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Shatterproof Challenge Rapel Raises More Than $2 Million This Year

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Shatterproof, a national non-profit dedicated to reducing the devastation that addiction to prescription drugs, illicit drugs, and alcohol causes to families, recently hosted a public rappel 22 stories off of the Beacon Harbor Point in Stamford. The Saturday, Oct. 8 fundraiser brought new attention to the opioid epidemic, which kills 30,000 Americans every year as overdose-related death rates continue to rise. It was part of the third annual Shatterproof Challenge Rappel, a series of rappel events across major cities with hundreds of participants. This year’s Challenge has already raised over $2 million.

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Shatterproof Hosts Rappeling Event Saturday at Beacon Harbor Point in Stamford

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Shatterproof, a national non-profit dedicated to reducing the devastation that addiction to prescription drugs, illicit drugs, and alcohol causes to families, will host a public rappel 22 stories off of the Beacon Harbor Point in Stamford on Saturday, Oct. 8. The fundraiser will bring new attention to the opioid epidemic, which kills 30,000 Americans every year as overdose-related death rates continue to rise. It is part of the third annual Shatterproof Challenge Rappel, a series of rappel events across major cities with hundreds of participants. This year’s Challenge kicked off in Dallas on May 21 and has already raised over $2 million.

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Darien First Selectman Will Be Climbing the Walls in Stamford

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Darien’s athletic First Selectman Jayme Stevenson will be climbing the walls in Stamford in October — or really one wall, and she’ll be climbing down it from the outside. Stevenson has announced that she’ll be rappelling down Landmark Tower in Stamford as part of “The Shatterproof Challenge,” a fundraising effort against substance abuse addiction. “Addiction is preventable and treatable,” Stevenson wrote on a Web page on the Support.Shatterproof.com website. “In the United States alone, alcohol and other drugs claim more than 135,000 lives every year — 370 people every day including our children. “I accepted the challenge to rappel down Landmark Square on Saturday, Oct.