Mon, Aug 31
|Concordia Lutheran Church
International Overdose Awareness Event
A walk and event to remember those who have been lost to the opioid epidemic. All are welcome.
Time & Location
Aug 31, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Concordia Lutheran Church, 505 S Kirkwood Rd, St. Louis, MO 63122, USA
About the event
On August 31 PreventEd, SOUL, MONet, And the St. Louis County Department of Public Health and H.E.A.L. are hosting an event to observe International Overdose Awareness Day, a day to remember the lives lost to substance overdose with a walk in Kirkwood, Missouri. The event and starting point of the walk will be Concordia Lutheran Church, 505 S. Kirkwood Rd., St. Louis, MO 63122. We will gather at 5:30PM and the tribute to lives lost will begin at 6PM. The walk will immediately follow. The walk is about 1.4 miles and is relatively flat. If you don’t want to walk, feel free to bring a lawn chair and watch the beginning and end of the walk. In addition to the event the McDonnell Planetarium at the St. Louis Science Center, the Wheel and courtyard at Union Station, Stifel Theater and the Enterprise will be lighting up purple for IOAD.
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