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Title | Community Health Fair - SAMHSA Sponsored |
Description | Community will be provided treatment, and referral information, prevention materials, medical education and screening services. These service will be provided to both children and adults. |
Date | 9/15/2007 9:00 AM to 9/15/2007 2:00 PM |
Type of Event | Health Fair |
Location | Colonial Mart Shopping Center
Old Canton Road
Jackson, MS 39211 |
Invited Officials/Presenters | Pine Grove Behavorial Health
Baptist Health Systems |
Expected Number of Participants | 350 |
Invited Participants/Audience | Members of the community, local treatment professionals and centers, health, education and prevention organizations. |
Primary Contact | Carolyn Howard |
Address | NCADD 5846 Ridgewood Road, Suite C-101
Jackson, MS 39211 |
Phone Number | 601-899-5880 |
Email Address | carol@ncaddcenms.org |
Secondary Contact | Jennifer Todd |
Address | NCADD 5846 Ridgewood Road, Suite C-101
Jackson MS 39211 |
Phone Number | 601-899-5880 |
Email Address | info@ncaddcenms.org |
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Title | SAMHSA Sponored-NAADAC Open House |
Description | Come join NAADAC for Addiction Professionals' day and to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the association. |
Date | 9/20/2007 11:00 AM to 9/20/2007 2:00 PM |
Location | Alexandria, VA |
Program Agenda | Doors Open from 11 am to 2 pm and all are welcome! |
Expected Number of Participants | 40 |
Primary Contact | Diana Kamp |
Address | 1001 N. Faifax St Suite 201
Alexandria, VA 22314 |
Phone Number | 702-741-7686 |
Email Address | naadac@naadac.org |
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Title | Open House - Mississippi Association of Addiction Professionals-SAMHSA Sponsored |
Description | Recovery Month Open House and Test Preparation Day
Workshops include NAADAC/MAAP membership process and Certification & Test Preparation strategies |
Date | 9/22/2007 9:00 AM to 9/22/2007 5:00 PM |
Type of Event | open house, workshops |
Location | Mississippi Association of Addiction Professionals
310 Airport Road
Jackson, MS
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Expected Number of Participants | 75 |
Primary Contact | Donna Hopkins |
Address | 310 Airport Road
Jackson, MS 39236 |
Phone Number | 610-933-4994 |
Email Address | msaap@bellsouth.net |
Event Number | |
Title | Sizzling Safety Saturday |
Description | Sizzling Safety Saturday, a fun and exciting day |
Date | 8/25/2007 11:00 AM to 8/25/2007 2:00 PM |
Type of Event | Long Beach congratulations to new police chief |
Location | Quarles School, Long Beach, Miss. |
Program Agenda | free hot dogs, snowballs, face painting, games, finger and dental printing info, etc., immunizations, health information for parents and information about alcoholism and effects on family and friends of alcoholic |
Invited Officials/Presenters | Long Beach Substance Abuse Task Force, Long Beach Police, Memorial Hospital |
Expected Number of Participants | 300 |
Invited Participants/Audience | general audience for students and parents
Participants: Long Beach Substance Abuse Task Force, Long Beach Police Dept., Memorial Hospital, Al-Anon Family Groups, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) |
Primary Contact | Carolyn Anderson, Executive Director |
Address | 19148 Commission Road
Long Beach, MS 39560 |
Phone Number | 228-864-1146 |
Email Address | abderson@lbsd.k12.ms.us |
Secondary Contact | Anne Erickson |
Address | 23501 Bells Ferry Rd.
Pass Chris MS 39571 |
Phone Number | 228-493-8079 |
Email Address | gardenolic@bellsouth.net |
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Event Number | |
Title | Mutual Aid Based Group Work.com |
Description | I will be using my blog, Mutual Aid Based Group Work.com to promote recovery awareness month all month. The blog is viewed mostly by social workers providing group treatment. |
Date | 8/28/2007 1:27 AM to 8/28/2007 2:28 AM |
Type of Event | On-line promotion of Recovery Awareness Month |
Location | On-line |
Program Agenda | on-line promotion |
Invited Officials/Presenters | no one |
Expected Number of Participants | 500 |
Invited Participants/Audience | on-line viewers |
Primary Contact | Andrew Cicchetti |
Address | 439 78th street, apt. 4
Brooklyn, NY 11209 |
Phone Number | 212-505-6212 |
Email Address | atcicchetti@att.net |
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Title | Oxford House 9th Annual World Convention |
Description | Oxford House is a concept in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. In its simplest form, an Oxford House describes a democratically run, self-supporting and drug free home. Parallel to this concept lies the organizational structure of Oxford House, Inc. This publicly supported, non-profit 501(c)3 corporation is the umbrella organization which provides the network connecting all Oxford Houses and allocates resources to duplicate the Oxford House concept where needs arise. |
Date | 8/30/2007 9:00 AM to 9/2/2007 7:00 PM |
Type of Event | Conference |
Location | Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001 |
Program Agenda | Oxford House, Inc. exists to educate individuals and private and public entities in the benefits of the Oxford House concept of group homes for recovering substance abusers. It allocates all resources, including grant funds, property donations, and available personnel, to replicate democratically self-run and self-supported Oxford Houses to assist in the recovery of substance abusers. |
Expected Number of Participants | 500 |
Invited Participants/Audience | Oxford House Forum is open to any organization, company, or entity having an interest in the activities of the Oxford House Forum. |
Primary Contact | Anna Mable-Jones |
Address | 1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 400
Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
Phone Number | (301) 587-2916 |
Email Address | anna.mable@oxfordhouse.org |
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Title | Recovery Month Faith Community Bulletin Insert |
Description | This product, a faith community bulletin insert, can be easily downloaded and used by churches, temples and mosques for their Sunday/Sabbath-day bulletins, newsletters or bulletin boards. The 5" X 8" double-sided informational sheet provides: current facts from research about the number of persons struggling with addiction; effectiveness of evidence-based treatment in bringing about recovery; what persons can do to become more informed about this disease; what persons can do to help others suffering from addiction; and what faith communities can do to provide support services. The bulletin insert in pdf is available in color and black & white. Both the color and black & white versions can be downloaded from the Mid-America ATTC Web site at: http://www.mattc.org/information/recovery/insert.html . Printing instructions are provided on the website. |
Date | 9/1/2007 12:01 AM to 9/30/2007 11:59 PM |
Type of Event | product |
Location | This product can be downloaded from http://www.mattc.org/information/recovery/insert.html and used anywhere in the country. |
Program Agenda | N/A |
Invited Officials/Presenters | N/A |
Expected Number of Participants | 100 |
Invited Participants/Audience | N/A |
Primary Contact | Jan Wrolstad |
Address | Mid-America ATTC; UMKC; 5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499 |
Phone Number | (816) 482-1150 |
Email Address | WROLSTAD@MATTC.ORG |
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Title | Recovery Month Kick-Off National Survey on Drug Abuse Release -- SAMHSA-Sponsored |
Description | The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will unveil the results of the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health at a press conference on Thursday, September 6. The annual survey, formerly called the Household Survey is the largest of its kind, and is the governments primary vehicle for determining how many persons are abusing illegal drugs, pharmaceuticals, alcohol and tobacco.
