Title
Stepping to Recovery-SAMHSA Sponsored
Description
We invite all members of the community to Join the Voices for Recovery: Celebrate Health with a three-mile walk for recovery and speakers from the recovery community, including former baseball great Darryl Strawberry and his wife, Charisse. There will also be games for the entire family, face painting and food for all.
Date
Sunday, September 28, 2003
Location
Lowry Park 7525 North Blvd. Tampa, FL 33604
City
Tampa
Who Should Participate
All state and local officials, the recovery community, and the general public at large
Expected Number of Participants
300-500
Presenters
Darryl and Charisse Strawberry, Benjamin Heldfond and Benjamin Older, NCADD board members, all state and local officials are invited to attend
Primary Contact
Pastor Robert Fruster
Address
Road to Recovery Ministries, 2511 n. Grady Avenye, Tampa, FL 33607
Phone Number
813-879-4673
Email Address
rfruster@withoutwalls.org
Secondary Contact
Charisse Strawberry
NCADD, 2701 W. Busch Blvd., Suite 206, Tampa, FL 33618
813-915-7447
operations@ncaddtampa.org
Village South Carnival & Block Party-SAMHSA Sponsored
This year marks the second carnival/block party put on by The Village. The event is a celebration of people in recovery and their families. Dade County law enforcement blocks-off a street near The Village's treatment center. The Village provides a DJ and music, a dunk tank, and food. There is a mobile medical unit present for confidential HIV testing. Recovery agencies from across the city are invited to set up tables and disseminate information on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, substance abuse treatment and prevention services, and HIV information and testing. Community and faith-based organizations provide skits and music, and children can add to a 40-foot long collage depicted their “Anti-Drug.” Village South also asks each invited agency to create a carnival activity so that visitors and participants can go from table to table playing typical carnival games.
September 20, 2003
400 NE 31st Street
Miami
Miami Behavioral Health Center and other recovery groups from across Dade County, FL.
300+
Rob Mills
3180 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33137
305-571-2691
rmills@villagesouth.com
Katherine Gill, High Point Communications Group, Inc.
553 Route 3A, Bldg. # 3, Bow, NH 03304
603-226-3000 or 866-265-3891
kgill@highpointcommunications.com
Web Site
http://www.villagesouth.com
