2021 Remembrance and Hope Memorial Vigil

REMEMBRANCE AND HOPE

MEMORIAL VIGIL TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021

TIMBER CREEK PARK

236 TAYLOR AVE & CHEWS LANDING ROAD, BLACKWOOD, NJ

REMEMBRANCE & HOPE VIGIL AGENDA INVOCATION PRESENTATION OF COLORS

Camden County Joint Color Guard Camden County Sheriff’s Office, Gloucester Township and Pine Hill Police Departments

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Investigator David Vannoni Gloucester Township Police Department

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Commissioner Al Dyer

WELCOME REMARKS

Commissioner Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. Liaison, Addiction Awareness Task Force

MESSAGES OF HOPE INTRODUCTION OF FIRST SPEAKER Commissioner Carmen Rodriguez Liaison, Addiction Awareness Task Force

COMBATING THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross

INTRODUCTION OF SECOND SPEAKER Marianne Aleardi Publisher and Editor-in-Chief SJ Magazine & Addiction Awareness Task Force Member

KICKING ADDICTION TO HELPING OTHERS Chris Therien Former Philadelphia Flyer and part-owner Limitless Recovery Center

INTRODUCTION OF THIRD SPEAKER Commissioner Melinda Kane

BREAKING THE STIGMA Rabbi Michael Perice Temple Sinai of Cinnaminson

REMEMBERING THOSE WE LOST INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dominic Vesper Camden County Deputy County Administrator and Addiction Awareness Task Force Co-Chair

A MOTHER’S STORY Dr. Joan Marciniak

LIVE ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE OF ROD STEWARTS “FOREVER YOUNG” Guitarist Andrew Lipke

VIDEO AND MUSICAL PRESENTATION MONTAGE CLOSING REMARKS

Commissioner Jeff Nash Liaison, Parks Department

GUESTS WELCOME TO WALK AROUND MEMORIAL

REMEMBERING THOSE WE LOST James Abdalla

Ashleigh Connelly

Mark Gavin

Robert Abdalla

Dominique J. Costantino

James F. Gayeski, Jr.

Christopher Achenbach

Andrew James Cowley

Paul Michael Geier

William Robert Akers

Macauly Sean Crane

Andrew M. Genovese

Christian Alessi

Zachary D’Abreu

Richard Dan Gilbrook

Donovan Miles Allieri

John Dafeldecker

Jake Gogstad

Jessica Elizabeth Almasy

Eric (Ricky) Damiani

Albert Anthony Gramenzi

Harry S. Amwake, V

Michael O’Neil Dancy

Samuel Nicolas Guaglione

Joevon Aponte

Gregory Dawson

Donald Joseph Hahn, III

Kenneth John Arnold, Jr.

Carlie Taylor Denora

Joshua Hale

Lexy Austin

Gina Marie Depack

Elizabeth Elinore Hand

Jacqueline M. Bakey

Marc James Digiovannantonio

Michael Keith Hanson

Nikki Lynn Bakley

Patrick M. Dillon

Anthony Harris

Samantha Baldermann

Samantha Alyssa Dimitri

Michael C. Hayes

Vincent F Barber, Jr.

Chuck Ditullio

David W. Hellmig

Vincent Joseph Battipaglia

Liza M Dorfman

Christian Heuser

Scott Beach, Jr.

Bryan S. Dougherty

Eric Hinds

Ryan Brosnan Beard

Dereck J. Dougherty

Zachary Hoffman

Michele Marie Berghof

Joseph S Duczkowski, III

Joshua James Hogan

Dana Marie Bingham

Donald R Eaise, III

Mark J Holdcraft

Christopher Boyle

Frank L. Eastwick

Kuvita Hooja

Leon J. Boyte, IV

Eric Elbert

Jackson T. Horowitz

Ryan Brumbaugh

Gary Allen Ellis

Ava Michelle Howland

Matthew Buonadonna

Michelle Emmett

Eric Jon Hubbs

Adam Bush

Thomas L. Evans

Maxwell S. Huffnagle

Toni Andrea Canale

Kelly Lynn Feldman

Danielle Marie Inglehearn

Zach Capner

Marc Carmen Feola, Jr.

