The Wellness Center virtually welcomes Phyllis Babrove, LCSW to our campus to share her story as a mother who lost her daughter to a fentanyl overdose after a 30-year addiction journey.

She is the author of "Words from a mother in mourning: How to protect your child from drugs." Free books will be available.

Dates: 9/20, 10/18, and 11/15

The presentations start at 11:00 am.

All presentations will be on Zoom, however in Middletown we are offering an option to view the program as a group in room 111 of the Rowley Center for Science and Engineering.

To receive the link to the meeting please complete this registration form.

Following the presentation, a representative from Catholic Charities will be available for free on-the-spot Narcan training to anyone who wants to learn how to use this powerful tool against an overdose.

About Phyllis Babrove

"When my daughter passed away suddenly in February 2020, our initial reaction was that she had suffered a cardiac arrest. Until the autopsy report was completed six weeks later, all I could do was wonder what had happened from the time I had spoken to her until an hour and a half later when I received a call that she was found unconscious. When I found out from the medical examiner’s office that she died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, I was devastated. Sara had had a substance abuse problem for over thirty years before finally going to a rehab program in 2016. For the first time since she was a little girl, we were finally able to develop a friendship. And then she was gone.

After Sara died, I decided to write a book to help educate parents and others about the dangers of drugs. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a mother of someone with a drug addiction, I wanted to provide knowledge and resources to help prevent others from taking the path that Sara went down. There is so much information and so many resources that are available now that weren’t in the 1980s. While parenting has always been challenging, it is more complicated today because of technology that is available to our children."

You may visit her website: https://herstarforevershines.wordpress.com/shared-stories/