Recovery Resources http://www.recres.org Recovery Resources Blog http://www.recres.org Support Recovery Resources' Board Member Bob Laughton in the Goggin's Challenge http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40195 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>A message from Recovery Resources' Board Member Bob Laughton as he prepares for the Goggin's Challenge. Bob will run 48 miles in 48 hours in support of the 9th Annual Run for Recovery.2</div> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Run for Recovery-19-202.jpg" alt="" width="502" height="393" /></p> <p>A message from Recovery Resources' Board Member Bob Laughton as he prepares to participate in the Goggin's Challenge - running 48 miles in 48 hours:2</p> <p><em>"Your Mercedes-Benz General Manager is at it again, only this time I&rsquo;m not running a 5k; I&rsquo;ll be running 52.4 miles (two back-to-back marathons). This is to raise awareness and funding to help people in our community struggling with mental illness and substance addiction.</em></p> <p><em>I start this Friday, June 11th in the afternoon and will continue until Sunday morning. If you&rsquo;d like to show up at any part of the fundraiser, please do so; I&rsquo;d love to see you! You can walk, run, or cheer me on! If you&rsquo;d like to help fundraise you can donate here - </em><strong><a href="/RunforRecovery">Run for Recovery (recres.org/RunforRecovery)</a></strong><em> You&rsquo;ll receive an email with your receipt for any applicable tax deductions.</em></p> <p><em>Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for any support. Together a better future awaits.</em></p> <p><em>Here is a little video of me explaining the run - </em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL6PPsxh3DI">Support Recovery Resources Board Member Bob Laughton in the Goggin's Challenge! - YouTube</a></strong></p> <p><em>Below is the schedule."</em></p> <p>- Bob</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table width="469"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p>Runs</p> </td> <td> <p>Time</p> </td> <td> <p>Place</p> </td> <td> <p>Miles</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>1</p> </td> <td> <p>12:00 PM</p> </td> <td> <p>Planet Fitness Avon</p> </td> <td> <p><strong>5</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>2</p> </td> <td> <p>4:00 PM</p> </td> <td> <p>Lake Rd Avon Lake</p> </td> <td> <p><strong>10</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>3</p> </td> <td> <p>8:00 PM</p> </td> <td> <p>AL High School</p> </td> <td> <p><strong>15</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>4</p> </td> <td> <p>12:00 AM</p> </td> <td> <p>Plante Fitness Avon</p> </td> <td> <p><strong>20</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>5</p> </td> <td> <p>4:00 AM</p> </td> <td> <p>Planet Fitness Avon</p> </td> <td> <p><strong>24</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>6</p> </td> <td> <p>8:00 AM</p> </td> <td> <p>Walker Rd Avon Lake</p> </td> <td> <p><strong>28</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>7</p> </td> <td> <p>12:00 PM</p> </td> <td> <p>Rocky River Metroparks</p> </td> <td> <p><strong>32</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>8</p> </td> <td> <p>4:00 PM</p> </td> <td> <p>Planet Fitness Avon</p> </td> <td> <p><strong>36</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>9</p> </td> <td> <p>8:00 PM</p> </td> <td> <p>Avon Lake High School</p> </td> <td> <p><strong>40</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>10</p> </td> <td> <p>12:00 AM</p> </td> <td> <p>Planet Fitness Avon</p> </td> <td> <p><strong>44</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>11</p> </td> <td> <p>4:00 AM</p> </td> <td> <p>Walker Rd Avon Lake</p> </td> <td> <p><strong>48</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>12</p> </td> <td> <p>8:00 AM</p> </td> <td> <p>Avon Lake High School</p> </td> <td> <p><strong>52.4</strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Move for Something that Matters http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40193 Tue, 11 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>Join us for the 9th Annual Run for Recovery either virtually OR in person on August 14, 2021 at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.</div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/landscape design.jpg" alt="" width="543" height="201" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ehxafchg3b559940&amp;oseq=&amp;c=&amp;ch=">SIGN UP FOR RUN FOR RECOVERY UPDATES HERE</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="/RunforRecovery">&nbsp;LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RUN FOR RECOVERY</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div>The&nbsp;<strong>9<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Annual Run for Recovery</strong>&nbsp;is an opportunity to move for something that matters - whether that is for your mental health, celebrating recovery, or in memory of a loved one. Get ready to race in the 5K or enjoy a slower pace with the One Mile Wellness Walk. You can also get your little ones involved in the Kids&rsquo; Fun Run. It&rsquo;s your choice how you want to participate this year. Join us virtually OR in person at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo on Saturday, August 14<sup>th</sup>. As a bonus to help you get moving, download the Charity Footprints Fitness App to track activity to win prizes!