Alexander West Irwin

Nicholas Joseph Capocci

Ricky Ferrer

Frankie Janits

Christopher Carire

Charles Adam Fiechtner, Jr.

Nick Jeannette

Michael James Charland

Andrew Michael Fillius

Ian Harrison Jones

Vincent Michael Chiro

Shaun Fischer

Ryan Patrick Jones

Sean Christy

Michael C. Foyle

Stacy Lynn Keresty

Christopher A. Cisco

Nicholas Michael Freundlich

Tricia Marie Kitchin

Michael Matthew Clancy

Saul David Friedman

Michael Kleinschmidt

Bruce Clark

Mark Christopher Fuscia

Andrew Warren Knorr

Joshua Derek Clarke

Mark Gahm

Jason Gregory Koch

Billy Colbert

Emery Galiazzi

Ashley Mae Koodray

Edward J. Coleman, IV

Damian G. Gallagher

Jeff Kulka

Melvin Devon Colon

Jason David Gallus

Stephen Paul Kunkle

Keith M. Como

Gary Albert Garcia

Naoki Daniel Kurimoto

FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS Brandon Leonce Lagarde

Nicholas J. Palladino

Anna M. Schmidt

Linda Marie Laphan

Vincent Kyle Palmer

William Schmidt

Shane Daniel Larocca

Megan Pancrazio

Daniel L. Schreffler

Nicole Lefevre

Anthony Pandorf

Tommy Segrest, Jr.

Joshua Paul Little

Michelle Pandorf

King W. Shaffer

Gina Ann Long

Coleen M Paravicini

Susan Shaw

Anthony Lucidonio, III

Joseph Park

George Robert Sheeron, III

Ralph J. Lusi (Leonetti)

Shane Michael Parker

Matthew Stephen Sikes

Brent Roy James Lutz

Bret Patelski

Dennis Maddolo

Zachary Payne

Daniel Alexis Maldonado

George Thomas Peeke

Sean D Manning

Darren Dino Pelosi

Salvatore Marchese

Billy Pike

Justine Marie

Francesca Piligno

Maria L. Marino

John Pilla

Genia (Shain) Massi

Laura Spiece Pond

Martin McAreavy

Joseph Michael Powell, III

Ian Michael McCann

Steven Pryda

Nicholas McCloskey

Timothy Ryan Ranger

Jay Charles Mcilvaine

Gary P Reichert, Jr.

John Francis Mclaughlin

Zachary James Reynolds

Earl James Mead

Colin William Riebel

Joshua Matthew Meehan

Luis H. Robaina

Louie A Merenda

Petey Rodriguez

Daniel Milillo

Robert Rolf, Jr.

Todd Cameron Mitchell

Dawn Rosato

Frank Moffa

Jim Rosato

Heather Lynn Morrow

Roxanne Rosell

Raymond Sebastian Muhlbaier

Samuel A. Russo

Nicholas Munro

Timothy Ryan Rutecki

Cody James Murphy

John J. Rutter, IV

Michael Murray

Matthew J Ryan

Thomas Wallace, Jr.

Michael C. Musser, Sr.

Louis Sacchetti

Richard Weldon, Jr.

