The addiction to and misuse of opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—is a national epidemic that continues to take the lives of tens of thousands of Americans each year. According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 130 people die every day in the United States after overdosing […]
Please join us for our Right In Our Backyard: The Drug Addiction Epidemic in Suburbia. We are proudly working with The Girl Scouts of Central New Jersey to spread awareness and open the dialogue regarding the menace of addiction that is becoming more and more widespread in our area. Please join us to support the […]
On Tuesday May 17, 2016, we will be giving a presentation to Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey from 6.30-8.30pm at the social hall of the Katz JCC. Please join us and share the message.
My son, your friend and relative, Justin Matthew Wolfe would have been turning 25 years old on June 11th of this year. His life, however, was cut short at the age of 21 from a heroin overdose on December 19, 2012. Over the past two years, I have worked with Jewish Family & Children’s Service […]
Please join us on December 1st at Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School ( 235 Grove Ave., West Berlin, NJ 08091 ) for an education, prevention, and community awareness workshop on opiate and heroin use and abuse. Click the flier for a full PDF. View more event details click here View Event
Tragedy from Addiction Inspires Local Father to Give Back to Community with Special Event June 11th In the face of the South Jersey heroin and drug addiction epidemic, this benefit, being held in honor of the late Voorhees student Justin Wolfe, will support addiction awareness, support, and education. Gregg Wolfe is the father of Voorhees […]
Standing next to a photograph of a smiling young man, Voorhees resident Gregg Wolfe told Beth El Hebrew High School teens and their parents about his son Justin’s life before he came into the grips of heroin. An excellent student who loved sports, Justin played soccer, ice and roller hockey and practiced karate. The Eastern High School graduate spent four consecutive summers […]
This article first appeared on sjmagazine.net by Jayne Jacova Feld. http://sjmagazine.net/cover-feature/heroin-in-the-suburbs You might think drug addicts only live in Camden – certainly not in Cherry Hill, Marlton or Moorestown. But you’re wrong. Dead wrong. Gregg Wolfe didn’t know his 21-year-old son Justin was using heroin until the morning he died from an overdose in Wolfe’s […]
