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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	645
Title	KEEPING IT REAL 2007 CONFERENCE-SAMHSA Sponsored
Description	Street-Level Intervention Strategies for Addiction, HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis Our sixth annual conference geared towards outreach workers and related healthcare workers regarding HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, and substance abuse. The conference agenda is built around the Outreach Competencies that were developed by the CHHATT. The overall goals of the Keeping It Real 2007 Conference is: (1) To provide cutting edge information on addiction and co-infection with HIV and hepatitis C to outreach workers and substance abuse counselors; (2) To improve efforts to find and assist hard-to-reach population and special populations; and (3) To improve prevention of co-infection through knowledge dissemination activities including conferences and post-conference products.
Date	9/24/2007 7:29 AM to 9/26/2007 5:15 PM
Type of Event	conference
Location	Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University Washington, DC
Expected Number of Participants	250
Primary Contact	Kathleen Hauck
Address	8737 Colesville Road, Suite 300 Silver Spring, MD 20910-3921
Phone Number	240-645-1145
Email Address	khauck@danyainstitute.org
Web Site	http://www.ceattc.org/chhatt_conference.asp

Event Number	394
Title	Johnson Institute's America Honors Recovery Luncheon - NAADAC and SAMHSA Sponsored
Description	Johnson Institute's 4th Annual America Honors Recovery awards luncheon
Date	9/27/2007 12:00 PM to 9/27/2007 2:00 PM
Type of Event	luncheon
Location	National Press Club Ballroom Washington, DC
Invited Officials/Presenters	2007 Luncheon Chair - Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson
Expected Number of Participants	300
Invited Participants/Audience	2007 Luncheon Honorees Karen Casey-Elliott Kitty S. Harris, Ph.D. Donald Kurth, MD Benneth Lee Carol McDaid Domingo Rodriguez
Primary Contact	Ingrid Faust
Address	613 Second St NE Washington, DC 20002
Phone Number	202-662-7108
Email Address	ingridfaust@johnsoninstitute.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	88
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	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	185
Title	Rotary Club Luncheon
Description	The Rotary Club has reserved their weekly luncheon to announce DC Recovery Weekend to the business community. A local leader will be identified as the speaker.
Date	9/12/2007 12:00 PM to 9/12/2007 2:00 PM
Type of Event	Luncheon
Location	Hotel Washington 15th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004
Invited Officials/Presenters	TBD
Expected Number of Participants	200
Invited Participants/Audience	Business, Community & Government Leaders
Primary Contact	Stephen Glaude
Address	810 5th Street NW Washington, DC 20001
Phone Number	202-842-1731
Email Address	stephen@grm.org
Secondary Contact	Earl Murray III
Address	810 5th Street NW Washington DC 20001
Phone Number	202-842-1731
Email Address	earl@grm.org

Event Number	115
Title	DC Recovery Weekend
Description	32 treatment providers, faith based & community organizations will host individually designed public affairs events. There will be a city-wide conference hosted by these same treatment providers. 200 churches, mosques, and synagogues will dedicate their sermons to recovery. There will be a Washington Nationals Baseball Game dedicated to those in recovery.
Date	9/13/2007 9:00 AM to 9/16/2007 10:00 PM
Type of Event	Public Affairs Events, City-Wide Conference, 200 Sermons dedicated to Recovery
Location	City Wide
Program Agenda	Thursday-Public Affairs Events Friday-City Wide Conference Saturday/Sunday-Sermons on Recovery Sunday-Washington Nationals Baseball Game dedicated to those in Recovery
Invited Officials/Presenters	The Mayor The City Council Chairperson The Director of SAMHSA
Expected Number of Participants	400
Invited Participants/Audience	Treatment Providers Agency Representatives Funders Media Representatives Persons in Recovery
Primary Contact	Stephen Glaude
Address	810 5th Street, NW Washington, DC 20001
Phone Number	202-842-1731
Email Address	stephen@grm.org
Secondary Contact	Earl Murray
Address	810 5th Street, NW Washington DC 20001
Phone Number	202-842-1731
Email Address	earl@grm.org
Web Site	http://www.grm.org

Event Number	433
Title	Recovery Fair
Description	The Addiction Prevention & Recovery Administration will host a recovery health fair in the plaza in front of the Dept. of Health with information dissemination, ATOD screening, entertainment and awards.
Date	9/13/2007 11:00 AM to 9/13/2007 2:00 PM
Type of Event	Courtyard Health Fair
Location	825-941 North Capitol St., NE Plaza Courtyard Washington, D.C. 20002
Program Agenda	Remarks Entertainment Awards Presentations
Invited Officials/Presenters	Elected City Officials Department Officials
Expected Number of Participants	400
Invited Participants/Audience	General Public
Primary Contact	Linda Fisher
Address	3720 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., SE Washington, DC 20032
Phone Number	202-645-0326
Email Address	linda.fisher@dc.gov
Secondary Contact	Bruce Points
Address	3720 Martin Luther King, Jr., Ave., SE Washington DC 20032
Phone Number	202-645-0333
Email Address	bruce.points@dc.gov

Event Number	580
Title	CCNV & Victorious Women /Extraordinary Men presents Testimonials, Music, Fashion, Special Video Presentations on "Recovery the Gift"
Description	A special celebration for Recovery Week based upon recovery as the gift from GOD. A special viewing of Recovery the Gift a very special video SPECIAL VIDEO SHOWING: Brother Earls Recovery, the Gift
Date	9/13/2007 3:00 PM to 9/13/2007 5:30 PM
Location	425 Mitch Snyder Place NW Three-North Staff Lounge
Expected Number of Participants	100
Primary Contact	Abdul H. Nurriddin
Address	425 Mitch Snyder Place NW Washington,, DC 20001
Phone Number	202-393-1909
Email Address	ccnv@starpower.net
Web Site	http://ccnvdc.org/

