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Recovery Month Community Events


Alaska
Event Number
193
Title
SAMHSA Sponsored-3rd Annual Dancing in the Streets
Description
The 3rd Annual Dancing in the Streets celebration of recovery is to be held on September 14, 2007 to underscore that recovery is happens, and investing in locally available treatment can not only help our people regain their lives, but also help our communities prosper.

According to experts, recovery from alcohol and drug issues can happen, period. Experts also say that reaching out to those around us and embracing our communities is at the core of the recovery process. Who are these experts? They are your family, friends, and neighbors.

The Wellness in Nenana Coalition Urges Everyone to Recognize People in Recovery
at the 3rd Annual Dancing in the Streets to be held in Nenana, Alaska on September 14, 2007.
Date
9/14/2007 3:30 PM to 9/14/2007 11:59 PM
Type of Event
Parade, Dinner, Dance
Location
Nenana, Alaska
Program Agenda
3:30pm - Parade
5:00pm - Dinner
7:30pm - Dance

All events are free of charge.
Expected Number of Participants
400
Invited Participants/Audience
All are welcome.
Primary Contact
Traci Boschert
Address
PO Box 159
Nenana, AK  99760
Phone Number
907-832-5557
Email Address
traci@bushmamas.com
Secondary Contact
Kat McElroy
Address
PO Box 159
Nenana AK  99760
Phone Number
907-832-5557
Email Address
poppekat@bushmamas.com
Web Site
http://www.railbelt.com

Event Number
286
Title
Second Annual Poetry Slam - SAMHSA Sponsored
Description
Second Annual Poetry Slam - Join us for the second year's poetry reading and competition in recognition of National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. This year's the theme is "Celebrating the Spirit of Recovery." Come join us for reading, competition, beverages and snacks.

Original poetry submissions are welcome along with impromptu compositions. Cash prizes will be given for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Over $800 in donations from local agencies have been received in support of this event.

A poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite original work. These performances are then judged on a numeric scale by previously selected members of the audience.
Date
9/15/2007 7:00 PM to 9/15/2007 9:00 PM
Type of Event
Poetry reading, competition and recovery celebration
Location
University of Alaska, Southeast Campus, Hendrickson Building, Juneau
Program Agenda
7:00 - There will be a 3-minute reading performance limit for each poem. Bring two or more original poems to compete in single-elimination style slam.
Invited Officials/Presenters
Commissioner of Health and Social Services
Sarah Palin, Governor
Juneau's State Representatives
Alaska Senator
Juneau Mayor
Juneau Assembly members
Expected Number of Participants
100
Invited Participants/Audience
Everyone is invited to attend and participate.
Primary Contact
MaShelle Hess
Address
Division of Behavioral Health, 350 Main Street
Juneau, AK  99811-0620
Phone Number
(907) 465-3370
Email Address
mashelle_hess@health.state.ak.u
Secondary Contact
Marilee Fletcher
Address
Division of Behavioral Health, 350 Main Street
Juneau AK  99811-0620
Phone Number
907 465-5808
Email Address
marilee_fletcher@health.state.ak.
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Event Number
653
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
Web Site
http://www.naadac.org

Event Number
473
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
Web Site
http://www.mutualaidbasedgroupwork.com

Event Number
89
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
Web Site
http://www.oxfordhouse.org/

Event Number
402
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
Web Site
http://www.mattc.org/information/recovery/insert.html

Event Number
505
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.
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
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
Web Site
http://www.recoverymonth.gov or www.samhsa.gov

Event Number
570
Title
Recovery Rendezvous
Description
Carnival Games, Free Food, Native American Drumming, Native American Dancing, Music, FAS Day Proclamation
Date
9/8/2007 11:00 AM to 9/8/2007 6:00 PM
Type of Event
Community Celebration
Location
The Soldotna Sports Center
Program Agenda
Free Hamburgers and Hot Dogs all Day
11:00 -2:00 Carnival Games
2:00 Heartbeat of Mother Earth
2:30 FAS Day Proclamation and ringing of the bells
Song by Vickie Tinker and Katie Evans
3:00 The Native Youth Dancers
4:00 The Abundant Life Youth Ministeries Band
5:00 Katie Evans and Vickie Tinker
Invited Officials/Presenters
Soldotna Mayor Dave Carey
Sue Davis local representative for Governor Sara Palin
Expected Number of Participants
300
Invited Participants/Audience
Hosted by Central Peninsula Hospital/Serenity House Treatment Center
Participants:
Frontier Community Services
Cook Inlet Council on Alcohol and Drugs
Kenaitze Indian Tribes Nakenu Family Services and Head Start Programs
Central Peninsula Counseling Services
Community Outreach Program
Central Peninsula Community Health Center
Charlene from Ninilchik Community Health
Abundant Life Church
The Native Youth Dancers from the Christian College
Heartbeat of Mother Earth Drummers
The Community
Local AA and NA members
Primary Contact
Christy Walker
Address
245 Binkley Street
Soldotna, AK  99669
Phone Number
907-714-4521
Email Address
cwalker@cpgh.org
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Event Number
341
Title
FASD Wellnes Walk
Description
In Honor of International
FASD Awareness Day, National
Native American Recovery Month, and
National Recovery Month.

FASD Wellness Walk
Will be held
Across Douglas Bridge
On
September 9, 2007

Begin : line up at 12:00 pm, walk begins at 1:00 p.m.
Location: Breeze Inn, parking lot
Location Ending at: KINY, Parking lot
Following the walk,

A Welcome Native Foods Potluck, with local
Dance Groups, and Elder Speakers

Location: T&H Community Hall

Any Questions,, or volunteer Sign up please Call
Norene Otnes 463-6670, or 364-4445 for Information

Wednesday, August 01, 2007




To whom it may concern,


Hello, Im Norene Otnes, Community Family Service Worker II, JMC- SEARHC Behavioral Health Department, and planning committee member for One Heart Creations with hope and understanding. Sue and Roy Hempel, Grandparents of Morgan Fawcett (Strang), are the heart of this event. Morgan is a 15 year old musician, and a young person who was born with FASD. Please see his attached story. We are planning an event to raise community awareness and partnership in honor of the FASD International Awareness Day.

