International overdose awareness day is August 31, and St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church in Marion has the following events to commemorate it:

9 a.m – 3 p.m.: St. Gabriel’s Chapel open for vigil and prayer

5:30 p.m.: Tolling of the bell for each of the 21 lives lost in Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester, Fairhaven and Wareham to opiate overdose in 2016.

8:21 p.m.: Light a candle, wherever you may be in remembrance for the loved ones lost to overdose