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Dedi Sampson’s Son
Dear <strong>First</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Sununu</strong>,<br />
My name is Dedi Sampson, I am the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Hampshire</strong> State Lead for a 50-state campaign<br />
called the <strong>First</strong> Ladies Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall. This campaign was loosely inspired by<br />
the DEA Faces of Fentanyl Wall at the DEA Museum in Arlington, Virginia. Our goal is to<br />
have a Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall put up in all 50 State Capitol buildings to honor our<br />
loved ones as victims of this drug crisis our country is facing. My son’s photo is on display at<br />
the DEA Museum in Arlington, VA, along with thousands of others. Every one of our lost<br />
sons, daughters, moms, dads, siblings, husbands, wives, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and<br />
friends were so much more than what took their lives. By displaying their faces and names in<br />
our State Capitol, they continue to live on in memoriam, rather than quietly becoming a<br />
statistic. The grieving and affected mothers who are driving this campaign have<br />
accomplished so much already with the Virtual Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall for every state,<br />
but we’re not finished, and we need your help.<br />
I lost my 31-year-old son, Brady Gilbert to fentanyl poisoning on August 29, 2021. He was<br />
found alone in his room at a residential recovery center, where he graduated from their<br />
program and was now living there and employed by them. Brady was a beautiful,<br />
hardworking, smart, talented young man. He was a great son, a wonderful dad, brother,<br />
uncle, nephew, and cousin, a great mentor to those around him. He had a smile that would<br />
light up any room that he walked into. He left a lasting impression on anyone that had the<br />
pleasure of meeting him. He had a friendly, charming, empathetic sense of being. He is<br />
missed!<br />
Brady didn’t want to die, but the choice to live was taken from him that fatal day. He was<br />
deceived. He died of a fatal dose of fentanyl on that Sunday afternoon. The last time we<br />
spoke, he told me how proud he was of me for the work that I was doing for other families<br />
who had loved ones struggling with substance use disorder, and I told him that I had never<br />
been prouder of him & the work he was doing at Teen Challenge/VT, he was leading a team<br />
of men and teaching them the skill of woodworking by making cutting boards that help fund<br />
their program. All while working his recovery and building and reconnecting with his son and<br />
family. As his mother, I am compelled to keep his name a relevant part of our conversations.<br />
I believe a memorial wall with the names and faces of those lost to drugs in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Hampshire</strong><br />
is a simple, yet impactful way to do that.<br />
You find the wall, and we’ll do the rest.<br />
I would appreciate an opportunity to tell you more about our campaign.<br />
A grieving, yet hopeful mother.<br />
Dedi Sampson, NH state lead<br />
Brady’s Mom, Forever 31<br />
Laconia, NH<br />
dedi@simplysampson.com
Jackie Godwin-Lanzillo’s Son
Dear <strong>First</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Sununu</strong>,<br />
I am writing to you today because I lost my son, Derek, six years ago, at age 26 to<br />
addiction amid the opioid crisis. To help our family keep his memory alive and to share<br />
and educate people about the disease of addiction, Derek has been part of several local<br />
memorials. It is devastating to see all the photos lined up of young men and women who<br />
lost their battle with addiction.<br />
Derek grew up with a happy, active childhood full of friendships and sports. He was the<br />
oldest of our three children and is missed terribly by his siblings. His young death and<br />
his struggles with addiction have impacted their lives as well. Derek’s addiction began<br />
with pain medication that led to stronger opioids, and eventually he had a fatal fentanyl<br />
overdose.<br />
Fentanyl is taking the lives of so many. Derek was in recovery and working hard. He had<br />
hopes of a family one day. He was a great friend, brother, and son. The power of<br />
substance use disorder is strong and hard to break. The treatment is not long enough,<br />
and my son was trying hard to get approved for medications such as Vivitrol to assist<br />
with the cravings. There are no words to describe losing a child. I am not alone. In 2017,<br />
when Derek passed, there were over 70,000 deaths from overdose and fentanyl was<br />
