help, for parents as well as the loved ones struggling with their substance use disorder.”

New Canaan Parents Support Group meets each Thursday at 7pm at St. Mark’s Church on Oenoke Ridge, and all parents are welcome. You don’t need to be a New Canaan resident to attend.

In addition, they will be holding their first New Canaan Overdose Awareness Day & Vigil on Thursday, August 31, at New Canaan’s Pop-Up Park, on South Avenue and Elm Street, at 7pm.

For more information on the New Canaan Parent Support Group, please visit https://www.facebook.com/NewCanaanParentSupportGroup/. For more information on the New Canaan Community Foundation, visit http://www.newcanaancf.org

To learn more about Kiwanis, to become a member, or for more information on the New Canaan Kiwanis Club’s upcoming events and programs please “like” them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kiwanis-Club-of-New-Canaan/211264272229693.

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