Great Lakes Region
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Great Lakes Regional Representative: Tom McHale
Tom is a Project Manager for the Strategic Prevention Initiative at Northern Michigan Substance Abuse Services. He is the co-founder and former President/CEO of Greater Flint Project Vox, and has long advocated for greater education, reduced stigma and discrimination, and improved services for addiction/recovery. Tom is in long-term recovery with over 18 years free of alcohol and other drugs. Having recently moved to a small town in Northern Michigan, Tom now serves on the One Voice Initiative and is working to establish a Project Vox advocacy group for Northern Michigan.
Great Lakes News and Events
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Visit the National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month Web site for information about Recovery Month events in the Great Lakes Region.
Teens Using Drugs: What To Know and What To Do
co-sponsored by Dawn Farm, the Livingston and Washtenaw Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act Consortium, and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Mission Services
Part One: 10/02/2007; 11/07/2007; 12/04/2007; 01/08/2008; 02/05/2008; 03/04/2008; 04/01/2008; 05/06/2008; 06/03/2008. Part Two: 10/09/2007; 11/13/2007; 12/11/2007; 01/15/2008; 02/12/2008; 03/11/2008; 04/08/2008; 05/13/2008; 06/10/2008.
7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Education Center
5305 Elliott Drive
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Contact: Jess Antanaitis
Phone: 734-973-7892
jessa@med.umich.edu
www.teensusingdrugs.org
"Teens Using Drugs: What To Know and What To Do" is a free, ongoing, two-part workshop series designed to help participants learn to understand, identify and address adolescent alcohol/other drug problems. The series is presented on the first (part 1) and second (part 2) Tuesday evenings of each month from October - June (exception: In January 2008 part 1 will be on the second Tuesday and part 2 will be on the third Tuesday.) The workshops are presented by Ronald E. Harrison, SW, and co-sponsored by Dawn Farm, the Livingston and Washtenaw Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act Consortium, and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Mission Services. All presentations are free and open to the public. The presentations are targeted primarily to parents and caretakers of teens, but are also inclusive of teens, family members, people who work with teens, students, anyone who sponsors or supports a young person in a recovery program, and anyone interested in attending for any reason. Registration is not required. A certificate of attendance can be provided. Free literature will be available.Dawn Farm Education Series
Dawn Farm
10/16/07, 10/23/07, 10/30/07, 11/20/07, 11/27/07, 12/18/07, 01/22/08, 01/29/08, 02/19/08, 02/26/08, 03/18/08, 03/25/08, 04/15/08, 04/22/08, 04/29/08, 05/20/08, 05/27/08, 06/17/08, 06/24/08, 07/01/08.
7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Education Center auditorium
5305 Elliott Drive
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Contact: Matt Statman, Education Series Coordinator
Phone: 734-485-8725
info@dawnfarm.org
www.dawnfarm.org
The Dawn Farm Education Series is a FREE annual workshop series developed to provide accurate, helpful, hopeful, practical, current information about chemical dependency, recovery, family, and related issues; help dispel the myths, misinformation, secrecy, shame and stigma that prevent chemically dependent individuals and their families from getting help and getting well; and contribute to creating a community culture that supports recovery. Workshops are free and open to anyone interested in attending. Registration is not required. 1.5 hours of free C.E. approved by MCBAP (Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals) is offered for each workshop. A certificate to document attendance is provided on request. Programs are presented on several Tuesday evenings from October through July (please see the Dawn Farm web site for an exact schedule and list of topics.)Dawn Farm 35th Anniversary Jamboree
Dawn Farm
September 7, 2008
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
6633 Stoney Creek Road
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Contact: Nancy Thom
Phone: 734-485-8725
nthom@dawnfarm.org
www.dawnfarm.org/calendar.html
The Dawn Farm Jamboree is an annual family event with free admission and free activities for all ages, including live music, hayrides, animals to pet, pony rides, a popular midway and other activities for children, and tours of the 74 acre farm. There will be live and silent auctions with a variety of donated goods and services, including trips, art, electronics, and hundreds more items. Our Founder’s Day award will be presented to a local supporter in recognition of his/her support of Dawn Farm and the recovering community. This event is a combination fundraiser and “friend-raiser;” our Jamboree provides an opportunity for Dawn Farm to give back to the community that for 34 years has supported us in our mission; to raise awareness of the tremendous power of recovery in the lives of individuals, families, and our entire community; and to raise funds that enable Dawn Farm to continue our mission to provide services for those who have no other resources.Dawn Farm welcomes the community to join us and share in celebrating our successes in helping addicts and alcoholics become part of the recovering community. Admission and activities are FREE. Food and beverages will be available at a nominal cost. Dawn Farm is the only residential treatment program in the area, and funds raised from this event will help defray treatment costs for individuals who have no other resources.
Faces & Voices of Recovery's regional listservs, discussion boards, and Web pages
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Great Lakes Listserv
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Past Great Lakes Listserv Messages
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Great Lakes Discussion Board
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