prevalent. I try to educate others about substance use disorders in hopes of preventing<br />
this tragedy from happening to more families.<br />
Mine and many other families live with this grief every day. Will you please consider a<br />
Memorial Wall to remember those lost to addiction and to spread more awareness about<br />
this disorder? Thank you sincerely for considering.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Jackie Godwin-Lanzillo<br />
Hooksett, NH
Jennifer Heald’s Son
Dear <strong>First</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Sununu</strong>,<br />
My name is Jennifer Heald, and I live in Swanzey, NH. I’m writing today to ask for your<br />
support for a project that is very personal to me. The <strong>First</strong> Ladies Drug Epidemic Wall is<br />
a campaign encompassing all 50 states. The purpose of this wall is to memorialize the<br />
citizens of each state that have lost their lives to the drug crisis that is devastating our<br />
country.<br />
I would like to tell you about my son. Daniel was a happy, vivacious, personable young<br />
man. He grew up in Swanzey and at a young age began participating in many different<br />
sports. He played soccer, hockey, and lacrosse. He rode dirt bikes, four wheelers, and<br />
snowmobiles. He loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. Dan<br />
graduated from high school and spent some time working at different jobs, trying to<br />
figure out what would make him happy. I think he would have ended up in the<br />
hospitality industry, as he was incredibly personable. When Dan was 20, he fell while<br />
skiing and injured his back. The doctors couldn’t figure out what was causing his pain,<br />
and he was prescribed pain medication for an extended period of time. He became<br />
addicted to the medication, which led to his heroin addiction. On January 14, 2015, I<br />
found Dan in his bedroom, he had died from a heroin overdose. Dan left behind friends<br />
and family that loved him, including his two-year-old daughter, Ellie.<br />
My family and many NH families have lost loved ones to the disease of addiction, and<br />
our loved one’s matter. I believe seeing names and pictures on a memorial wall in our<br />
State Capitol will be a powerful reminder of what the drug epidemic has done and<br />
continues to do to our country.<br />
Please support The <strong>First</strong> Ladies Drug Epidemic Wall in NH. This wall of pictures will<br />
serve as a meaningful reminder that our loved ones are more than the disease that<br />
robbed them of life. They are more than a statistic.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Jennifer Heald (Dan’s mom)<br />
Swanzey, NH
Kathleen Keegan-Casey’s Daughter
Dear <strong>First</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Sununu</strong>,<br />
My name is Kathleen Keegan-Casey. I was born, lived, worked, and raised my family in Massachusetts<br />
for 59 years. I moved to <strong>New</strong> <strong>Hampshire</strong> in 2020. My firstborn, Samantha Lyn Keegan was 26 years old<br />
when she died on October 17, 2018, from fentanyl poisoning. She struggled with addiction for several<br />
years after graduating as a national honor society student from Wakefield High School with a full<br />
academic scholarship to the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her picture is part of the Faces of<br />
Fentanyl Memorial wall at the DEA museum in Washington DC.<br />
We have a crisis in our country. We are losing an entire generation to this crisis. Each mother has her<br />
own story of our beautiful child who did not aspire to become an addict. I believe that by displaying our<br />
loved one’s pictures in all 50 state capitals will create such an endearing memorial for the lives lost and<br />
the increasing number of deaths due to fentanyl poisoning in every state. A memorial wall in our state’s<br />
capital will be a reminder of the ones who no longer have a voice. We are their voices now.<br />
I have three children. My other two children are crushed and broken, living a life scared and fragile from<br />
the loss of their beautiful sister. I will never be the same again. I am a broken woman. Every day, every<br />
moment, every breath I scream about the loss of my daughter.<br />
Samantha was bright, talented, and kind. She was also shy, anxious, and struggled with finding a place<br />
to fit in. Ultimately, she sought relief by taking pills which resulted in an addiction that was so much<br />
bigger than her. She fought like a warrior to win over her addiction. She did not want to lose this fight.<br />
She was afraid to die. She told me she was, yet her addiction was bigger than her fear. We fought<br />
together side by side. She went to rehabs, treatment centers, hospitalizations, and I sectioned her twice.<br />