&nbsp;<strong>Registration for the Run for Recovery will go LIVE on June 1, 2021.</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/64DnVrzq3jE" width="425" height="350"></iframe></strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p>&nbsp;The weekend of June 12, 2021, Recovery Resources Board Member Bob Laughton, along with his friend Bret Buike, will run 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours, totaling 48 miles in two days. Bob is running in memory of his friends lost to substance use and in support of Recovery Resources mission - helping people triumph over mental illness, alcoholism, drug and other addictions.</p> <p align="center"><em>"I'm running the first 12 miles in honor of my three close friends I lost Vinny, Dave, and Elvis. The following 36 miles are for you."&nbsp;-&nbsp;Bob</em></p> <p align="center"><em><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jL6PPsxh3DI" width="425" height="350"></iframe></em></p> <p align="center"><a href="https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/donor-form/?svcid=renxt&amp;formId=13e2b547-aa2d-4add-8335-530bf2f1cd58&amp;envid=p-gXwmpoTBtUGs7e9LLpCyLw">SUPPORT BOB LAUGHTON HERE</a></p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> </div> 'Above the Influence' Messaging Contest http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40192 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>Throughout April, middle school and high school students are participating in an education series to learn facts and techniques to resist peer pressure to use drugs and alcohol.&nbsp;</div> <div>Casey's Kids is a Recovery Resources youth-led prevention program named in memory of Casey Coleman. Casey was known as the "voice of the Cleveland Browns" and he was also a staunch advocate for alcohol and substance abuse prevention education for youth.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Throughout April, middle school and high school students are participating in an education series to learn facts and techniques to resist peer pressure to use drugs and alcohol. Students are encouraged to create messaging around the theme "Above the Influence" through&nbsp;an essay, poem, song lyrics, or art. If you have a middle school or high school student who would like to participate, contact Nabil Pervaiz at <a href="mailto:npervaiz@recres.org">npervaiz@recres.org</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Submissions are due April 28th. First-place students will be awarded a $100 gift card. If you have the interest to learn more about Casey's Kids and our alcohol and substance abuse prevention education programs visit <a href="https://eml-pusa01.app.blackbaud.net/intv2/j/7DD6405A-E985-4DF8-81FF-B1A788963716/r/7DD6405A-E985-4DF8-81FF-B1A788963716_fb7466be-8875-452a-9e02-13ae847c3e6e/l/A5F863E8-73CA-46A9-9EE7-D271623CA7FE/c" data-link-type="1" data-href="https://www.recres.org/aodprevention" data-link-id="A5F863E8-73CA-46A9-9EE7-D271623CA7FE">recres.org/AODPrevention.</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="/ManagedFiles/Above the Influence-Flyer-digital.pdf">DOWNLOAD GUIDELINES AND DETAILS HERE</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/messaging-twitter.jpg" alt="" width="646" height="323" /></div> Recovery Resources Partners with CIFF45 to Promote "Apart" http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40191 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/apart2.jpg" alt="" width="370" height="225" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Recovery Resources is one of the&nbsp;community partners&nbsp;for the documentary <em>Apart</em>&nbsp;at this year's Cleveland International Film Festival, #CIFF45.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>According to the Cleveland International Film Festival's website, <em>Apart</em> was directed by Jennifer Redfearn&nbsp;and follows the story of the women who participated in Ohio's first reentry program held outside prison walls. There, they processed the trauma that led to their addictions, learned valuable life and employment skills, and prepared for their pending release.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://www.clevelandfilm.org/films/2021/apart">Find more details about the film here</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This year's CIFF45 will be help virtually with streaming available for <em>Apart</em> between Thursday, April 08, 2021 at 11:00 AM&nbsp;and Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 11:59 PM.</div> <div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Important Dates:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Friday, March 26, 2021 Tickets go on sale to the general public at 11:00 AM</li> <li>Thursday, April 8, 2021 CIFF45 Streams programming will be available to view starting at 11:00 AM.