Michael Neal

Joey Sardella

Daniel Ryan Weymer

Ian Nicholas-Gunnar Nelson

Marissa Saunders

Jonathan Andrew Williams

Freddie Anthony Nicolucci

Lee Savarese

Nichol Charlene Williams

Joshua James Nissenzone

Michael Schaffer

Colin E Windebank

Joshua David Ott

Anya Jacqueline Schenk

Justin Matthew Wolfe

Ginger Marie Overstreet

Ethan Eric Schenk

Brittany Michele Yeager

Daniel R. Silverman Ryan Thomas Sloss Kimberly Rose Slotnick Daniel D. Spatucci Richard Speer Ashley Arianna Staffieri Jordan Scott Steel Matthew T. Sweda Ashley Joy Sweeten Fred Taylor Michael Thurston Joseph Tomlinson Michael Joseph Tracey Michael Joseph Tracy Donna Marie Tyburski Laura Marie Tyburski William Paul Tyburski, Jr. Steven L. Unruh Christopher George Uron A.J. Vacca Thomas Charles Van De Walle Dennis Vesper R.J. Vogel Micheal Wakeley

CAN YOU TELL WHICH METH IS LACED WITH FENTANYL? YOU CAN’T. NOW YOU’RE DEAD. high don’t die to get

FENTANY L IS FATAL

To access Naloxone (Narcan®), care, or support, call: (877) 266-8222 Or the Camden County Office of Mental Health and Addiction at: (856) 374-6361

CamdenCounty.com/Fentanyl

The Camden County Board of Commissioners and the Addiction Awareness Task Force would like to thank the following vendors and partners who helped with the production of tonight’s event.

ALPHA GRAPHICS, CHERRY HILL BRE PRESENTS, LLC CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE COOPER MONUMENT COMPANY GCV PRODUCTIONS GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT PINE HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT RAY RAZZI COMPANY SPARK CREATIVE GROUP THE STAFF OF CONGRESSMAN DONALD NORCROSS OFFICE We would also like to acknowledge all the Camden County departments and employees who worked for months planning tonight’s event.

BUILDING AND OPERATIONS EVENTS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PARKS DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT GEORGE BAKEY MICHAEL BILLINGHAM BETH BORCHERS PATTY DIRENZO FRANK FILIPEK, JR. ANNA FLEISCHER TARA GALE WENDY GALL NICK HENDERSON MAUREEN HIGGINS

KARA MAXWELL KANE DAN KEASHEN MARIE MEADE ASHLEY PAGAN JOHN PELLICANE DIGNA TOWNSEND ROLAND TRAYNOR SCOTT TRAYNOR DOMINIC VESPER, JR.

Camden County understands that the adornments you place at your loved one’s paver is there to help you honor and remember them.

To maintain the integrity of the area, we need to clean the site and remove objects and soiled flowers on a rotating basis.

This is in no way being done out of disrespect to you or your loved one.

While we sympathize, and understand wanting to place something at their paver for remembrance, we ask that you do not adhere anything with tape or burn wax candles, they are damaging the finish of the pavers and the Overdose Ribbon.

Sponsored by the Camden County Board of Commissioners and the Camden County Addiction Awareness Task Force

H.A.L.O. is a program for families and friends who have lost someone to the disease of addiction. The program focuses on the struggles of family and friends who have lost someone to a drug overdose, and is offered at a convenient location.

H.A.L.O. will provide healing and support to family members, partners, and others close to those who have died from an overdose. The program provides a safe-haven to come together, share experiences, and learn new ways to cope with grief and the loss of a loved one. This program is provided at no cost to participants and is presented by the Camden County Board of Commissioners’ Addiction Awareness Taskforce and the Office of Mental Health and Addiction.

For more details please contact:

LIVING PROOF RECOVERY CENTER & CENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES Please call 609-238-0229 to receive meeting access information THIS IS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED AT NO COST TO PARTICIPANTS

ADDICTION AWARENESS TASKFORCE

Ann D. Biondi Co-Chair Dominic J. Vesper, Jr. Co-Chair Louis Cappelli, Jr. Commissioner Liaison Carmen G. Rodriguez Commissioner Liaison

Marianne Aleardi

Mary Beth Peabody

Patty DiRenzo

John Pellicane

Harry Earle

Lovell Pugh-Bassett

William Lynch

Leroy F. Stanford

Raymond Massi, Jr.

