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Event: Rally for Recovery! 2008
On September 20, 2008 recovery community organizations and our allies will be hosting walks, rallies and other events to put a face and a voice on recovery and mobilize support for policies like the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 (H.R. 1424) that support recovery. Check out whether there's an event in September near you!
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Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Event:
Recovery Fest 2009
Organization:
Regional Recovery Network
Event Date:
2009-09-12
Time:
9 a.m.- 4p.m.
City:
Fisk
Location:
Lake Wappapello,Mo
Agenda:
Guest Speakers from Butler County Resource Council, Carring Comm.-Southeast Missouri Comm. Treatment Center, Christ-Centered Recovery Groups and many More special speakers. Free food and live music.
Description:
All Day Free Family event, food, games & a live band. Special Guest Speakers from area prevention,treatment & recovery groups.Fun for the whole family breaking the Shame in Recovey!
Contact:
Austin Montague
Phone:
573-686-3892 or 573-718-1951
Email:
tagville@yrless.net
Website:
morecoverynetwork.org
California
Event:
San Francisco Recovery Rally
Organization:
National Council on Alcoholism and other Drug Addictions-Bay Area
Event Date:
2009-09-12
Time:
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
City:
San Francisco
Location:
City Hall Plaza
Agenda:
Order of speakers and entertainment to be determined
Description:
A family friendly day of activities, games, informational booths, speakers, music and food to celebrate recovery in the SF Bay Area.
Contact:
Jaime Mitsuda
Phone:
415-296-9921
Email:
rally@rusober.org
Website:
rusober.orgEvent:
Rallying for Recovery
Organization:
Rembering Mary, LLC
Event Date:
2009-09-12
Time:
12:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (24 hrs.)
City:
San Bernardino
Location:
United States
Agenda:
To promote awareness, support and the enhancement of recovery services.
Description:
Remembering Mary, LLC will be participating in Recovery Month by several forms of communication. First, We are advertising recovery month on our website at www.rememberingmary.net on two web pages: SAMHSA and ONDCP. Since May 2009, we have included on our SAMHSA page a short article about recovery and included the Recovery Month Banner for advertisment. Since June, On our ONDCP page, we have the Recovery Month Banner featured in our Spotlight. We have also included a horizontal scroller, recovery month banner and a link to connect to Faces and Voices of Recovery. In the month of August, we will submit an article on the benefits of networking and collaborating to encourage, mobilize and bring about awareness, change and enhancement in the efficacy of recovery services.
Contact:
Yvonne McGinnis
Phone:
9093553295
Email:
yvonnemcginnis@att.net
Website:
www.rememberingmary.netEvent:
RecoveryFest '09
Organization:
Friends of Recovery
Event Date:
2009-09-19
Time:
10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Location:
Vasona County Lake Park, Los Gatos CA
Description:
Recovery Celebration! A day family and friends of recovery come together for a fun day in the sun; enjoying BBQ, Music, and recovery stores. Everyone is invited to share and network with others in the Bay Area Recovery Community. Together We Learn, Together We Heal, and Together We Make a Difference.
Contact:
Karl Sitterle
Phone:
408 202-1946
Email:
karl.sitterle@gmail.com
Website:
recoveryfest.net
Colorado
Connecticut
Washington, DC
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Event:
Dawn Farm Jamboree!
Organization:
Dawn Farm
Event Date:
2009-09-13
Time:
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
City:
Ypsilanti
Location:
Dawn Farm, 6633 Stoney Creek Road, Ypsilanti Michigan 48197-6609
Agenda:
Jamboree events will include a variety of activities throughout the day for individuals, families, adults and children. Additional activities will be announced on our web site. Silent auction: 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm Founder’s Award Ceremony: 2:30 pm Live auction: 2:45 pm
Description:
When people want to have a great time while supporting a great cause, they head for the annual Dawn Farm Jamboree. The Jamboree is a family event with free admission and free activities for all ages, including great live music all day by a popular local band, hayrides, animals to pet, pony rides, lots of activities for children, a rock climbing wall, tours of the 74 acre farm, and live and silent auctions and a gift table with a variety of donated goods and services, many at bargain prices! Food and beverages will be available. Our annual Founder’s Day award ceremony will honor a local supporter for his/her contributions to Dawn Farm and the recovering community. Dawn Farm welcomes all to join us and share in celebrating our successes in helping addicts and alcoholics become part of the recovering community, and to celebrate the tremendous power of recovery in the lives of individuals, families, and our entire community. Funds raised from the auctions and sales will help defray treatment costs for individuals who have no other resources.