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Ticket Details:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Enter&nbsp;the word <strong>RECOVER</strong>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;discount code box on the&nbsp;payment information screen during checkout to take $1.00 off of each ticket in your cart.</li> <li>Tickets to all Festival films (except Opening Night) are $10.00; your code will reduce that price to $9.00.</li> <li>IMPORTANT: All films in the CIFF45 Streams program are limited to a maximum number of available streams. Films are available to stream on a first-come, first-served basis.</li> <li>Each ticket purchase comes with <strong>ONE</strong> opportunity to stream</li> </ul> <div> <div id="cc-block3" class="cc-block"> <h1 id="evm-event-title"><span class="cc-var" title="">Join the "Apart" Documentary Community Watch Event and Panel Discussion</span>&nbsp;</h1> </div> <div id="cc-block4" class="cc-block"> <p><strong>Step 1:</strong>&nbsp;Purchase your discounted ticket&nbsp;<a href="https://www.clevelandfilm.org/films/2021/apart?fbclid=IwAR0ram1ptYDQYfRk9-3vp1_ZCwzPLghV2P2bo9BW5NI3Wl1AxXCbUn9R7wE">HERE</a>.</p> <p><strong>Step 2</strong>: Join the community watch on&nbsp;<strong>April 20th at 6:00 p.m</strong>. or stream anytime</p> <p><strong>Step 3</strong>: Plan to attend an interactive post documentary panel discussion on&nbsp;<strong>April 27th at 6:00 p.m</strong>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Each community partner will host a Livestream on a different social media platform for discussion and to answer questions. Click on the links below, give us a follow, and to tune in to the Live event on April 27th at 6:00 p.m.:</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/recrescleveland/">Recovery Resources Instagram</a>&nbsp;<br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LMMCleveland">Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry Facebook</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/TowardsEmploy">Towards Employment Twitter</a></p> <p>CIFF has filmed a panel discussion with the film&rsquo;s director, Jennifer Redfearn, and subjects, Amanda Freed, Tomika Daniel, Lydia Loth, and Malika Kidd. You can view this video&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/5pQA6AjBo7E">HERE</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>The panel can be viewed after ticket is purchased in the Spotlight Series at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.clevelandfilm.org/">www.clevelandfilm.org</a></p> </div> </div> </div> Calling All Artists! http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40190 Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Most Americans have either had a mental health problem themselves, or know someone who has. To highlight Mental Health Awareness Month, Recovery Resources, The MetroHealth System and the Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court are partnering for a Virtual Art Show. The virtual exhibit will be live May 1st - May 31st. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Art Show-2-cc.jpg" alt="" width="498" height="527" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Most Americans have either had a mental health problem themselves, or know someone who has. To highlight May as Mental Health Awareness Month, Recovery Resources, The MetroHealth System&nbsp;and the Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court are partnering for a&nbsp;Virtual Art Show.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>If the option for an in-person display becomes available, artwork will be showcased at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center. All registered artists will be notified of the change and will have the opportunity to showcase their pieces through both a virtual and live display.</div> <div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>We ask any and all artists to fill out the registration form by clicking the button&nbsp;above and to email pictures of your artwork to Recovery Resources Marketing &amp; Communications Coordinator Carrie Larsen at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:clarsen@recres.org">clarsen@recres.org</a>. Your artwork will be highlighted through a virtual art exhibit on Recovery Resources website&nbsp;between May 1st - 31st.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Now more than ever, we need to come together to celebrate each other's creativity and talent.&nbsp;Thank you for your participation and helping us shine a light on Mental Health Awareness Month!