2025 Overdose Awareness Day Events

Overdose Awareness Day
​Time to Remember. Time to Act.

Learn more about
International Overdose Awareness Day
www.overdoseday.com

Local Events in Darke, Miami and Shelby Counties

DARKE COUNTY
​Thursday August 28, 11AM-4PM
Darke County Courthouse
504 S. Broadway, Greenville
  • Information and resources
  • NARCAN kits
  • Hygiene kits
  • Memory tree
  • Refreshments
MIAMI COUNTY
​Thursday August 28, 5-7pm
Lock 9 Park
125 E. Water St., Piqua
  • Information and resource tables
  • NARCAN kits; fentanyl test strips; hygiene kits
  • Pinwheel field to honor loved ones lost to overdose
  • Photo memory wall
  • Live music by Aaron Frohna
SHELBY COUNTY
​Saturday August 30, 8AM-Noon
Court Square Farmers Market
Downtown Sidney 
  • Information and resources
  • NARCAN kits
  • Fentanyl test strips
  • Hygiene kits
  • Refreshments

September is National Recovery Month

National Recovery Month is an observance held every September to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the emergence of a strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and community members across the nation who make recovery in all its forms possible.  To learn more about treatment and recovery, and local resources for families and persons in recovery, attend one of these Recovery Month events:

2025 Recovery Month Events

Mental Health Information Fair
Thursday September 4
​10:30am-1:30pm
​Miami County Courthouse Plaza
201 W. Main St., Troy
Sponsored by Miami County Common Pleas Mental Health Court
  • PUBLIC WELCOME
  • More than 70 mental health, substance use, and support agencies
  • Wellness programs
  • Contact Jonathan Kanet, Mental Health Court Coordinator, at [email protected] or at 937.440.6065, for more information

Art of Recovery

​"Mirror," Jo'Elle Boroff, Sidney, 2024 Directors' Award
Gallery Exhibit  | Sept 8-27, 2025 Open during campus hours
Myers-Vaccaro Gallery | Edison State Community College | Piqua
Gallery Exhibit  | Oct 1-23, 2025 8am-4:30pm M-F or by appointment
Administration & Training Center | 1280 N. County Road 25A | Troy
Artists Reception and Annual Meeting | Oct 21, 2025 4-6pm
Administration & Training Center | 1280 N. County Road 25A | Troy

Paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture, mixed media, poetry and music representing our local mental health and recovery system in Miami, Darke and Shelby Counties
 
For more information or for an application to submit artwork, please visit www.tcbmds.org/art

Submission deadline is September 5

Recovery Picnic
Saturday September 27
​11am-2pm (Remembrance Launch at 2pm)
​Tawawa Park Wagner Glade, Sidney

Speakers, door prizes, free food, and remembrance launch. Free. Open to the public.

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