The health care system, the mental health care system, the legal system, and the support for those<br />
struggling is a complete disaster. I witnessed it all firsthand because she lived at home. I watched her<br />
day to day turn from an intelligent and talented young woman who had the world at her feet to a shell of<br />
herself. No one, no parent, no child, no adult, should be turned away who eagerly wants to succeed<br />
and beat this battle. And the drug cartels and drug dealers must be stopped! Fentanyl is a form of<br />
terrorism – drug of death. The authorities in some towns turn their backs on us. They don’t care. We<br />
are lost. Our stories are all different, but we are all the same.<br />
Samantha died on October 17, 2018. Fentanyl stole all her chances to finally win her fight. She was 8<br />
months sober. She had many long months of sobriety. I don’t know what made her relapse that night,<br />
but I know she did not want to die. My 19-year-old son had to break the news to me that his big sister<br />
was dead. Someone sold her poison, almost 100% pure fentanyl. They continue to walk the streets and<br />
continue selling poison and killing people with no justice. I cannot sleep at night. I feel like no one cares<br />
about the loss of my daughter. She was smart, beautiful, funny, kind, and had a huge heart. We all<br />
make mistakes. She should not have had to pay with her life for one mistake. She was stolen from us.<br />
And the monster who sold her the poison left a legacy of pain and devastation for the remainder of our<br />
lives.<br />
We hope you find it in your heart to put a Memorial Wall up to honor all our beautiful children whose lives<br />
were stolen from us and to bring to attention to the fentanyl crisis that is killing so many people,<br />
especially our youth, an entire generation.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Kathleen Keegan-Casey, Samantha’s mother<br />
Litchfield, NH
Kathleen Scarpone’s Son
Dear <strong>First</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Sununu</strong>,<br />
My name is Kathleen Scarpone. I am a <strong>New</strong> <strong>Hampshire</strong> Ambassador for the 50-state campaign<br />
called “<strong>First</strong> Ladies Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall”. My son’s picture is part of the Faces of<br />
Fentanyl Memorial wall at the DEA museum in Washington, DC. I have traveled to DC on<br />
several occasions and witnessed the truly sad, but also moving tribute to our loved ones. It<br />
encapsules the beauty of our children and the legacy of their lives, but also witness to how their<br />
lives were cut short in the wake of the fentanyl crisis our country faces.<br />
We believe that by displaying our loved one’s pictures in all 50 state capitals will create such an<br />
endearing memorial for the lives lost and the growing number of statistics that we face in our<br />
states. The grieving families who are driving this campaign have already created a virtual drug<br />
epidemic wall in each state, but our fight is not finished, as this memorial wall in our state’s<br />
capital will be a reminder of the ones who no longer have a voice. We are their voices now.<br />
I would like to tell you a little bit about my son, Sgt. Joseph Scarpone, USMC. Joey had a<br />
passion for the military at an early age. He participated in the JRTOC program in Hish School.<br />
When he was 17 years old, he joined the USMC and served his country, including a year in the<br />
war on Afghanistan from 2010-2011. When he returned, we realized he was suffering from<br />
PTSD. The war took a toll on his mental health state. He spent several months (on and off) at a<br />
local VA facility. We discovered he was using drugs to help his PTSD. That unfortunately led him<br />
to street drugs. He went to rehabs, treatment centers, counselors but drugs controlled his life.<br />
Drugs were not a choice for my son, addition stole his life on June 13, 2015, 1 month before his<br />
26th birthday of a fentanyl overdose.<br />
Since his passing, I have been passionate about assisting grieving families with love, support<br />
and friendship while raising awareness of substance use disorder and the impact it has on our<br />
communities. I have spoken at several DEA events for “Operation Engage” with the Mark<br />
Wahlberg Youth Foundation and Governor <strong>Sununu</strong>, as well as the Bridge Street Recovery<br />
center in Bennington, NH.<br />
We not only lost a son, but someone lost a sibling, a cousin, a grandchild, an uncle, and a<br />
friend. Would you please consider putting up a Memorial War in his honor and all those who<br />
have lost a family member.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Kathleen Scarpone<br />
