By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — People that care about those dealing with addiction and the deaths that can come as a result are getting together Saturday in Hutchinson to raise awareness.
"We are doing a walk in memory of the people we have lost for overdose and suicide is more what it is," said one of the event organizers, Jaylene Welch. "That's what they wanted to do to honor their loved ones and so that's what we're doing. We just kind of threw it together and we're going to start at 2 p.m. at the library."
The group will stay on the sidewalk and head south down Main to Avenue A Park.
"We're going to have a few speakers and food and raffle prizes and everything," Welch said. "Our speakers are Seth Dewey, Lacy Lomax and Gary Race, Santalina Caudillo and Lexi Jobe."
The event is a collaboration between RISE, a partnership with the Hutchinson NAACP Youth and NAACP Religious Affairs and the P.A.A.T. group focused on addiction issues.