Title
Recovery Olympics 2004 (SAMHSA Sponsored)
City
Chicago
Description
Activities will include 3 on 3 basketball, volleyball,40 yard dash, jump rope contest and other sporting events for men, women and children in recovery.
Date
September 4, 2004
Type of Event
Olympic Competition for People in Recovery
Location
Horner Park (Montrose and California) Chicago, IL
Program Agenda
Who Should Participate
All allies of Recovery are invited to attend and celebrate Recovery through Olympic competition.
Expected Number of Participants
500+
Primary Contact
Fenlis Jefferson
Address
IL Association of Extended Care, 1108 W. Pratt Street, Chicago, IL 60626
Phone Number
312-458-9008
Email Address
fenlisandpenny@sbcglobal.net
Renz Center Open House
Elgin
Open House for referring professionals and interested community members. Breakfast will be available. A powerpoint presentation and tours of the facility will be offered.
Tuesday, September 21
Open House
Two American Way
100
Deb Howe
Two American Way, Elgin, IL 60120
847-742-3545 x236
dhowe@renzcenter.com
Web Site
http://www.renzcenter.com
IAEC Recovery Olmpics 2004
Women 3on3 Basketball Tourny Men 3on3 Basketball Tourny Boys' 3on3 Basketball tourny Women's Volleyball Tourny Men Volleyball tourny Girls and Women Double Dutch Contest.
Family Recovery Sporting Event
Horner Park (Montrose 4400N)and (California 2800W)
Basketball tournament (Men,Women,Boys) Volleyball (women,Men) Double Dutch (Girls,Women) 40 Yard Dash (ALL) Balloon Toss,Football Toss Presentation and Awards ceremony.
Individuals and family members in the community, people in recovery, service providers, residents of Extended Care facilities etc.
400
Invited Officials/Presenters
Goverment officials (federal,state and local), healthcare professionalsand representatives from the private business sector.
Illinois Association of Extended Care
P.O. Box 269180 Chicago,Illinois 60626-9180
info@iaec.info
Secondary Contact
5600 North Sheridan Road, 8A
773-443-1920
www.iaec.info
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month Open House
Marion
Franklin-Williamson Human Services, Inc. will hold an Open House to celebrate recovery from alcohol and drug addiction in conjunction with National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. Immediately following the Open House, FWHS will hold an organizational meeting of recovering persons and recovery advocates to discuss the formation of a Recovery Advocacy work group aimed at promoting the message that recovery is not only possible, but that those in recovery lead productive and meaningful lives.
September 30, 2004
Open House 4-6PM Recovery Advocacy organizational meeting 6PM
Garavalia Building 1307 West Main Street
During the Open House, tours of our outpatient and residential facilities will be available. Refreshments will be served
Community and business members, current and former clients, referral sources, and other partners.
Local, state, and county elected officials
Wendy S. Bailie
1307 West Main Street, Marion, IL 62959
618-997-5336, ext 6108
wendy.bailie@fwhs.org
http://www.fwhs.org
Providers Summit-Beginning A New Conversation
Oak Park
This is the Kick-off event; a working workshop; answering questions and most importantly, finding out what Providers want us to do. Why? The need for integration of Treatment and Recovery Support Services is upon us as an industry. The integration of Peer-Based Addiction Recovery Support Services with Treatment has been identified by SAMHSA as a critical issue in design and implementation of recovery support services. We intend to begin our integration of Treatment with Recovery Support Services with a Providers Summit to allow Providers to be a part of the decision-making process. The Providers Summit is to set the stage for Beginning A New Conversation, with the overt understanding that we need to talk to each other with a new voice, engage in new conversation and listen with a new ear. We want to simply ask Providers, i.e. How do they want to see Recovery Support Services develop and logistically structured?; What do they currently do that they believe are Recovery Support Services?; Where do they want to see Recovery Resource Center fit into the scheme of things?; How can RRC best assist their relentless efforts with members?; Are Providers interested in Peer-based assistance with member-developed Continuing Recovery Planning, on-site or off-site?; How can RRC and Providers best maximize collaborative alliances for the support, autonomy and victory for the individual recovery member? The Providers Summit will build upon learning evidenced by the 2003 RRC Community Needs Assessment for Providers: Providers want an all-inclusive referral source; Providers are asking for education on the subject of recovery support services; Providers want assistance with this new addition to the current continuum of care; Providers want a mechanism that keeps them informed of their clients progress after the client has left Treatment; Providers that are not members of the recovering community are feeling a reverse stigma and an exclusion from the new recovery movement; consequently, an alienating aura is being produced for many by the introduction of new buzz words, i.e. peer to peer, recovery support services, peer-led, peer-run and peer-driven; Providers want to know more about Recovery Communities Services Program and lessons learned about implementation of recovery support services.