Kingston, NH
Keri Fabianek’s Son
Dear <strong>First</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Sununu</strong>,<br />
My name is Keri Fabianek, and I am a resident in Merrimack, NH. I am writing to<br />
you on behalf of a 50-state campaign called the <strong>First</strong> Ladies of the Drug Epidemic<br />
Memorial Wall. This campaign was inspired by the DEA Faces of Fentanyl Wall in<br />
Virginia. The goal of this campaign is that our loved ones are memorialized, in<br />
every state, rather than just being a statistic lost in a graph.<br />
On January 10, 2023, my life was forever changed. That morning, I went into my<br />
son’s bedroom to find him deceased. I was confused and could not understand<br />
what had happened. Unbeknownst to<br />
me, Justin had been experimenting with drugs. Tragically, he was poisoned by<br />
fentanyl. I wasn’t even sure what this was, so I began to research it. I am floored<br />
by the number of deaths that have occurred<br />
by this poison nationwide. There is truly a nationwide epidemic going on.<br />
Justin was an absolutely beautiful being. He could light up the room with his big<br />
blue eyes, his amazing sense of humor, and caring ways. He had so much talent,<br />
so much to live for. His death has<br />
touched and affected so many of us.<br />
Please help me by allowing my son a space on your wall. Please help me know<br />
that my son will be more than just a statistic to the world. He was a loving son,<br />
brother, cousin, nephew, and friend. He,<br />
like countless others, deserve to be seen.<br />
Thank you for your consideration,<br />
Keri – Justin’s mom; forever 24<br />
Merrimack, NH
Kym Kennedy’s Son
Dear <strong>First</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Sununu</strong>,<br />
My name Is Kym Kennedy, and I am writing you regarding the <strong>First</strong> Ladies Drug Epidemic<br />
Memorial Wall. Our goal is to have a Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall put up in all 50 state<br />
Capitol buildings to honor our loved ones as victims of the drug crisis our country is<br />
facing. Every one of our lost sons, daughters, moms, dads, siblings, husbands, wives,<br />
grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends were so much more than what took their lives.<br />
By displaying their names and faces in our State Capitol, they will continue to live on in<br />
memoriam, rather than quietly becoming a statistic. The grieving and affected mothers<br />
who are driving this campaign have accomplished so much already with the Virtual Drug<br />
Epidemic Memorial Wall for every state, but we are not finished, and we need your help.<br />
I lost my son at 23 years old son Tyler to fentanyl poisoning on June 24, 2017. I had sent<br />
him to rehab in Florida to get the help he needed as at that time there was no help<br />
available that was affordable in our area. On this day at 5:33pm I received the call that<br />
my baby boy was gone. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had to board a plane and fly<br />
to Florida to make arrangements to bury my youngest son. July 1st,1st I came home with<br />
Tyler in a small box, and I had to tell his 2 little boys that their dad was gone. He worked<br />
so hard to get sober and was doing so well, but the addiction came back in full force and<br />
won.<br />
Tyler didn't want to die. He had plans for the rest of his life that included being there for<br />
his boys. He tried so hard to help himself and to find help, and every time he got clean<br />
that drug was lurking in the shadows calling him back. I believe a memorial wall with the<br />
names and faces of those lost to drugs in NH is a simple yet impactful way to keep not<br />
just my sons name but others who have lost this battle memory alive. That is my biggest<br />
fear, my son being forgotten, and I know others who have lost their loved ones to this<br />
disease fear the same.<br />
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope you will take this into<br />
consideration.<br />
A grieving, but hopeful mother,<br />
Kym Kennedy<br />
Wilton, NH
Linda Wright’s Son
Dear <strong>First</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>Sununu</strong>,<br />
My name is Linda Wright, I am a <strong>New</strong> <strong>Hampshire</strong> Ambassador for a 50-state campaign<br />
called the <strong>First</strong> Ladies Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall.<br />
My son, Bryan Reece was a father of four, he was a loving, funny and kind soul. He would<br />
do anything for a laugh, even though he struggled with depression. He turned to heroin<br />
around the time he got divorced in 2019. He had gotten clean twice. The second time<br />