</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><em>Register for Recovery Resources Virtual May Art Show by clicking the button below:</em></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ehmqamkqf92dbfe2&amp;llr=4p4dxkcab"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Register-Here-Button-RRBlue.png" alt="" width="183" height="61" /></a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </div> Thrive Peer Support Seeking Outreach Partners http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40189 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen On behalf of Thrive Peer Support: Thanks to the support of the ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County, in April Thrive Peer Support is launching a harm reduction outreach effort in the community. <div><em><strong>On behalf of Thrive Peer Support:</strong> </em>Thanks to the support of the ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County, in April&nbsp;<a href="https://thrivepeersupport.org/">Thrive Peer Support</a> is launching a harm reduction outreach effort in the community. This effort will specifically target areas with high overdose rates to supply Narcan and fentanyl testing strips, and make connections to peer support, primary care, and more. Last year, Thrive and their partners served over 3,000 individuals. This year, with your help we plan to serve even more.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Seeking Outreach Partners_ _3_.jpg" alt="" width="690" height="893" /></div> You're Invited: The Addiction Machine Documentary Screening http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40188 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Join Recovery Resources Cuyahoga County Problem Gambling Coalition on March 24, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. for a special screening of The Addiction Machine, followed by a group discussion. <div>Join Recovery Resources Cuyahoga County Problem Gambling Coalition on<strong>&nbsp;March 24, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.</strong>&nbsp;for a special screening of&nbsp;<em>The Addiction Machine</em>, followed by a group discussion.</div> <div> <p><em>The Addiction Machine</em>&nbsp;reveals the highly organized network of mathematicians, musicians, and designers as they create and display electronic gaming machines. In addition to hearing from neuroscientists, anthropologists, and game theorists who explain the science behind addiction, we meet those who have experienced the other side of gambling.</p> <p><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ufuGrrj8oHN1nsKqx9sv5SgxWH1qPs2GB">REGISTER HERE</a></p> <p>Questions? Contact Nabil Perviaz at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:npervaiz@recres.org">npervaiz@recres.org</a>&nbsp;or 216-431-4131 ext. 2535.</p> <p>Learn about our other Problem Gambling Awareness Month tips &amp; tools&nbsp;<a href="/GamblingAddiction">HERE</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Gambling Documentary Flyer.jpg" alt="" width="626" height="810" /></p> </div> Black History Month: Leaders in Behavioral Healthcare, Mental Wellness, Advocacy http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40187 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen February is Black History Month. Throughout the month, we will share stories to honor the important contributions made by African Americans in the field of behavioral health, mental wellness, and the reduction of stigma through science, discovery, art, and spoken word. <div>February is Black History Month. Throughout the month, we will share stories to honor the important contributions made by African Americans in the field of behavioral health, mental wellness, and the reduction of stigma through science, discovery, art, and spoken word.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>February 2, 2021</strong>: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council Member Jackie Badgette shares the major impact recently made by <strong>Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett</strong>.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kx8RtNkNN0s" width="425" height="350"></iframe></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20201214/black-scientist-plays-key-role-in-covid-vaccine?fbclid=IwAR0TWXT_uMH0tc4RzYHYLAZC04gCn0Dg8AEaEa6M-TQJn9nuh6jhb27zQtE">LEARN MORE</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: left;"><strong>February 9, 2021:</strong>&nbsp;Recovery Resources Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council Member Michael Vucek shares the impact <strong>artist Kirsty Latoya</strong> has on the world. She uses her art to address the complexities of mental health in the black community, often channeling her own hurt and sadness into her work to create art people can relate to on an emotional level.</div> <div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xN9jTQk278U" width="425" height="350"></iframe></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://mashable.com/2016/10/10/black-mental-health-art/">LEARN MORE</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: left;"><strong>February 16, 2021:</strong> Recovery Resources Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council member Carmen Maldonado continues our Black History Spotlight Series by sharing the accomplishments and successes of <strong>Vice Admiral Jerome Adams</strong>. Dr. Adams, named Surgeon General in 2017, quickly became one of the most publicly visible members of the Coronavirus Task Force. In 2018, he&nbsp;declared the opioid crisis as a public health emergency and continues to advocate for the use of naloxone.