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Healing Appalachia Partners With Matthew Perry Foundation To Make Further Impact Against The Opioid Crisis
Healing Appalachia is partnering with a huge organization for the largest recovery-based festival. We are a month away from the annual Healing Appalachia festival in Ashland, Kentucky. Healing Appalachia, the flagship production of Hope in the Hills, a West Virginia-based nonprofit organization operated by an all-volunteer board of directors committed to combating the opioid crisis and supporting recovery across Appalachia Earlier this summer, the stacked lineup was announced, featuring headliners Tyler Childers and Chris Stapleton, which surely makes for two […] The post Healing Appalachia Partners With Matthew Perry Foundation To Make Further Impact Against The Opioid Crisis first appeared on Whiskey Riff.
Healing Appalachia is partnering with a huge organization for the largest recovery-based festival.
We are a month away from the annual Healing Appalachia festival in Ashland, Kentucky. Healing Appalachia, the flagship production of Hope in the Hills, a West Virginia-based nonprofit organization operated by an all-volunteer board of directors committed to combating the opioid crisis and supporting recovery across Appalachia
Earlier this summer, the stacked lineup was announced, featuring headliners Tyler Childers and Chris Stapleton, which surely makes for two incredible days of music; the support acts do not fall short either. Other performers set to take the stage include Molly Tuttle, Lukas Nelson, Blackberry Smoke, American Aquarium, The Infamous Stringdusters, Cole Chaney, Jesse Welles, Jonas Conner, Hill Country Devil, Corduroy Brown and The Montvales, Brad Goodall, Remi Wolf, Conrad Moore, Andy Frasco, Jeremy Short, and more.
Talk about stacked.
The festival previously held in West Virginia is held during National Recovery month, which is fitting given the mission of the benefit show contributes to several different charities and organizations within Appalachia, with the goal of the event being to raise funds and awareness to combat opioid addiction through a wide array of projects and programs from youth prevention, healthy lifestyles and wellness to recovery houses and recovery to work.
This year, Healing Appalachia announced a new partnership with an organization that understands the importance of recovery: The Matthew Perry Foundation.
In 2023, Friends actor Matthew Perry died from an apparent drowning. As the investigation went on, it was found that Perry had an acute level of ketamine in his system. Perry was 54 when he passed.
However, outside of being a famed actor, Perry struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol for decades. The Matthew Perry Foundation keeps Perry’s legacy and commitment to helping others overcome addiction alive, making this foundation the perfect partner for Healing Appalachia.
The Matthew Perry Foundation is the sponsor of Healing Appalachia’s Camp Grindstone. The foundation will provide housing and amenities for more than 400 volunteers camping on-site, alongside 500 additional day volunteers drawn from recovery facilities across Appalachia. Throughout the weekend, volunteers serve in every role, security, hospitality, green team, and stage crew, demonstrating recovery in action while sharing their own stories of hope and healing.
Dave Lavender, board president of Hope in the Hills, said:
“We believe magic blossoms when we are all welcomed at the table together to foster recovery as a community.
As Matthew Perry said, ‘Addiction is too powerful for anyone to defeat alone. But together, and one day at a time, we can beat it down. Which is why at Healing Appalachia, we will come together and one day at a time work to be our best selves and help our brothers and sisters beat down addiction and celebrate recovery.”’
Matthew Perry Foundation Board President, Doug Chapin, and Executive Director, Lisa Kasteler-Calio, added:
“The Matthew Perry Foundation exists to ensure that no one is denied care or healing because of stigma. By supporting grassroots organizations like Healing Appalachia, we are standing with the recovery community, lifting the work being done every day, and helping create a future where compassion leads the way.”
This partnership speaks to the power of Healing Appalachia and how it’s so much more than a music festival. Music is healing in every way, and this festival lets those in recovery know they are not alone.
Healing Appalachia brings together more than 20,000 people each year to celebrate recovery, raise awareness, and connect music lovers with life-saving resources. This year’s festival will be held September 19–20 in Ashland, Kentucky, and it’s not one to miss.
Check out the recap from last year’s festival before you go:
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