Hampshire HOPE

09/04/2025

Please join us for our two-day intensive training sponsored by the Opioid Response Network (ORN) where we will be talking about the best ways we can support our people and whole communities by implementing best practices for prevention around stimulant and opioid use.

This space is for folks who want to continue developing their knowledge and expertise on providing services for/with people who use drugs while being in a room with like-minded people. We will facilitate panels, dialogue spaces, and workshops and other opportunities for folks to connect with each other. Topics will include history of overdose response, the role of peers in prevention, housing first, alternatives for safer to***co use, burnout and compassion fatigue, stigma and trauma, history of overdose prevention and prevention of HIV and HCV/hepatitis C, and much more! We invite you to attend one or both days.

Register here:
bit.ly/ORNIntensiveDay1
bit.ly/ORNIntensiveDay2

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08/28/2025

We hope to see many of our community members at tonight's Vigil from 6-8 PM at Forbes Library 💜

In remembrance, in solidarity, in hope. 💜

Thornes is honored to participate in this year’s Purple Light Campaign alongside community partners across Northampton. By shining purple, we remember those we’ve lost to overdose, stand with those grieving, and affirm our shared commitment to harm reduction, recovery, and care without judgment.

We invite you to attend the Overdose Awareness Vigil on Thursday, August 28, from 6–8 PM on the Forbes Library lawn, hosted by Hampshire HOPE.

08/28/2025

Great coverage in Daily Hampshire Gazette on City of Easthampton's Vigil this past Monday. Thank you to the our community partners Learn To Cope West, DART, and more for organizing.

EASTHAMPTON — To honor and remember those who have lost their lives to opioid overdose, community members united for a candlelight vigil to honor their loved ones. A hum spread throughout members of the crowd as Peter Babineau, director of Learn to Cope West, asked the crowd to turn to one another...

08/27/2025

A big thank you to the team at The Coffee Chat for lighting up their whole space as a part of Light Northampton Purple leading up to Thursday's vigil 💜

08/26/2025

In addition to being one of the organizers for Northampton's Vigil, Tapestry also put out a purple light to greet community members when they walk into their space downtown!

08/25/2025

08/25/2025

Thank you to our Northampton Department of Health and Human Services partners for supporting Light Northampton Purple in honor of International Overdose Awareness Month. Our Public Health Nurses and Division of Community Care have had their lights on all month

08/25/2025

There are multiple vigils happening this week throughout Hampshire County leading up to International Overdose Awareness Day organized by many of our community partners.

Join Hampshire HOPE in supporting one (or more) of these vigils, honoring and remembering those we've lost, supporting those who have been impacted, and coming together to create change.

08/22/2025

Submit to the September Newsletter by completing the form below or emailing hampshirehope@northamptonma.gov by Friday, August 29!

We want to feature the great resources, opportunities and work happening across Hampshire County!

08/22/2025

Shout out to Bang Bang Body Arts for adding some additional lighting to their window and supporting our efforts this month!

08/22/2025

Join us next Friday for Town of Ware, MA's IOAD Vigil organized by the Recovery Center of HOPE

08/21/2025

Thank you A Positive Place for participating and supporting Northampton's Vigil next week!