OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY
MOBILIZE RECOVERY - CAMPUS SURGE NATIONWIDE 2025 KICK OFF
UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON
August 31, 2025 | 4 pm-7 pm
ABOUT THE EVENT
West Virginia’s Overdose Awareness Day is hosted on or around International Overdose Awareness Day in August each year in the State’s Capital City of Charleston. Founded by Cece and Bobby Brown, who lost their son Ryan 10 years ago to overdose, the event is coordinated by the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute with support from the American Friends Service Committee. This August 2025, the event will be shared with Mobilize Recovery’s Campus Surge 2025 initiative. This initiative is designed to dismantle barriers, raise awareness, and champion the vital truth that hope, healing, and recovery are achievable for everyone.
These events at college campuses across the country focused on:
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Education: Workshops and seminars on addiction, recovery, and mental health.
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Empowerment: Leadership training and advocacy strategies for student leaders.
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Community Engagement: Shared experiences through concerts, town halls, and interactive exhibits.
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Life-Saving Resources: Distribution of overdose reversal agents and fentanyl test strips to reduce fatalities.
This year’s West Virginia Overdose Awareness Day will be held in conjunction with Mobilize Recovery’s Campus Surge Kick-Off and will feature special musical guests, educational sessions, resource tables, a butterfly release and more! The event is scheduled from 4pm until 7pm at the University of Charleston.
Sponsorship Opportunities
About the ONEbox® Leave Behind Program
The ONEbox® is an emergency opioid‑overdose reversal kit developed to provide instant, on‑demand training at the critical moment of need. Designed and managed by the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute—a 501(c)(3) nonprofit— ONEbox® combines safety, simplicity, and scalability to improve bystander intervention in overdose situations. Our goal is to leave behind 500 ONEboxes® and 1,000 doses of intranasal naloxone in each of the 10 communities on Mobilize Recovery’s Campus Surge 2025 stops/locations.
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National ONEbox® Leave Behind Program Sponsor ($50,000): All the below plus the opportunity to provide 500 boxes to a community designated for a stop on the Mobilize Campus Surge tour OR a community of your choice.
Platinum Sponsor ($25,000): All the below and the opportunity to provide 200 ONEbox® Opioid Response kits for distribution during the Campus Surge nationwide tour. Also includes an opportunity for someone from your organization to speak at the event on August 31, 2025.
Gold Sponsor ($10,000): All the below plus recognition of sponsorship for musical guest, Noah Thompson at the University of Charleston during the event as well as VIP seating. Also listed as a sponsor of ONEbox® and naloxone leave-behind program in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia (100 boxes and 200 doses of naloxone).
Silver Sponsor ($5,000): All the below plus recognition of sponsorship for musical guest, Noah Thompson at the University of Charleston (August 31, 2025) and five VIP seats at the event.
Bronze Sponsor ($2,500): Reserved table in a premier (reserved) location), listed as a sponsor of the butterfly release, name of organization/business emphasized on event t-shirt, business listed on event flyers, business announced multiple times from the stage and in marketing of the event on social media, etc.; four free event t-shirts.
Event Sponsor ($1,000): Space for a table in a premier (reserved) location, name of organization/business in on event t-shirt, business listed on event flyers as sponsors; two free event t-shirts.
Supporting Sponsor ($500): Space for an event table and business listed on flyers as a resource/sponsor.
Table Sponsor/Fee ($250): Space for an event table; included in listing of vendors present on social media.
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Due date for confirmation email and payment: July 31, 2025
Payment can be made via check payable to West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute OR via credit card by contacting Mia Manfredi, mia@wvdii.org or 681-205-2287
