The Courage to Speak Foundation Announces the Annual Ian James Eaccarino Memorial 9-Mile Race to take place this summer at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, CT. Ginger Katz, CEO and Founder of the Courage to Speak® Foundation and author of Sunny’s Story, announced the Annual Ian James Eaccarino Memorial 9-Mile Race, which will take place this summer…
The Courage to Speak® Foundation began shortly after I lost my son Ian to heroin and prescription drug overdose. In the years that followed, I came to understand first hand the behaviors that enabled and perpetuated the disease of addiction. I did the best I could as a parent, but the disease was bigger than…
Posted by Informed Families When Ginger Katz’s 20-year-old son Ian died of a drug overdose, the doctors suggested she tell people that he died of a heart attack or brain aneurysm. Katz said that the night before the funeral, she couldn’t sleep, feeling “physically, spiritually and intellectually” unable to attend the next day’s events. “I felt…