Contact:
Nancy Thom
Phone:
734-485-8725
Email:
infodawnfarm.org
Website:
www.dawnfarm.org/jamboree.html
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Event:
Dawn Farm Jamboree!
Organization:
Dawn Farm
Event Date:
2009-09-13
Time:
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
City:
Ypsilanti
Location:
Dawn Farm, 6633 Stoney Creek Road, Ypsilanti Michigan 48197-6609
Agenda:
Jamboree events will include a variety of activities throughout the day for individuals, families, adults and children. Additional activities will be announced on our web site. Silent auction: 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm Founder’s Award Ceremony: 2:30 pm Live auction: 2:45 pm
Description:
When people want to have a great time while supporting a great cause, they head for the annual Dawn Farm Jamboree. The Jamboree is a family event with free admission and free activities for all ages, including great live music all day by a popular local band, hayrides, animals to pet, pony rides, lots of activities for children, a rock climbing wall, tours of the 74 acre farm, and live and silent auctions and a gift table with a variety of donated goods and services, many at bargain prices! Food and beverages will be available. Our annual Founder’s Day award ceremony will honor a local supporter for his/her contributions to Dawn Farm and the recovering community. Dawn Farm welcomes all to join us and share in celebrating our successes in helping addicts and alcoholics become part of the recovering community, and to celebrate the tremendous power of recovery in the lives of individuals, families, and our entire community. Funds raised from the auctions and sales will help defray treatment costs for individuals who have no other resources.
Contact:
Nancy Thom
Phone:
734-485-8725
Email:
infodawnfarm.org
Website:
www.dawnfarm.org/jamboree.html
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Event:
Celebrate Recovery Walk
Organization:
BRiDGES
Event Date:
2009-09-12
Time:
10:30 a.m.- Noon
City:
Canastota
Location:
Hamilton Village Green, Hamilton, NY
Description:
2.2 mile walk around the scenic village of Hamilton, the home of Colgate University. Walk coincides with the Farmers Market on the Village Green
Contact:
Susan Jenkins
Phone:
315 697-3947
Email:
sjenkins@bridges-mccasa.org
Website:
www.bridges-mccasa.org
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Event:
Dawn Farm Jamboree!
Organization:
Dawn Farm
Event Date:
2009-09-13
Time:
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
City:
Ypsilanti
Location:
Dawn Farm, 6633 Stoney Creek Road, Ypsilanti Michigan 48197-6609
Agenda:
Jamboree events will include a variety of activities throughout the day for individuals, families, adults and children. Additional activities will be announced on our web site. Silent auction: 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm Founder’s Award Ceremony: 2:30 pm Live auction: 2:45 pm
Description:
When people want to have a great time while supporting a great cause, they head for the annual Dawn Farm Jamboree. The Jamboree is a family event with free admission and free activities for all ages, including great live music all day by a popular local band, hayrides, animals to pet, pony rides, lots of activities for children, a rock climbing wall, tours of the 74 acre farm, and live and silent auctions and a gift table with a variety of donated goods and services, many at bargain prices! Food and beverages will be available. Our annual Founder’s Day award ceremony will honor a local supporter for his/her contributions to Dawn Farm and the recovering community. Dawn Farm welcomes all to join us and share in celebrating our successes in helping addicts and alcoholics become part of the recovering community, and to celebrate the tremendous power of recovery in the lives of individuals, families, and our entire community. Funds raised from the auctions and sales will help defray treatment costs for individuals who have no other resources.