lasted four months, he had a rough week, he figured he’d snort a little heroin to take the<br />
edge off. I’m sorry to say the coroner didn’t find any heroin in his system, he died of<br />
fentanyl poisoning. 8 nano grams to be exact.<br />
His only sibling, his younger brother found him when he didn’t show up to pick up his<br />
youngest daughter for their weekly visit. That vision will be forever engraved in his<br />
memory. They’re busting people with pounds of this stuff and it’s got to stop!<br />
Our goal is to have a Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall put up in all 50 State Capitol buildings<br />
to honor our loves ones as victims of this drug crisis our country is facing. My son’s life<br />
was so much more than what took his life. By displaying their faces and names in our<br />
State Capitol, they will continue to live on in memoriam, rather than quietly becoming a<br />
statistic. We are Mom’s on a Mission, please help us get our loved ones honored.<br />
Linda Wright<br />
Bryan’s mom f34<br />
Barnstead, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Hampshire</strong>
Regina Rice Barker’s Son
Dear <strong>First</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Sununu</strong>,<br />
I just would like to share a bit of what I’ve lost in the simplest terms.<br />
I grieved the loss of my son before he died, Dane’s addiction broke our family into<br />
many shards of grief, deep sadness, and fear.<br />
I found him in our family home, a rental now. We were going to recycle and<br />
garden together that day, he was there to repair the place for the next tenants.<br />
That's where he died. That’s where I found him, but I wasn't sure he was gone. I<br />
had Narcan in my car because of my own work. I ran to get it, I panicked and the<br />
Narcan went flying, I was unable to do the one thing that might of saved his life. I<br />
called 911.<br />
I live with the extreme guilt that I just let my son die. That in his final moments I<br />
failed him. He had an extreme amount of fentanyl in his system, I could not have<br />
saved him. But I will always live with that element of doubt. My beautiful, beautiful<br />
boy.<br />
I once sent a fax, letter and email to Governor <strong>Sununu</strong> expressing the deep well<br />
of my despair, I begged for resources, I begged for help. My letters were never<br />
acknowledged or answered. I understand how busy a Governor’s life is, I harbor<br />
no grudge, it’s apathy that we parents who have lost a child to addiction<br />
experience every single day. I believe that upon exiting the governorship, he<br />
could do a large number of parents, who have lost their children to addiction, an<br />
extreme honor if he would choose to build this memorial along with your support.<br />
Thank you for your time and consideration in supporting this memorial. It is not<br />
just for them, it’s for us, the families, friends, and communities that feel their loss<br />
too.<br />
Regina Rice Barker<br />
My son - Dane Edward DeBoer, b. 03/02/1983<br />
Last day on earth, 05/21/2016<br />
Cornish, NH
Sandy MacConnell’s Son
Dear <strong>First</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Sununu</strong>,<br />
My name is Sandy MacConnell, and I am a <strong>New</strong> <strong>Hampshire</strong> Ambassador for a 50-state<br />
campaign called the <strong>First</strong> Ladies Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall. This campaign was loosely<br />
inspired by the DEA Faces of Fentanyl Wall put up in all 50 State Capitol buildings to honor our<br />
loved ones as victims of this ongoing drug crisis our country is facing. Every one of our lost<br />
sons, daughters, moms, dads, siblings, husbands, wives, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and<br />
friends were so much more than what took their lives. By displaying their faces and names in<br />
our State Capitol, they will continue to live on in memoriam, rather than quietly becoming a<br />
statistic without justice. The grieving and affected mothers who are driving this campaign have<br />
accomplished so much already with a Virtual Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall for every state, but<br />
we are not finished, and we need your help.<br />
I personally lost my 34-year-old son, Blaise, to fentanyl poisoning on July 30, 2021, and am still<br />
working to bring the person(s) who sold him 100% fentanyl to justice. He was seven months into<br />
his sobriety living in Lebanon, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Hampshire</strong>, attempting to obtain sobriety once again. He<br />
prayed on his knees every night to be given the strength to resist the overwhelming number of<br />
