Massachusetts  Organization for Addiction Recovery

   An Affiliate of NEAAR, New England Alliance for Addiction Recovery, A CSAT Recovery Community Grantee

         c/o  Boston ASAP       3rd floor      30 Winter Street    Boston, Massachusetts 02108  

                                                                           August 15, 2001

 

MOAR News at a Glance

h MOAR  Website   http://www.neaar.org/moar/-   Look for  Pictures Wanted!

h MOAR co-sponsors W MA SA Counselor Forum on Youth – October 12

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

h NEAAR Recovery Celebration- Jiminy Peak- Hancock, MA – November 2-4

h Recovery Movement  - Organizing for a National Voice- October 5 –7, Minneapolis  i Court Disagrees with CORI Lifetime Career Barriers – Stay Posted!

 

MOAR Meetings and Events at a Glance _

 State and Regional Recovery Month Events Save These Dates!

 Recovery Day - State House Date : September 26, 2001 

 First Annual Statewide Membership Meeting –

Worcester - September 10, 6:30 to 9 PM,

                                   Thayer Auditorium, Community HealthLink                                   

iSpringfield ~ September, 1:00 PM to 3PM Phoenix Academy Open House,

                         with MA DPH Commissioner Howard Koh and Rep. Ben Swan,

                       ~ October 29 ,5:30,Club Drugs –Signs, Symptoms, Strategies for Families

                            with Tina Murphy, from The District Attorney’s  Office, Phoenix House     

iLowell ~  September 12, 10:00 AM –3:00 Pm, Events Room,C1,

                    Music at the Gazebo, sponsored by AdCare Hospital, at Tewksbury Hospital                

iBoston ~ September 12, 3:30  PM, Atrium 1, Faulkner Hospital

                    October 3, 3:30 PM, Atrium 1, Faulkner Hospital

iNew Bedford ~ September 21, 10:00 Am to 12 PM, Reflections Open House

                               497 Bellville Ave., sponsored with AdCare Hospital

iWorcester ~ October 23, 6:45 PM, AdCare Hopital , Room B,107 Lincoln  St.

                                                                                                                                   

September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month

Theme: “We Recover Together: Family, Friends, and Community”

             Celebrating The Positive Value of Recovery to Society!

                            State House Date : September 26, 2001, Boston

 Recovery Walk, Meet at City Hall Plaza, 8:00 AM

 State House Proximity, 9:00 Am, Greetings, City of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.

                         and Boston favorite, Jimmy Tingle (schedule permitting)

And H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, Director:Center of Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

Deborah Klein Walker, Associate Commissioner, MA Department of  Public Health,

Acting Bureau of Substance Abuse Services Director, The Improbable Players, Policymakers, Faces and Voices of Recovery, Families, Friends, and Community

1 to 3 PM    Town Meeting Dialogue: Let’s Work Together to Make The .

    CSAT National Treatment Plan to Change The Conversation about Addiction Treatment/Recovery Work facilitated with the above by  Judah Abdul Dorrington, MS and LaVerne Saunders, MS with policymakers, providers, and

YOU- persons in recovery, friends, family, community

 Breakfast & Lunch Sponsored by AdCare Hospital & MA Behavioral Health Partnership

                                                

                          CSAT National Treatment Plan is being Introduced

                                to Change The Conversation about Addiction

           

The Voice of Recovery is Needed to Influence The National Treatment Plan,

                                                To  Create

Change in Attitudes – Convincing  the public that recovery is possible to reduce

                                    stigma and discrimination of people in recovery

No Wrong Door for Treatment – Referrals to treatment from any point of the

                                                    healthcare, criminal justice, social service system.

Commitment to Quality – Training of professionals representative of our diverse

                                            culture, responsive to people searching for recovery

Genuine Partnerships     Strengthening relationships with treatment, research,

                                      recovery community,  --- and all communities

                                      to improve treatment and policies.

Investment for Results –  Development of a standard insurance benefit package.

 

 

 

MOAR Friends Sponsored Recovery Month Events  

                     for You to Attend

 

Tewksbury Hospital Campus Events

 9/13   -   Substance Abuse Lecture Series, MOAR information distributed

 

 9/21   -   Improbable Players,  7PM-8:30 PM, Old Chapel 

               Sober Dance at Old Chapel to Follow with MOAR Sponsorship

 

 9/24  -    Campus Open House – One day during week

 

Springfield Events by SOURCE*  with MOAR Sponsorship

 9/6   -    Mayor Albano Proclaims September to be Recovery Month

               He is joined by Chicopee and Holyoke Mayors.
 9/8  -     The Body and Recovery –  Free Health Checks at Ames Dept Store, Chicopee

 9/15 -    The Mind and Recovery  -  School System Presentations at Holyoke Mall

 9/27-     The Social Aspects and Recovery – Support Services Dialogue, Tower Square,

                                             Springfield, 9 Am – 2 PM  

                              For these events- please call Delinda,  at 413-782-7221

              SOURCE=Saving Others Utilizing Resources Collectively for Empowerment

 

New Bedford Events

9/26-  New Bedford Candle Light Vigil

9/28-  Prevention and Education Partnership Luncheon - Wamsutta Club

 

 

 

New Bedford Educational Television – Cable Access- Septemner 2001

 September  All Month Long,  What is MOAR, NEAAR, Recovery Month ---

         Starring Carl Alves, Dana Moulton, Maryanne Frangules

              for New Bedford Activities- Please Call Carl at  508-997-905

 

Other Celebratory Events

9/14- Recovery Home Collaborative Luncheon- Florian Hall, Dorchester

9/25- Mental Health Substance Abuse Corporations of MA – Annual Meeting

                                   

 

 MOAR Meeting Participants have been Planning Recovery Month

August 1 & 29 Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain attendees:  Paul Carey, Greg Arsenault,  Daniel Page, Jennifer Tripp, Jim La Prade, Ray Hoitt, R. Joshua Fulton.