September 29, 2004
Speaker Panel with participant discussion in breakout groups to facilitate integration of recovery support services & peer recovery support services with traditional Treatment
1140 Lake Street 3rd Floor
Information will be presented on: Addiction as a Chronic Disease, the Principles of Recovery Management, and implications for treatment providers; The history of the Recovery Movement and the social model of recovery; CSAT-funded Recovery Community Services Programs and services; Illinois Dept of Human Services, DASA, efforts to encourage the development of recovery support services and their integration with treatment including through funding and Rule 2060; Recovery Resource Center services; Treatment provider Continuing Recovery Planning processes and ways to integrate/coordinate the planning and delivery of recovery support service. The format will be presentations with handouts and discussion. The final hour or two will be a working session with those in attendance identifying ways to integrate recovery support services into Treatment and giving input on Continuing Recovery Planning as an initial starting place. Time Frame: 10 am 3:00 pm
Decision-makers of Treatment Providers in the State of Illinois to participate in a discussion about recovery support services & peer-based recovery support services with a focus on providers on the West Side of Chicago & Western Suburbs. The participants will be persons that can make a critical decision for their respective organizations; persons that can change, or establish new rules for their organization to ease the integration or close collaboration of recovery support services with Treatment Providers. This event is the kick-off for future sequels of discussions on related topics and focus on various stakeholder and ally groups of the recovery community.
40-50
Peter Gaumond, Department of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA); Dr. Andrea Barthwell, Former Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control; June Gertig, J.D., Director CSAT/RCSP Technical Assistance; Skip Land, Veteran Voice of the Recovery Movement; Mike Boyle, Executive Vice-President of Fayette Companies; Cynthia Cameron, Executive Director, Recovery Resource Center; and Paul Lauridsen, Director, Stepping Stones Treatment Center. The event will qualify for five Continuing Education Units (CEUs) certified by Illinois Association of Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association (IAOADAPCA), satisfying licensure requirements for the staff of Providers.
Cynthia Cameron
1140 Lake Street, Suite 500, Oak Park, Il 60301
(708) 445-0500
RRCDONTUSE1@aol.com
Joyce Bardlett-Salaam
RRCDONTUSEJOYCE@aol.com
Recovery Resource Center's "Getting to Know You"
Social gathering of family and friends of the Recovery Community. Activities will include games for children and adults, refreshments and door prizes
Social Gathering of Members and Family
1140 Lake Street Suite 500
Recovery Community Invited
25-35
Joyce A Bardlett-Salaam
1140 Lake Street , Suite 500
708-445-0500
RRCDONTUSEJOYCE@AOL.COM
1140 Lake St, Suite 500
Winners Circle Speak-A-Thon
Presented in the style of Talking Circle, this community-wide event will focus on sharing the insights gained from the topical discussions, presentations and activities for Recovery Month 2004.
September 25, 2004 (time to be announced)
Community outreach event with guest speakers, discussions and catered buffet
Event site to be announced
This event is open to all Winners Circle participants, their families, friends and the greater recovery community.
50
Winners Circle members, specially invited guest speakers and Johnny Banks, Sr., Chief Executive Director of A Knock at Midnight.
Jerome Collins, Project Supervisor
TASC, 1500 N. Halsted, Chicago, IL 60622
312-573-8224
jcollins@tasc-il.org
Lori Parker, Project Assistant
312-573-8219
lparker@tasc-il.org
www.tasc.org
Recovery Month Walkathon
Bloomington
Walk with your family or friends and enjoy a day of fun, exercise and the opportunity to raise public awareness about the benefits of treatment and the possibility of recovery. The two mile walk route will begin and end on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University.
September 25, 2004
Walkathon
Sheehan Library 104 University Street
9:30 am Registration 10:15 am Opening Ceremonies 10:30 am Recovery Walk 11:30 am Closing Ceremonies 12:00 pm Entertainment
Open to anyone.
DASA Director Theodora Binion-Taylor invited.
Sara Moscato
937 South Second Street, Springfield, IL 62704
217.528.7335 x11
smoscato@iadda.org
Pel Kelley
217.528.7335 x10
pthomas@iadda.org
State ID and Voters Registration
Coordinated in conjunction with the Illinois Secretary of States office and Rainbow Push Coalition, participants will apply for and receive, at no charge, Illinois State identification cards and be given an opportunity to register to vote.
September 24, 2004 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
FREE Illinois state identification card application and voters registration
TASC 1500 N. Halsted
This opportunity is open to the public.
60
Winners Circle Learning Circle on HIV/STD prevention
This specially formatted Winners Circle meeting will present a brief seminar on HIV/STD prevention and education. This Learning Circle format is in keeping with the third week of the Recovery Month agenda for Winners Circles throughout the state, Maintaining Your Recovery.