dealers embedded in our society. To this day I continue to seek justice for my son who, in my<br />
opinion, was murdered by ingesting 100% fentanyl.<br />
When his father passed away suddenly in an accident at the age of 47, the loss was devastating<br />
to Blaise. He was a 16-year-old young man who took the weight of the loss on his shoulders. He<br />
felt responsible for his younger brother and I all while trying to deal with his own loss.<br />
Unfortunately, lack of good mental health care led Blaise to seek comfort in self-medicating. It<br />
was the only way he was able to live with his emotional pain. Yet, despite his addiction, Blaise’s<br />
dream was to obtain a degree in counseling to help other addicts find sobriety. He was<br />
passionate about helping others through recovery, as he knew how hard the process was and<br />
how the evil of drug addiction could take over your life.<br />
Blaise did not want to die! It was not his choice. It was the choice of the dealer who,<br />
unbeknownst to my son, deceived him into buying 100% fentanyl. This dealer was never<br />
brought to justice, despite leaving a trail of the transaction on Blaise’s Facebook Messenger<br />
page.<br />
My life forever changed on July 30, 2021. I wholeheartedly believe that a memorial wall with the<br />
names and faces of those lost to drugs in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Hampshire</strong> is a meaningful and compelling way<br />
to not only keep Blaise’s name a relevant part of the fentanyl conversation, but to keep all those<br />
who were taken without a choice a voice as well. You find the wall and we will do the rest.<br />
A grieving, but hopeful mother,<br />
Sandy MacConnell<br />
Blaise MacConnell’s mom, forever 34<br />
Manchester, NH
Andrea Cahill’s Son
Dear <strong>First</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Sununu</strong>,<br />
I am an ambassador for the Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Hampshire</strong>. Our 19-year-old son,<br />
Tyler R Cahill in April of 2020 at the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic lockdown came home that<br />
evening April 7 th to his childhood bedroom, went to sleep that night and never woke up. Tyler took what<br />
he believed to be a Percocet. That pill was a counterfeit as the toxicology report results showed a lethal<br />
amount of Illicit fentanyl. There was no Percocet. He was poisoned. The impact of that morning April 8,<br />
2020 has been beyond devastating to our family. Tyler’s dad was woken from sleep that morning when<br />
he was told, “something is wrong”. He tried with CPR to bring Tyler back. It was TOO LATE. Paramedics<br />
arrived, he still had hope they could help. They walked into the bedroom, but he knew by the look on<br />
their faces. Not even Narcan could have saved him.<br />
Illicit fentanyl is a silent, chemical poisoning. Tyler had someone sleeping next to him, touching him. She<br />
didn’t know his respiratory system was shutting down. She thought he was snoring, nudged him and it<br />
stopped. That morning at 8:30am our lives changed forever. No parent should EVER have to see their<br />
child taken out of their home in a body bag. That is the reality of Illicit fentanyl.<br />
As the days, weeks, months went by, the tremendous grief, Rich was struggling with PTSD. He was<br />
unable to protect and save his son in our own home, sleeping 5 feet away on the other side of the wall.<br />
We lost Rich from the trauma of that morning 1 Year, 1 Month, 1 Day Later on May 9, 2021, Mother’s<br />
Day at age 52. Tyler Cahill 4-8-2020 Forever 19; Richard Cahill 5-9-2021 Forever 52<br />
I would like to honor their memories for their love of baseball. Tyler played ball from T-Ball through High<br />
School. Rich was always his mentor and coach for many years. They loved <strong>New</strong> <strong>Hampshire</strong>, fall, star<br />
gazing from the back yard, fishing, 4 wheelers, Tyler loved his dog Chance, skateboarding and<br />
Xbox. They were also working together on renovating an RV and had a trip planned to go camping.<br />
I am requesting your help in bringing awareness to this epidemic by finding a permanent location for a<br />
Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall within our Capital in Concord. We have created two memorial walls. One<br />
with photos and one with names. I am including Tyler’s frame, below. As well as the brochure of virtual<br />
memorial walls, albums, and our awareness campaign. These digital walls and albums update<br />
automatically. We would also like the photos displayed in hard copy format. The names could be<br />
projected on a wall so families could remember and touch their loved one’s name.<br />
Victims of Purdue Pharma, the opioid crisis and the Illicit fentanyl crisis brought on by China’s precursor<br />