The release of the 2006 survey results is the keynote of the annual National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month press conference marking a month long observance of the gains made by those in recovery from alcohol and drug abuse, as well as treatment providers. |
Date | 9/6/2007 9:30 AM to 9/6/2007 11:00 AM |
Type of Event | Press Conference |
Location | National Press Building,
Murrow-White-Lisagor Rooms, 13th Floor
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
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Invited Officials/Presenters | John Walters, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Terry Cline, Ph.D., Administrator, SAMHSA
H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., Director, SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
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Expected Number of Participants | 100 |
Invited Participants/Audience | Media, organizations and the general public |
Primary Contact | Mark Weber |
Address | 1 Choke Cherry Road
Rockville, MD 20857 |
Phone Number | 240-276-2130 |
Email Address | mark.weber@samhsa.hhs.gov |
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Title | Addictions Counselor Day 2007 |
Description | Whereas, addiction counselors are uniquely qualified, frontline health care professionals who are indispensable in the process of guiding patients with addictive disorders to recovery;
Whereas, alcohol and drug disorders are a major public health problem that costs American society more than $300 billion each year, affecting millions of Americans of all ages, races, and ethnic backgrounds and in all communities through treatment, education, and prevention programs; and
Whereas, addictive disorders are a treatable disease and treatment of addiction is as successful as the treatment of other chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and asthma; and
Whereas, tens of thousands of addiction-focused health care professionals have dedicated their lives to increasing awareness of alcohol and drug disorders and enhancing the care of individuals, families, and communities through treatment, education and prevention programs; and
Whereas, addiction counselors promote excellence in care by promoting the highest quality and most up-to-date, science-based services to our clients, our families and our communities;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Gary A. Rosenberg, Garrison Commander of the United States Army Garrison Bamberg, do hereby proclaim 20 September 2007
ADDICTIONS COUNSELOR DAY
GARY A. ROSENBERG
LTC, SF
Commanding |
Date | 9/20/2007 1:00:00 AM |
Type of Event | official observance |
Location | United States Army Garrison Bamberg, Germany |
Expected Number of Participants | 250 |
Primary Contact | Larry Ashley |
Address | University of Nevada, 4505 Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154-3066 |
Phone Number | 702-895-3935 |
Email Address | BambergPAO@eur.army.mil |
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Event Number | |
Title | Recovery Month Open House |
Description | Short program on drug and alcohol treatment featuring personal story of an individual in recovery. |
Date | 9/25/2007 1:30 PM to 9/25/2007 2:30 PM |
Type of Event | Open House and Presentation |
Location | Weems LifeCare, 1415 College Drive, Meridian, MS 39307 |
Program Agenda | Introduction and overview of recovery month.
Introduction of Substance Abuse Professional
Talk by Individual in Recovery
Tour of treatment facility |
Invited Officials/Presenters | Elected city and county officials, district attorney's office, law enforcement agencies |
Expected Number of Participants | 40 |
Invited Participants/Audience | Human resource and benefits managers for local businesses and medical professionals. |
Primary Contact | Pace Cooke Emmons |
Address | PO Box 4378
Meridian, MS 39304 |
Phone Number | 601-483-4821 |
Email Address | pcemmons@weemsmh.com |
Secondary Contact | Amy Bishop |
Address | PO Box 4378
Meridian MS 39304 |
Phone Number | 601-483-4821 |
Email Address | abishop@weemsmh.com |
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Event Number | |
Title | National Recovery Month observance. |
Description | A booth will be set up at the local mall to inform and discuss various treatment issues with the public. We will have someone in recovery there also to share their story with anyone interested. Brochures will be availlible free to inform the public of the treatment options in their area. |
Date | 9/27/2007 10:00 AM to 9/27/2007 4:00 PM |
Location | Singing River Mall in Gautier, Ms. Hiway 90 |
Expected Number of Participants | 75 |
Primary Contact | Joseph Stallworth |
Address | 3407 Shamrock Ct.
Gautier,, MS 39553 |
Phone Number | 228-497-0690 |
Email Address | jstallworth@singingriverservices.org |
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