Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery

May 2, 2001

h MOAR is in Website http://www.neaar.org/moar/- Pictures Wanted!

h MOAR will Apply with NEAAR for CSAT RCSP Grant

h MOAR’s Diane Kurtz and Tanyss Martula to Present at CSAT RCSP Forum

h CSAT National Recovery Month Planning – www.health.org/recoverymonth/2001

i NEIAS Summer School- Recovery Community Track- June 10-15

i CORI Public Health Council Deliberation- to be rescheduled

i Springfield – Help Plan an Open House Forum- May 31st, 5:30 to 7:15 PM, Phoenix

House, 5 Madison Ave.

i Lowell ~ Affordable and Sober Housing- May 11, 9:30, City Hall

Recovery Month Planning, June 1^st, 10:30 AM, Mercier Center

i Boston ~ Recovery Month Planning June 4^th , 3:30 PM , Atrium II, Faulkner

i New Bedford ~ MOAR Kickoff Planning, May 9, 6 PM, Reflections, Bellville Ave.

i Worcester ~ Meeting with plans for action– Refreshments sponsored by AdCare

Hospital. Tuesday, May 15, 6:45 to 8:00 PM, cafeteria, 107 Lincoln St.

April 24th, Springfield – Focus – Educating Communities, Making Change Diane Teta, Rene’Andersen, Bill Sciturro, Diane Kurtz, Tanyss Martula, Bob Pisani , Maryanne Frangules followed up on plans to do outreach to the medical community. The Holyoke Hospital Grand Rounds Presentation will probably take place in the fall. The Interagency Youth Task Force facilitated by BSAS Regional Director Ruth Jacobsen Hardy. Treatment gaps, Insurance Coverage, Crisis Team deficits were highlighted-and next step – developing community linkages, education, and advocacy. We reviewed MOAR’s part of the CSAT grant application as our planning guide to public forums to address youth and family services, needs, policies. Everyone wanted to include policymaker education training. Members reviewed possibilities of a Phoenix Academy Open House Forum--

Joe Kelleher, John Frazier, Ellen Radis, Ray Hoitt, April King, Julia Sheehan, Susan Decolaines, Dana Moulton, Tom Delaney, and Maryanne Frangules reviewed location,

possible speakers, keynote, for Recovery Day. We came up with great ideas that need to be reviewed with by the other regions. Good possibility that Recovery Day maybe September 26^th! Recovery Brochure Designing brainstormed. Members reviewed CSAT grant application as a tie in with ways to develop forum and outreach to families.

Attendees reviewed their efforts to work together as a community partnership. Their energy with representation from PAACA, HighPoint, AdCare Hospital, District Attorney’s Office, Reflections, Treatment on Demand, and other agencies is great. The partnership will be sponsoring a Paint a House Program on June 2. MOAR was asked to help promote Recovery Month via a community televised interview. Noted: planning session for a New Bedford MOAR meeting will be May 9, 6PM, Reflections House.

Patrice Muchowski, AdCare Hospital, Clinical Services Vice President, Rich Harris,

AdCare Community Relations, Ray Kosinski BSAS Regional Director, Leroy Kelly MOAR President, MOAR members Diane Kurtz and Louis Caplan spearheaded

lively discussion. Attendees, Theresa Mendes, Leona Toedt, Kim Anthony, Isabella Arce, Sheila Brousseau, Karen Hill, Autumn Choate, Debbie Bratton, Linda Lavalee, Laurie Chinko, Kevin Soucy, Michael Faunce, Stephen Hokawson, Cornell Reed, Donaeo Lucia, Joanne keenan, Pamela Moore, Rob Chilson, Pete McConville, Joe Carron, Maureen Buxton, Robert McGrathm, Bonnie Bruen, Patrick Smith, Dana Moulton, Buddy Brousseau, Tricia Wood, Joe Morin, Rahim al-Kaleem, Jack Maroney, Brooke Dauerhauer, Jim McKenna, Steve Bilodeau, Tom Delaney, Crystal Carpenter, heather Johnson, James Ross, David Weela, Pam Letsky, and Diane Teta shared need to address stigma, CORI, housing, adolescent and family, women services and cultural sensitivity.

Janice Archer, Pierre Descoteaux, Julia Sheehan, Tricia Wood, Asst BSAS Regional Director Jim Cremer, Ivelisse Alvarado, Daniel Roman, Victoria Buckley, Karen Wheelden, Linda Estrella, Terry Prew, Lynn Sousa, and Wendy Silverstein

from The MOAR/NEAAR CSAT grant and Recovery Month planning to Housing Transition Stressors—so MOAR, MAADAC, and Lowell House will sponsor a Seminar!

President Leroy Kelly led focus on using grant application’s strength on empowering the recovery community to addressing the stigma, treatment gaps, policy needs concerning addiction, adolescents, and families. This led to membership outreach, community forum building, media development ~ and Recovery Month. Attendees: Joe Kelleher, Maureen Kerrigan, Ray Hoitt, Michele Lilly, John Frazier, Harvey Fleishman, John MacIsaac, Tom Delaney, Amos Marshall, Maryanne Frangules, as Executive Director. So>>>

MOAR Sincerely, Maryanne Frangules, MOAR Project Coordinator, 617-423-6627