chemicals sold to the Mexican Cartels. All are Victims of the Drug Epidemic in the United States.<br />
I and other families would love to meet with you and work together to prevent this from happening to<br />
others. We need to protect our children, and loved ones from this horrible disease, as well as those<br />
being deceived and poisoned.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Andrea Cahill – Tyler’s Mom<br />
Sandown, NH<br />
I ask for your help in honor of Rich his memory. With tears in his Eyes he said, “KEEP FIGHTING”
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Hampshire</strong> Photo Scrolling Wall:<br />
nh.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
National Teen Scrolling Wall Of Photos:<br />
https://wall.drugepidemicmemorial.org/photos/teens<br />
National Scrolling Wall Of Photos:<br />
https://wall.drugepidemicmemorial.org/photos<br />
National Scrolling Wall Of Names:<br />
https://wall.drugepidemicmemorial.org/
Awareness<br />
Campaigns<br />
School And Community Prevention Tools<br />
I AM A FORCE FOR CHANGE - SCHOOL/COMMUNITY<br />
PREVENTION TOOLS<br />
Manual For Advocates<br />
I AM A FORCE CHANGE- PREVENTION MANUAL FOR ADVOCATES<br />
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Direct state links for slideshows<br />
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Arizona<br />
Arkansas<br />
California<br />
Colorado<br />
Connecticut<br />
Delaware<br />
Florida<br />
Georgia<br />
Hawaii<br />
Idaho<br />
Illinois<br />
Indiana<br />
Iowa<br />
Kansas<br />
Kentucky<br />
Louisiana<br />
Maine<br />
Maryland<br />
Massachusetts<br />
Michigan<br />
Minnesota<br />
Mississippi<br />
Missouri<br />
al.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
ak.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
az.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
ar.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
ca.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
co.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
ct.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
de.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
fl.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
ga.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
hi.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
id.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
il.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
in.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
ia.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
ks.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
ky.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
la.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
me.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
md.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
ma.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
mi.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
mn.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
ms.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
mo.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Montana mt.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Nebraska ne.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Nevada nv.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Hampshire</strong> nh.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
<strong>New</strong> Jersey nj.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
<strong>New</strong> Mexico nm.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
<strong>New</strong> York ny.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
North Carolina nc.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
North Dakota nd.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Ohio<br />
oh.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Oklahoma ok.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Oregon or.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Pennsylvania pa.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Puerto Rico pr.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Rhode Island ri.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
South Carolina sc.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
South Dakota sd.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Tennessee tn.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Texas<br />
tx.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Utah<br />
ut.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Vermont vt.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Virginia va.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Washington wa.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
West Virginia wv.drugepidemicmemorial.org<br />
Wisconsin wi.drugepidemicmemorial.org