Morgan has a vision of supporting other FASD children who have been affected by this preventable disorder. Since he began on his path within the flute playing world, performers he has met have been impressed with his natural ability to play. He has progressed so naturally in the short year since he was given his first flute at age 14. Morgans wish is to come to Juneau, his place of birth and perform at a concert with Arvil Byrd, if funding permits. He also wishes to give the youth of Juneau what was gifted to him. The flute manufactures have donated 60 to 70 flutes for the young people who attend the concert. Our intention is to provide Morgan and his Grandparents the opportunity to give him a chance to fulfill his vision.

The first Annual Wellness Walk and FASD International Awareness Day kick off for the week will also include assemblies, workshops, and personal appearances throughout the community by Morgan Fawcett, his Grandparents, and Arvil Byrd.

Arvil Byrd, $1,500 per performance. See attached information.

Respectfully Yours,
One Heart Creations, Committee Members

Sue, Hempel, Head Chair, Manager
Roy Hemlel, 2nd Chair , logistics
Morgan Fawcet, President, head of quality control one_heart@juno.com
Ric Iannolino, FASD Clinic
K.J. Metcalf, Northern Lights Church
Sunshine Ratliff-NCADD
Cristina Reitz, Aware Inc
Jackie Wagner, NCADD
Rowena Reeves, Smoking Cessation-SEARHC
Norene Otnes, CFSW-SEARHC

Wellness Walk in focused on community wide residents who value wellness, and or are in recovery, the Education piece to this is that consuming alcohol and drugs during pregnancy is very harmful to the unborn fetus, we will focus on all ages and persons who are effected by FASD or family members who are supporting the growth of an FASD diagnosed family member. Treatment for mothers and their partners who are expecting have substance abuse treatment centers available for them during pregnancy. This event will bring awareness of the damage to the delicate fetus that is developing within the mother if she choses to consume substances which is prevention of FASD.
Date
9/9/2007 9:09 AM to 9/16/2007 9:09 PM
Type of Event
FASD Wellnes Walk
Location
Juneau, Alaska
Program Agenda
Contact Norene Otnes
Invited Officials/Presenters
Arvil Bird
Morgan Fawcet Flute Player
Govener Sara Palin
Expected Number of Participants
250
Invited Participants/Audience
Juneau Wide Community
Youth , Adult, Elders
Clan Members, All Orginizations
Primary Contact
Norene Otnes
Address
3245 Hospital Dr.
Juneau , AK  99801
Phone Number
907-463-6670
Email Address
norene.otnes@searhc.org
Secondary Contact
Ric Iannoino
Address
320 W. Willoughby
Juneau AK  99801
Phone Number
(907)586-1432
Email Address
riannolino@ccthita.org
Web Site
http://SEARHC.org

Event Number
440
Title
Anchorage Recovery Rally
Description
The Anchorage recovery rally will be a gathering of recovering people to celebrate recovery and educate our community about recovery and the need for treatment services in Alaska.

Information booths and light refreshments will be available.
Date
9/13/2007 5:00 PM to 9/13/2007 6:00 PM
Type of Event
Rally
Location
Delany Park Strip between I & L streets
Program Agenda
TBA
Invited Officials/Presenters
Governor , Lt. Governor & Staff
Mayor & staff
Local recovery advocates
Division of Behavioral Health
& more
Expected Number of Participants
300
Invited Participants/Audience
all persons in recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs, their families & friends.

Treatment providers & state program staff
Entire community is invited
Primary Contact
Anna Sappah
Address
1711 Logan Street
Anchorage, AK  99508
Phone Number
(907) 242-6608
Email Address
annasappah@hotmail.com
Phone Number
(907) 277-8796
Email Address
sada@ak.net

Event Number
596
Title
Alaska Women's Recovery Project Recovery Month Celebration and Poetry Jam
Description
Alaska Women's Recovery Project (AWRP) invites you to a celebration of health and recovery during National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. AWRP will host a poetry jam. Please bring a poem that expresses the positive aspects of recovery and healing in your life, and share how recovery brings healing to family and community.
Date
9/15/2007 2:00 PM to 9/15/2007 4:00 PM
Type of Event
Poetry Jam
Location
Organic Oasis
2610 Spenard Road
Anchorage, AK
Expected Number of Participants
70
Invited Participants/Audience
Women in recovery and their families
Primary Contact
Vera Paschke
Address
4130 San Ernesto Ave.
Anchorage, AK  99508
Phone Number
907-729-5090
Email Address
vpaschke@scf.cc

Event Number
659
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
Web Site
http://www.bamberg.army.mil/sites/local/

Event Number
670
Title
Celebrate National Recovery Month Community Potluck
Description
Gathering to celebrate national recovery month and socialize with recovering people in your community
Date
9/29/2007 6:01 PM to 9/29/2007 11:30 PM
Type of Event
Community Pot Luck
Location
Craig recreation center
Program Agenda
Potluck followed by possible talking circle and viewing of the video "Carved From The Heart"
Expected Number of Participants
60
Invited Participants/Audience
Community and people in recovery
Primary Contact
John Borbridge
Address
P.O. Box 597
Craig, AK  99921
Phone Number
907-826-2286
Email Address
johnborbridge@hotmail.com
Web Site
http://none