YMCA to host free screening of addiction film
WEST CHESTER — While the stats may be grim – with some 22 million Americans suffering from addiction and only 1 in 10 ever receiving treatment – the YMCA of Greater Brandywine is working to offer help and hope to those impacted by the grip of addiction.
Partnering with Kacie’s Cause and the Chester County Chapter of Pennsylvania Recovery Organization – Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT),...
D.A. releases chilling statistics on heroin deaths
Monitoring just one facet of proactive approach to preventing tragedies, he says
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan discusses the launch of a Narcotics Overdose Prevention and Education (NOPE) chapter in Chester County.
Two outcomes are likely for those who become addicted to heroin: They will overdose and die immediately or become addicted...
Grieving father to discuss heroin scourge
He has harnessed anguish over daughter’s fatal overdose into activism
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Andy Rumford (left) chats with Kennett Square Police Chief Edward Zunino after one of the community meetings he has hosted in the area to raise awareness about the dangers of heroin.
Not a day goes by that a Kennett Square father doesn’t mourn the loss of this 23-year-old...
Hogan announces new prescription drug drop off boxes
10 locations around Chester County make it easier dispose of unwanted prescriptions
Various county officials inspect the medication drop box located in the Sheriff’s Office at the Chester County Justice Center, including (from left to right): Cathy Dugan from Kacie’s Cause, Lt. Kevin Dykes of the Chester County Detectives, Sheriff Carolyn B. Welsh, District Attorney Tom Hogan, State Representative...
D.A.: Collaboration needed to end heroin threat
‘We can’t arrest this problem away,’ he said
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Andy Rumford, a grieving father who founded Kacie’s Cause in memory of his daughter, urges an audience in New Garden Township not to ignore the warning signs of heroin abuse.
The county’s chief law-enforcement officer had positive and negative updates on the heroin epidemic...
Ending scourge of heroin is focus of public meeting
It will be held at the New Garden Township Building on Nov. 21
Andy Rumford (center) speaks about the heroin epidemic with New Garden Township Police Chief Gerald Simpson (left) and Kennett Square Borough Police Chief Edward Zunino.
A Kennett Square father who lost his 23-year-old daughter to a heroin overdose earlier this year will bring his quest to raise awareness about the dangers of this readily...
Support group to assist parents of addicted children
Kennett Square Police Chief Edward Zunino (from right) chats with Andy Rumford and Luis Tovar after a presentation at a Kennett Square Borough Council meeting.
Initiative is part of Kacie’s Cause, a campaign to fight scourge of heroin
A Kennett Square father who lost his 23-year-old daughter to a heroin overdose earlier this year is continuing his quest to raise awareness about the dangers...
Meeting to explore heartbreak of heroin abuse
Kennett Square father brings crusade to end scourge to high school
Andy Rumford (center) speaks with New Garden Township Police Chief Gerald Simpson (left) and Kennett Square Police Chief Edward Zunino about the prevalence of heroin abuse in the region.
A Kennett Square father who lost his 23-year-old daughter to a heroin overdose earlier this year is continuing his quest to raise awareness about...
Father to Borough Council: Heroin is here
Grieving Kennett Square parent showcases drug-awareness crusade
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Members of the Kacie’s Cause team, Luis Tovar (from left) and Andy Rumford chat with Kennett Square Police Chief Edward A. Zunino after Monday night’s anti-drug presentation.
The U.S. lost 37,000 lives in 2012 to drug overdoses, 35 in Chester County, which is currently...
