Area Family adds energy to the war on Opiate Overdose Awareness!

Sat, Oct. 19, 2019 at 10:00 AM

LIRR Seaford Station, Jackson Avenue, Seaford, NY, 11783

- Area Family adds energy to the war on Opiate Overdose Awareness!
- Families against substance abuse.
- Help fight substance abuse on Long Island

A FUN-FILLED DAY FOR A WORTHY CAUSE!

Hosted by the Michael A. LoRusso Foundation, the 1st Annual Seaford Car Show & Craft Fair will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Seaford LIRR Train Station along Sunrise Highway, from Jackson Avenue to 135 — Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway.

Music to be provided by the popular "DJ Night Train" duo!

The event is a fundraiser in support of the Foundation's mission and commitment in fighting the opiate overdose crisis on Long Island. The features a Classic & Custom Car Show, judged with peer & spectator choice awards; a Giant Craft Fair featuring dozens of craft & merchandise vendors displaying handmade and one-of-a-kind items.

Featuring a Car Show and judging by North Fork Cruisers Car Association along with peer guest judges from other clubs. Registration for the show cars is $10 at the gate. Spectators are free!

There will be a Halloween Costume Runway Show; Huge Inflatable Kids Rides including our Mechanical Bull and Towering Rock Wall; a Food Truck Rally, and Live Music all day long. Special appearances from WBAB, Cowboy Joe from Full Throttle Magazine and the Pinup Girls. Vendors are welcome (516) 644-5615. Admission is Free. Rain date is the next day, Sunday, Oct. 20. Join us for a fun-filled family day in support of a worthy cause.

Stop by the Overdose Awareness Desk and take the 20 minute course on how to identify symptoms of an overdose from an opiate and how to administer Life Saving Narcan. Course and Rescue kit are free. Must be a Nassau or Suffolk County resident and age 16 and older.

Volunteers will be on hand giving FREE Overdose Rescue Training with a FREE Certification Course on the use of Narcan in the rescue of a victim of any opiate overdose. Free Narcan Rescue kits will be available for those needing and taking the short course.

Michael LoRusso, the son of a Long Island personal injury attorney, grew up rooting for the New York Giants football team, played baseball and basketball at a local Catholic high school and attending church every week. He was sent to Florida for help with his addiction problems.

He had been discharged from a Delray Beach sober home and then hospitalized for three days, a family friend told police.

On Nov. 13, the friend, Lewis Kasman, helped Michael check in to a West Boca hotel. When he checked on Michael the next day, Kasman found Michael dead in his room, overdosed on heroin and fentanyl.

"He was a was a wonderful boy,'' said Kasman, who grew up on Long Island with Michael's dad. About two weeks later, Palm Beach County's Chief Deputy Sheriff Michael Gauger received a complaint that "the alleged sober house" where Michael had been staying is "nothing more (than) a drug den providing drugs to these poor souls. It needs to be closed. " Investigators tracked phone numbers provided in the email and planned to stake out the sober home.

Michael was 22.

Event starts at 10:00 AM