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),...
Meeting on heroin epidemic postponed
Organizers say free presentation will be rescheduled
Kacie Erin Rumford
A meeting scheduled for Wednesday night, April 30, to raise awareness about the heroin epidemic has been postponed, its organizers said Wednesday.
Andy Rumford, whose 23-year-old daughter, Kacie Erin Rumford, died of a heroin overdose a year ago at their Kennett Square home, founded Kacie’s Cause a short time later to educate...
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...
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 that has infiltrated...
Support group to assist parents of addicted children
Initiative is part of Kacie’s Cause, a campaign to fight scourge of heroin
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.
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 of this...