</div> <div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BRw7PdzQZF8" width="425" height="350"></iframe></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakers/436229/Vice-Admiral-Jerome-M.-Adams?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=1376603968&amp;utm_content=468203463507&amp;utm_term=&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA962BBhCzARIsAIpWEL2ums6EJxVAMs8TN3Ng9ERhb29hqFZVhz3aCR3KTnYYhnJNbe0xnpMaAttlEALw_wcB">LEARN MORE</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: left;"><strong>February 23, 2021:</strong>&nbsp;Recovery Resources Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council member Nick Ramirez closes out our Black History Spotlight Series with Grammy award-winning musical artist <strong>Jay-Z</strong> for his influence as a spokesperson and advocate for mental health awareness.</div> <div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/dqJAhg6-HIA" width="425" height="350"></iframe></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/27/us/jay-z-on-therapists-cnntv/index.html">LEARN MORE</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> Take Care of your Mental Health with this Mental Wellness Plan http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40186 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen According to HealthyPlace, developing a mental health wellness plan is an important part of building and maintaining mental health. This Mental Wellness Month, consider making this part of your routine to help achieve better mental health. <div>SOURCE:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/self-help-information/how-to-develop-a-mental-health-wellness-plan">HealthyPlace</a></div> <div>______________________________________</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p>Developing a mental health wellness plan is an important part of building and maintaining <a title="Mental Health Definition: What is Mental Health?" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-illness-overview/mental-health-definition-what-is-mental-health" target="_blank">mental health</a>. If you find yourself working hard to take the steps you need to maintain your <a title="What is Mental Health Wellness?" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/self-help-information/what-is-mental-health-wellness" target="_blank">mental health wellness</a>, but you find yourself struggling with where to begin or how to maintain consistency in your routine, it could be due to the fact that you have not yet developed a strong mental health wellness plan. Without a set plan of action that was created specifically for you, it can be hard to find the proper direction to ensure you build up the skills you need to maintain mental health wellness.</p> <h2>What is a Mental Health Wellness Plan?</h2> <p>A mental health wellness plan helps you keep track of what does and does not work for you in maintaining mental wellness. It helps you create a guide or regiment of what you need each day to maintain your mental health. It also helps you keep track of the coping skills you can utilize to ensure that you maintain the balance between your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.</p> <h2>How to Start Your Mental Health Wellness Plan</h2> <p>Taking the first step to building your mental health wellness plan can be a challenge. It is sometimes helpful to consult with a mental health professional, who will know how to help you begin exploring your own mental health wellness needs and what needs to be included in your mental health wellness plan.</p> <p>Everyone responds differently to different mental health methods, skills, techniques, and strategies. That is why it is important to do some self-exploration and develop an understanding of what you need to incorporate into your mental health wellness plan.</p> <p>Common themes in mental health wellness plans include:</p> <ul> <li><a title="Meditation Helps With Anxiety and General Health" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/anxiety-panic/articles/meditation-helps-with-anxiety-and-general-health" target="_blank">Mindfulness and meditation</a></li> <li>A healthy lifestyle including exercise and <a title="How Foods Affect Your Mental Health Wellness" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/self-help-information/how-foods-affect-your-mental-health-wellness" target="_blank">foods for mental health wellness</a></li> <li><a title="Feedback What is Emotional Intelligence, and What Does it Do For You" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-health-newsletter/what-is-emotional-intelligence-and-what-does-it-do-for-you" target="_blank">Emotional intelligence</a></li> <li>Self-reflection</li> <li>Cognitive restructuring</li> </ul> <h2>What is Needed in Your Mental Health Wellness Plan</h2> <p>Once you&rsquo;ve developed an understanding of what you need to create your mental health wellness plan, you want to make sure you incorporate all of the elements needed in building a strong plan that will help you build your mental health. Your plan should include:</p> <ul> <li>An understanding of your own mental health status and your needs to maintain good mental health (<a title="Mental Wellness Worksheets and Apps for Your Wellness Journey" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/self-help-information/mental-wellness-worksheets-apps-for-your-wellness-journey" target="_blank">mental health wellness worksheets and apps</a> can help with that).