Event Number	395
Title	Johnson Institute Open House Reception
Description	In Collaboration with DC Recovery Weekend, the Johnson Institute is hosting an Open House Reception featuring our new board chair, Mike Sime.
Date	9/13/2007 3:00 PM to 9/13/2007 6:00 PM
Type of Event	Open House
Location	Johnson Institute Office 613 Second St NE Washington, DC 20002
Expected Number of Participants	250
Primary Contact	Ingrid Faust
Address	613 Second St NE Washington, DC 20002
Phone Number	202-662-7108
Email Address	ingridfaust@johnsoninstitute.org

Event Number	432
Title	Covenant Baptist Church Recovery: Help, Hope and Healing Open House
Description	Information, food, activities, give-aways. Tours of Love is Thicker Than Blood HIV/AIDS Substance Abuse Conversation Center.
Date	9/13/2007 4:00 PM to 9/13/2007 7:00 PM
Type of Event	Open House
Location	Covenant Baptist Church 3845 South Capitol St., SW Washington, DC 20032
Expected Number of Participants	100
Invited Participants/Audience	Open to all
Primary Contact	Rev. Carolyn Hutchinson
Address	3845 South Capitol St., SW Washington, DC 20748
Phone Number	202-562-5576
Email Address	cdhutchinson47@yahoo.com

Event Number	578
Title	Partnering Together in Celebration of Recovery
Description	Partnering Together in Celebration of Recovery 4 organizations have partnered together for DC Recovery Weekend Public Affairs Event International Conference of Apostolic Networking (ICAN), Inc., DC Addictive Service Providers Faith-Based Consortium, Inc., DC Parents4Change, Partners in Drug Abuse Rehabilitation and Counseling (PIRARC) Public Affairs EventThe B.L.O.C.C. Celebration Thursday, September 13, 2007, 6:008:00 p.m. The B.L.O.C.C. - Beaconing Light Outreach Community Center Motivational Speaking Faith-Based & Community Initiatives Troy Wise & Company, Guest Poet Parent & Youth Initiatives Recovery Testimonials & Remembering the Legacy of Bob Holden D.J. Wiggins Master Mix D.J. Refreshments will be served Antonio D. Briggs, ICAN, Inc. President Marjorie J. Brown, Th.D. Director, Faith-Based Consortium, DCASPC, Inc. Janice Dove Johnson, DC Parents4Change PIDARC, Inc. Marjorie J. Brown, Th.D. Director, Faith-Based Consortium DCASPC, Inc.
Date	9/13/2007 6:00 PM to 9/13/2007 8:00 PM
Type of Event	B.L.O.C.C. Celebration of Recovery
Location	RAP International Ministries 3552 East Capital Streets, N.E. Washington, D. C. 20019 {corner of East Capital & Minnesota Avenue NE}
Invited Officials/Presenters	Special Guest: The Honorable Yvette M. Alexander, Ward 7 Council Member {Invited} ANC Commissioners Ward 7 {Invited}
Expected Number of Participants	60
Invited Participants/Audience	Faith-Based Community Parent & Youth Initiatives PIDARC and the Community @ Large
Primary Contact	Marjorie Brown
Address	1430 Monroe Street, NE Washington, DC 20017
Phone Number	301-741-7248
Email Address	DrMarjorieJSB@aol.com

Event Number	186
Title	City-wide Conference
Description	Gospel Rescue Ministries, the DC Recovery Community Alliance, and the Addictions Prevention Recovery Administration will host a city-wide conference focused on treatment, recovery and advocacy issues throughout the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.
Date	9/14/2007 8:00 AM to 9/14/2007 4:30 PM
Type of Event	Conference
Location	Kellogg Conference Center Gallaudet University 800 Florida Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002
Expected Number of Participants	300
Primary Contact	Stephen Glaude
Address	810 5th Street NW Washington, DC 20001
Phone Number	202-842-1731
Email Address	stephen@grm.org
Secondary Contact	Earl Murray III
Address	810 5th Street NW Washington DC 20001
Phone Number	202-842-1731
Email Address	earl@grm.org

Event Number	187
Title	Recovery Baseball Game
Description	The Johnson Institute has developed a partnership program based on our experience in 2003 with teams in Major League Baseball. Each tribute includes pre-game ceremonies on the field, in-game billboard announcements, and special recognition for those who work tirelessly in providing treatment to encourage recovery from this disorder. The involvement of Major League Baseball in the Johnson Institute's Sports Link advances the education of the public in National Recovery Month through a highly visible sports team. This year's event will feature an afternoon game against the Atlanta Braves.
Date	9/16/2007 1:35 PM to 9/16/2007 4:35 PM
Type of Event	Baseball Game
Location	RFK Stadium 2400 East Capitol Street, SE Washington, DC
Expected Number of Participants	600
Primary Contact	Stephen Glaude
Address	810 5th Street NW Washington, DC 20001
Phone Number	202-842-1731
Email Address	stephen@grm.org
Secondary Contact	Earl Murray III
Address	810 5th Street NW Washington DC 20001
Phone Number	202-842-1731
Email Address	earl@grm.org

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/

The Recovery Month effort aims to promote the societal benefits of alcohol and drug use disorder treatment, laud the contributions of treatment providers and promote the message that recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders in all its forms is possible.

Materials and events posted on the National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month) Web site are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

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