Addicted to Hope Rally

You're Invited!
 
The Northern Shenandoah Valley Substance Use Coalition invites you to attend the
2025 Addicted to Hope Rally
 
Location:        Valley Health Cancer Center Lawn and Walking Path
                        400 Campus Boulevard, Winchester, VA
Date:              Saturday, September 6, 2025
Time:              4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Join us for a day of hope, healing, and community as we come together to raise awareness about opioid overdose and substance misuse. This rally is a powerful reminder that recovery is possible and that no one has to walk the path alone.
 
- Inspiring Speakers
- Live Music
- Food Vendors
- Games and Activities
- Resource Booths and Local Vendors
**Signup information listed below.
 
Whether you’re in recovery, supporting someone who is, or simply want to learn more — you belong here. There is hope, and there is way forward. Let’s rally together and shine a light on the path to recovery. ??
 
 
 
The Addicted to Hope Rally is born from pain—and built on purpose.
 
Like too many communities across the country, ours has been shaken by the devastating impact of substance use disorder, especially the rising tide of opioid overdoses. We’ve watched friends slip away. We’ve buried family members too soon. We’ve waited by hospital beds. We’ve walked beside those in recovery. And far too often, we’ve felt helpless.
 
What can we do?
 
We can fight.   We can speak.   We can love.   We can hope.
 
The Addicted to Hope Rally is a space where healing begins, stigma ends, and lives can change.
 
It is a place where:
 
We honor those we’ve lost. 
We support those still struggling. 
We stand beside those in recovery.
And we educate our community.
 
This rally is not just a memorial.
It is not just a gathering.
It is a declaration:
 
That no one fights alone.
That there is always a way forward.
That hope is stronger than any addiction.
 
We are parents, siblings, friends, and survivors.
We are professionals, neighbors, allies, and advocates.
We are a community refusing to stay silent.
 
So, we come together to march, to mourn, to educate, and to ignite hope.
 
Because the story of addiction doesn’t have to end in tragedy.
It can end in recovery, redemption and renewal.
 
Because in this community, we do not give up on each other.

Because every name lost to addiction is a name we will never forget.

And because no matter how dark it gets—we remain Addicted to Hope!!!
 
We HOPE to See You There!!
 
**For more information about setting up an exhibit/resource or vendor table, please email JBarsott@valleyhealthlink.com and LBosse@valleyhealthlink.com by August 15, 2025.