</li> <li>An understanding of your personal triggers and life stressors that may become a challenge in maintaining good mental health wellness.</li> <li>A daily regiment of <a title="5 Essential Mental Wellness Activities" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/self-help-information/5-essential-mental-wellness-activities" target="_blank">mental health wellness activities</a> to use for creating balance and structure in your mental health wellness.</li> <li>A list of coping strategies that help you cope with life stressors, emotions, unexpected circumstances and upsetting situations.</li> <li>A list of support that is available to you, including family, friends, mental health professionals, and possibly a <a title="What Happens at a Mental Wellness Center?" href="https://www.healthyplace.com/self-help/self-help-information/what-happens-at-a-mental-wellness-center" target="_blank">mental health wellness center</a>.</li> <li>A space for reflection on your progress for building mental health wellness.</li> <li>A space that provides flexibility to your mental health wellness plan, in the event that a step or element needs to be changed, modified, omitted or replaced.</li> <li>A means to maintain accountability for your mental health wellness plan, so you stick to the plan and do not stray from what you need to do to maintain your mental health wellness.</li> <li>Sitting down and putting an entire plan together all at once can seem overwhelming. Try starting with one section, then add to it as time goes along.</li> </ul> </div> What MLK Day Means to Me http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40185 Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div> <p>As we prepare for the day of honoring Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, we asked several staff members, &ldquo;What does MLK Day mean to you?&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> </div> <p>On Monday, January 18th we will observe the federal holiday honoring the life and legacy of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Recovery Resources offices will be closed. Frequently called MLK Day, this is a federal holiday&nbsp;in&nbsp;marking the birthday of&nbsp;Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year.&nbsp;Rev. King's&nbsp;birthday is January 15th.</p> <p>Reverend King was an American Baptist Minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement&nbsp;from 1955 until his assassination&nbsp;in 1968.&nbsp;</p> <p>As we prepare for our day of honoring Reverend King&rsquo;s legacy, we asked several staff members, &ldquo;What does MLK Day mean to you?&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> <p><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/YAix5iedAAI" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p>&nbsp;<br /><br /></p> 20 Ways to Live a Healthier Lifestyle http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=39148 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>January is National Wellness Month. Here are 20 ways to improve your overall mental wellness for a better and healthier lifestyle in 2021!</div> <div>You can improve your overall mental wellness for a better and healthier lifestyle.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="/MentalHealth">Learn about Recovery Resources mental health services</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Here is a list of things you can do to improve your mental wellness:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/mental wellness list-21.jpg" alt="" width="658" height="852" /></div> Cuyahoga County Creates COVID-Safe Family Holiday Bingo Board http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40184 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Download Cuyahoga County's Covid-Safe Family Holiday Bingo Board for some fun this winter season. <div>Looking for some COVID-safe family fun? Download Cuyahoga County's Holiday Bingo board below and play along all season long!</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="/ManagedFiles/cuyahogaco_holidaybingo.pdf">DOWNLOAD BINGO CARD HERE</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/132178470_10157542540505825_8988562625593130800_o.png" alt="" width="582" height="754" /></div> Donate Coats, Toys and Socks to Those in Need http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40183 Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Recovery Resources is asking for the community's help in collecting coats, toys and socks for our clients in need. <div>Join Recovery Resources Associate Board in collecting coats, toys and socks for our clients for the upcoming winter and holiday season. Please drop off items to our Old Brooklyn (4269 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 44109 - 1st Floor Reception Area) or Lakewood (14805 Detroit Ave Suite 200, Lakewood, OH 44107) locations by Monday, December 14th.