Contact:
Nancy Thom
Phone:
734-485-8725
Email:
infodawnfarm.org
Website:
www.dawnfarm.org/jamboree.html
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Event:
Rally for Recovery! - 2009
Organization:
Faces and Voices of Recovery Pee Dee
Event Date:
2009-09-12
Time:
10am to 2pm
City:
Florence
Location:
FLorence Rail Trail spur at Naturally Outdoors, 2519 West Palmetto Street, Florence, SC 29501
Agenda:
10am - on site registration 10:30am - opening remarks, proclamtion presentation, speakers 11am - presentation of Honor Guard 11:15am Walk begins 12:15pm Lunch 1:15pm - prize drawings and fellowship
Description:
3 mile walk, food, fun, entertainment, prizes and messages of hope, freedom and purpose;presentation of Mayoral proclamtion, featured speaker - Mick Carnett, former FAVOR Southeast Regional Representative; Congressman James Clyburn (invited); Sponsors/contributors include: the SC Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, Naturally Outdoors Outfitters, St. John's Parish, McLeod Health, Circle Park Behavioral Health Services, Hope Health, the SC Hepatitis C Coalition, Starting Point of Florence, First Reliance Bank, Turtle Creek Coffee, Kinard & Koffe - Star 93.7, the Counseling Center, BOG, Inc, the Miracle Temple, Adam's Outdoor Advertising, Bubba's Barbeque and Catering, Reflections Hair Salon, Piggly-Wiggly; entertainment by Day and Night Jazz, RLM and Lulu the Clown
Contact:
Lawrence P. Wiseburn
Phone:
843-496-6145
Email:
larbomac@yahoo.com
Website:
www.favorpeedee.org/www.favorsc.org
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Event:
4th Annual Green Mountain Rally For Recovery
Organization:
Friends of Recovery (FOR) - Vt
Event Date:
2009-09-12
Time:
12:30 pm to 3:30 pm
City:
Montpelier
Location:
Battery Park, Burlington, Vt
Description:
Rally and possible walk at Battery Park in Burlington. Speakers, musicians, face painting, sign making, crafts, and more!
Contact:
Mac Dates
Phone:
802-318-1557
Email:
macforvt09walk@comcast.net
Website:
www.friendsofrecoveryvt.org
Virginia
Event:
Recovery Fest
Organization:
The McShin Foundation
Event Date:
2009-09-12
Time:
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
City:
Richmond
Location:
Mount Vernon Baptist Church, 11220 Nuckols Road, Richmond, VA 23059
Description:
At this year's event there will be a BBQ Cook-Off, Live Bands, Voter Registration, Speakers, and Kid's Activities.
Contact:
Honesty Brackett
Phone:
804-249-1845
Email:
honestyb@mcshin.org
Website:
www.mcshin.org
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Event:
Dawn Farm Jamboree!
Organization:
Dawn Farm
Event Date:
2009-09-13
Time:
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
City:
Ypsilanti
Location:
Dawn Farm, 6633 Stoney Creek Road, Ypsilanti Michigan 48197-6609
Agenda:
Jamboree events will include a variety of activities throughout the day for individuals, families, adults and children. Additional activities will be announced on our web site. Silent auction: 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm Founder’s Award Ceremony: 2:30 pm Live auction: 2:45 pm
Description:
When people want to have a great time while supporting a great cause, they head for the annual Dawn Farm Jamboree. The Jamboree is a family event with free admission and free activities for all ages, including great live music all day by a popular local band, hayrides, animals to pet, pony rides, lots of activities for children, a rock climbing wall, tours of the 74 acre farm, and live and silent auctions and a gift table with a variety of donated goods and services, many at bargain prices! Food and beverages will be available. Our annual Founder’s Day award ceremony will honor a local supporter for his/her contributions to Dawn Farm and the recovering community. Dawn Farm welcomes all to join us and share in celebrating our successes in helping addicts and alcoholics become part of the recovering community, and to celebrate the tremendous power of recovery in the lives of individuals, families, and our entire community. Funds raised from the auctions and sales will help defray treatment costs for individuals who have no other resources.
Contact:
Nancy Thom
Phone:
734-485-8725
Email:
infodawnfarm.org
Website:
www.dawnfarm.org/jamboree.html
Wyoming
Don’t forget to post your events on the National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month web site.