September 23, 2004 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Special Learning Circle version of the Winners Circle support meeting
This event is open to Winners Circle members, their friends and families and the greater recovery community.
Andrew Grant, a founding member of Winners Circle who also is a Department of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA) Certified Counselor, HIV/STD Prevention Specialist and a certified Red Cross Instructor in prevention of sexually transmitted diseases will deliver the HIV/STD prevention and education lecture.
3120573-8219
Winners Circle Breakfast
This month the regularly scheduled catered breakfast meeting will offer a brief lecture on HIV/STD prevention in keeping with the third week of the Recovery Month agenda for Winners Circles throughout the state, Maintaining Your Recovery.
September 21, 2004 from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Winners Circle peer led, peer driven support meeting with a brief lecture and catered breakfast.
Bethel New Life Community Center 367 N. Karlov
10
Michorn Thompson
Bethel New Life, 367 N. Karlov in Chicago, IL 60624
(773) 826-5540
Recovering Our Future: Connecting Our Resources
Oak Brook
This conference will include training and resources on the continuum of care (prevention, intervention, recovery and extended care), as well as workshops on allied services, human resources management, legal issues and medical/pharmaceutical topics.
September 19-22, 2004
IADDA's Annual Conference
Wyndham Drake Hotel 2301 York Road
Executive Directors, Middle Management, Clinical Staff, Preventionists, Recovering Individuals, Researchers, Policy Makers, Professionals in the realted fields of mental health, human and social services, education and primary health care.
300-400
Pel Thomas
937 S. Second Street, Springfield, IL 62704
217.528.7335 x 10
http://www.iadda.org
Winners Circle Car Wash
This popular outdoor fundraising event will return for Recovery Month. All donations go directly to Winners' Circle to fund sober social events and community outreach projects.
September 18, 2004 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fundraiser
TASC 1500 N. Halsted Parking Lot
This event is open to the general public
15
Join Hands and Voices for Recovery Now
Joliet
Event will be held from 1 - 3 PM 1:00 - 2:00 PM will be outdoor games and activities for adults and children on the grounds of Stepping Stones Treatment Center 2:00 - 2:45 PM a mother and father who are in recovery and their children will talk about what recovery has meant to them. This will be followed by a recognition of legislators who were instrumental in passing a budget that restored millions of dollars to substance abuse prevention and treatment. legislators will be given an opportunity to address those in attendance. 2:45 - 3:00 those in attendance will join hands in a line along the street in front of the facility. There will be refreshments and musical entertainment during the event as well.
Sept. 18, 2004
Outdoor festival and recovery celebration at a treatment center
1621 Theodore Street
see above
community individuals in recovery support group community organizations churches etc.
150
Family State Representatives and Senators City Council
Judy Cullotta
1621 Theodore St., Joliet, IL 60435
815 744 4555 ext. 110
jcullotta@steppingstonestreatment.com
Winners Circle Meetings during Recovery Month
Throughout Illinois
Using curriculum composed by Johnny Banks, Sr., based on his original concept of The Four Stages of Recovery, a series of topical discussions will take place among participants at weekly Winners Circle meetings during National Recovery Month. Each week Winners Circle will highlight a different stage in the life of a person in recovery.
Recovery Month, at various times and locations throughout Illinois (link to http://www.tasc-il.org/preview/winners.html for dates, times, and locations)
Peer led, peer driven support meetings designed to meet the needs of the ex-offender, many of whom are in recovery.
Llink to http://www.tasc-il.org/preview/winners.html for locations
Each week discussions in Winners Circle will highlight a different stage in the life of a person in recovery: Beginning Your Recovery, Developing Your Recovery, Maintaining Your Recovery, Incorporating Your Recovery. Visit the web site for details on what each of these stages represent.
500
Meetings are open to all Winners Circle participants, their families, friends and the greater recovery community.
Winners' Circle Summer Community Event
The Restoring Citizenship Project launches a month-long Recovery Month Celebration on August 28, 2004 with the Winners Circle Summer Community Event. This opening event brings back the popular speaker/trainer Johnny Banks, Sr., Chief Executive Director of A Knock at Midnight. He will present his original concept, The Four Stages of Recovery: A Comprehensive Recovery Skills Overview. With entertainment and a catered buffet, this event sets the stage for a series of topical discussions among participants at weekly Winners Circle meetings during National Recovery Month. Each week Winners Circle will highlight a different stage in the life of a person in recovery.
August 28, 2004 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Community outreach event with lectures, discussions and catered lunch buffet.
Homan Square Caf 3333 W. Arthington
Johnny Banks, Sr., Chief Executive Director, and A Knock at Midnight.