Rodney Hart, Johnny Lelly, Elaine Appel, Roger Cram, Kattie Portis, Amos Marshall,

Dana Moulton, Karen Pressman, John Frazier, Tom Delaney, Joe Kelleher,

Valerie Hobson, Linda Carter

 

           August 2 & 30, Phoenix House, Springfield, Donna Rivest, Tanyss Martula,

 Diane Kurtz, Bill Sciturro, Neal Gaer, Bob Pisani, Ruth Jacobsen Hardy,

 Karen Sullivan, Michael Donohoe, Nicole Roccapriore, Jodi Lucci, Michele Herbert,

 Delinda Baymon- Dykes, Elaine Clarke, Chris Sears

 

           July 24 & August 29, Worcester, Rich Harris, Margot Matthews, Ray Kosinski, Jeffrey Silkman, Dana Moulton, Joseph Martoccio, Rahim Al-Kaheem, Sheila Brousseau, Karen Hill, Autumn Choate, Debbie Bratton, Linda Lavalee, Laurie Chinko, Kevin Soucy,  Michael Faunce, Stephen Hokawson, Cornell Reed, Donaeo Lucia,  Pamela Moore, Rob Chilson, Pete McConville, Joe Carron, Maureen Buxton, Robert McGrathm, Bonnie Bruen, Patrick Smith,   Buddy Brousseau, Joe Morin, Jack Maroney,  

 

           July 20, Lowell, Greg Baker, Janice Archer, Pierre Descoteaux, Noreen Mainguy,

Tricia Wood, Lisa Clark, Ken Powers, Dana Moulton, Mike Descoteaux

 

           August 15, New Bedford, Denise Mandy, Frank Ferraro, David St.Cyr, Glen Crowley, Edward O’Neill, Robert Ewing, Robin DeForest, lauren Cresta, Angelika  Goucher, David Walsh, James Eddy, Robert De Faria, Linda Demers, Claudia Jones

 

 

    People in Recovery, Families, and Friends Please Come!

     All of the follwing have support from CSAT, AdCare Educational Institute,

       Bureau of Substance Abuse Services, MA Department of Public Health

We thank Faulkner Hospital, Boston ASAP, Lowell House, Community HealthLink,

    Phoenix House, Reflections. Tewksbury Hospital, AdCare Hospital  for many

                                                 accomodations

               A note of thanks to Sameem Associates for producing the

 Recovery Month Educational Brochure with support from our many sponsors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                 The Faces and Voices of Recovery: Visible, Vocal, Valuable

                  We Recover Together: Families, Friends, and Community

We can address the issues facing people in recovery, inclusive of families and friends in community. The concerns: Adolescent and Family  Recovery Services, The  CORI  (Criminal Offender Report Information), ~ Affordable, safe, sober housing,

continuum of care access, insurance coverage, anonymity and advocacy,

     

So---Please come to:

                                    First Annual MOAR Meeting

                                              Organizing Statewide

        Individuals in Recovery, Families, and Friends Welcome

     No Fee- Light Refreshments, sponsored by AdCare Hospital 

   Keynote speakers: Deborah Klein –Walker,Associate DPH Commissioner 

       David Mulligan-Stonehill College, Public Policy Associate Professor 

          An Opportunity to  Speak  to The Issues and Strategize  The Plans

             Voices and Faces of Recovery – Visible,  Vocal, Valuable

           Worcester - September 10, 6:30 to  9:00 PM,

            Thayer Auditorium,  Community HealthLink

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                               MOAR Recovery Month Sponsored Events

                  People in Recovery, Families, and Friends Please Come!

 

 

                    September 12- Tewksbury Hospital – Events Room C1- 1O AM,

                         A MOAR Gathering with Music at The Gazebo Follows

                                  sponsored by AdCare Hospital

 

 

                  September 19- MOAR and Phoenix Academy- celebrate with

                                          an Open House Joined by

                MA DPH Commissioner, Howard Koh, MD & Representative Ben Swan

                                1-3 PM, 33 Mulberry Street, Springfield

 

 

                          September 21-MOAR, Reflections, AdCare Hospital

                               Celebrate with an Open House at Reflections

                 Joined by Policymakers and Friends, 10-Noon, 

              497 Bellville Ave, New Bedford

 

 

                                  You are wanted to Celebrate Recovery Month!

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

 

Funding The MOAR News mailing  8/30//01 edition, is from  MOAR fundraising activities, separate from project funding.  MOAR , is a NEAAR  affiliate, grantee # 1KD1TI11642 through the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, USDHHS. and receives funding from  MA DPH BSAS through AdCare Educational institute. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the official views of the agency. CSAT/Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/SAMHSA nor MA DPH/BSAS