Charity keeps Chante’s memory alive
JEFFERSON TWP — There will be an empty chair in Kathy Nee’s yard this week. It will be decorated in purple with pictures of her late daughter and posters with statistics on how many drug deaths there have been in Butler County.
The chair is part of the international Empty Chair campaign to bring attention to victims of drug-induced homicide — victims that include Nee’s daughter, who died Jan. 28, 2019, of fentanyl poisoning.
The Empty Chair runs for a week and is just one of the ways Nee is trying to make the death of her only child have meaning.
There’s her participation each March 6 in Black Balloon Day in Diamond Park — an event to allow families, friends and loved ones to celebrate the lives and memories of those lost to drug overdose.
And there’s Chante’s Heart, Nee’s charity she created to honor her daughter.
“I named the charity that because that’s just who she was. She was very compassionate, always helping others, putting her needs aside to help others,” she said,
Nee said monetary donations can be made to Kathy Nee, P.O. Box 281, Saxonburg, PA 16056. For other donations, call her at 724-859-0891.
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