Bill Townsend

Marla Meyers, MSW

Anne Walters

Krista Nash

Chief Christopher Winters

The Camden County Addiction Awareness Taskforce was created in 2014 to address the devastating impact of substance use disorder on families throughout Camden County. Working closely with municipalities, health care institutions, social service organizations, law enforcement, prosecutors, Camden County Jail and other community stakeholders, the taskforce provides programs to increase awareness, prevent, and treat addiction. In addition, we are trying to create an environment in which all can obtain a sustained recovery. Through the passionate work of hundreds of committed individuals, the many programs created have helped countless individuals and families.

The AATF distributed over 45,000 pieces of educational literature throughout the county, held community awareness and educational events with over 12,000 attendees, and worked with local municipalities and law enforcement to expand access to medication drop boxes and implemented Project S.A.V.E. (Substance Abuse Visionary Effort) - bridging the gap between those arrested for substance abuse related charges. Nearly 7000 referrals were made into the program with almost 900 assessed and entering treatment.

The taskforce also hosts REAL Sports (Recovery, Encouragement, Athletic, League) which offers basketball, yoga, and golf at the Camden County driving range.

The taskforce’s naloxone collaboration training program has equipped residents with overdose prevention kits. Our local health systems are key partners ensuring law enforcement agencies in Camden County are supplied with this life saving treatment. Since 2015, above 15,000 saves were made by Emergency Medical Services and Law Enforcement.

We have Certified Prevention Recovery Specialists (CPRS) working in homeless shelters and with residents in Sober Living Environments to engage folks into treatment and assist them once they leave. The Office of Mental Health & Addiction received a grant from the NJ Department of Health to create an Overdose Fatality Review Team (OFRT). This team meets once a month to review cases with the goal of establishing policies to further reduce overdoses in the county.

Since 2020, a new rehabilitation center opened, The Recovery Village at Cooper in Cherry Hill. The County also received a grant to provide enhanced medication assisted treatment. Two additional methadone programs opened in the last few years which increases access to care. The Office of Mental Health Staff are working with Camden County Metro, New Jersey Transit, & the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office to further engage persons with substance use disorder and link them directly with treatment.

The County received an Innovation Grant which is covers the cost of suboxone for any eligible uninsured resident unable to obtain it.

There are many opportunities for recovery. We have the largest state funded recovery center in South Jersey in Voorhees. They are providing nearly 7000 groups and meetings annually. Camden County now has 38 sober living environments with the capacity to serve nearly 400 people at any one time.

HALO, our Healing after Loss to an Overdose program is providing ‘in-person’ grief support once weekly. The Office remained open through Covid19.

The taskforce and all of its partners are determined to reduce overdoses and fatalities across the county.

In 2018, there were 3069 naloxone incidents. So far, in 2021, there were 916 from January through June. Still daunting and difficult, however, it is because of all the work of the taskforce and our partners, we see hope!

If you or a loved one needs help, please call our 24/7 toll-free confidential hotline at (877) 266-8222. For additional information and services, contact the Camden County Office of Mental Health and Addiction at (856) 374-6361 or visit CamdenCounty.com Together, let’s continue to erase stigma and advocate for change.

Office of Mental Health & Addiction Staff John Pellicane, MBA, DRCC – Director BettyAnn Cowling-Carson – Municipal Alliance Director Information & Referral: Patty DiRenzo Beth Borchers Joseph Panchella Denise Mulbah, MPH, OFRT Project Manager Dominique Ricks, Prevention/Education

2021 CAMDEN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS LOUIS CAPPELLI, JR., Director EDWARD T. MCDONNELL, Deputy Director JEFFREY L. NASH CARMEN G. RODRIGUEZ JONATHAN L. YOUNG, SR. MELINDA KANE AL DYER CONSTITUTIONAL ROW OFFICERS JOSEPH RIPA, Clerk GILBERT “WHIP” WILSON, Sheriff MICHELLE A. GENTEK-MAYER, Surrogate JILL S. MAYER, Acting Prosecutor