Hospice & Community Care's Pathways Center for Grief & Loss, 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy, will host an event to recognize International Overdose Awareness Day, Wednesday, Aug. 31. International Overdose Awareness Day aims to acknowledge the grief felt by families and friends of those who have died from a drug overdose and to reduce the stigma of a drug-related death.

The Pathways Center's event will be held on Aug. 31 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., and it is open to anyone regardless of whether their loved one was served by Hospice & Community Care. The event will feature keynote speaker Dr. Bonnie Milas, who lost both of her sons to opioid use disorder. Milas is now an advocate for those with opioid use disorder as well as an educator of naloxone overdose rescue with http://www.reviveme.com. She will talk about the power of voicing lived experience.

There is no cost to attend the event, but registration is required. To register, visit http://www.HospiceCommunity.org/oad or call the Pathways Center at 717-391-2413.

The Pathways Center for Grief & Loss is a free resource to the entire community, regardless of whether a loved one was a hospice patient. Its mission is to support and encourage people's ability to heal and discern new paths on their journey through grief. The Pathways Center specializes in helping people cope with serious illness or loss after death.