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>You can also make a monetary donation&nbsp;<a href="/Donating">HERE</a> and we will purchase the items on your behalf.&nbsp;If your company is interested in collecting coats, toys and socks at your location, Recovery Resources can provide a box for your office space. Please contact Diane Tomer at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:dtomer@recres.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-link-type="email">dtomer@recres.org</a>&nbsp;to receive a box.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/coatdrive11x17.jpg" alt="" width="619" height="956" /></div> Recovery Resources' Maureen Masterson Receives NAMI Greater Cleveland Award http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40182 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen We are excited to share that Maureen Masterson, Supervising Manager of Employment Services at Recovery Resources, is being honored with NAMI Greater Cleveland's Mental Health Provider Award. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Maureen Masterson.jpg" alt="" width="242" height="420" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>We are excited to share that Maureen Masterson, Supervising Manager of Employment Services at Recovery Resources, is being honored with NAMI Greater Cleveland's Mental Health Provider Award.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Maureen will be presented with the award during NAMI Greater Cleveland's Virtual Annual Meeting &amp; Awards Ceremony on November 6th from 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. Registration is free but required to attend.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="/admin/BlogEditHTML/events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ehczssck326a55b8&amp;llr=r5hr4hcab">REGISTER HERE</a></div> September is Recovery Month, Suicide Prevention Month http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40181 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>Recovery Month&nbsp;promotes the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for mental and substance use disorders. To recognize Suicide Prevention Month, mental health advocates, prevention organizations, survivors, allies, and community members unite to promote suicide prevention awareness.</div> <p><strong>September is Suicide Prevention Month and Recovery Month</strong></p> <p><strong>Recovery Month</strong>&nbsp;is celebrated in September and promotes the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for mental and substance use disorders; celebrates people in recovery; lauds the contributions of treatment and service providers; and promotes the message that recovery in all its forms is possible. Recovery Month spreads the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective, and&nbsp;<strong>people can and do recover.</strong></p> <p>Recovery Resources is launching the&nbsp;<strong>Together We are Stronger</strong>&nbsp;campaign in recognition of Recovery month</p> <p><img src="/ManagedFiles/together we are stronger.png" alt="" width="462" height="83" />.</p> <p>Throughout September,&nbsp;we will&nbsp;promote the benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for mental health and substance use disorders.&nbsp;We will post on all social media platforms sharing the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective, and people can and do recover.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>September is also recognized as Suicide Prevention month.</strong></p> <p>Ohio Suicide Prevention's new back-to-school campaign,&nbsp;#ItsOkTo? ?not ?be OK, is&nbsp;an effort to help raise awareness of anxiety, depression and thoughts of suicide during the current global pandemic. Daily activities can be more challenging. Social distancing can make us feel more alone. The unknown future is hard to understand, and that's OK.&nbsp;Find shareable materials&nbsp;<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KcLfund-bHBa-b9Gmms9HUQG70LilObw5EYKtEQuipmbhvHz4IifMTEmd_nz1A7H5YqAoWs-0J6HvZwp0ja7X3B_gtEGKj28pAD2RA4tiYk0jJZKLbBQMPlkPZcAnjnnxwPvT6hOH19w_53bLAvnVt8keQ6S90EeoXvC9hcJGSqqcTROhPQoPTcJEri84gV775TMRVKjxyFbsCv_UUPBdBNutZhpZl4mu_faX1pFWb1zcFFbv7gQRBl1MQYlFhXdXK_7okxeCgTZK-M07SMdgh3Dh_vh8rsa&amp;c=w6r6huqhFiK_EUTMZPBeJYZKrNzcO3zsxgGse4P6ZvMODq_wZAZhLg==&amp;ch=pJjr8ESGk2g1EyB3T2nWiLXr6HHvssHrPHTeq2HO0GGUNjZuEx_kwQ==" data-cke-saved-href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KcLfund-bHBa-b9Gmms9HUQG70LilObw5EYKtEQuipmbhvHz4IifMTEmd_nz1A7H5YqAoWs-0J6HvZwp0ja7X3B_gtEGKj28pAD2RA4tiYk0jJZKLbBQMPlkPZcAnjnnxwPvT6hOH19w_53bLAvnVt8keQ6S90EeoXvC9hcJGSqqcTROhPQoPTcJEri84gV775TMRVKjxyFbsCv_UUPBdBNutZhpZl4mu_faX1pFWb1zcFFbv7gQRBl1MQYlFhXdXK_7okxeCgTZK-M07SMdgh3Dh_vh8rsa&amp;c=w6r6huqhFiK_EUTMZPBeJYZKrNzcO3zsxgGse4P6ZvMODq_wZAZhLg==&amp;ch=pJjr8ESGk2g1EyB3T2nWiLXr6HHvssHrPHTeq2HO0GGUNjZuEx_kwQ=="><strong>here</strong></a>.&nbsp;Join in on the fun and submit your own #ItsOkTo image&nbsp;<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KcLfund-bHBa-b9Gmms9HUQG70LilObw5EYKtEQuipmbhvHz4IifMTEmd_nz1A7H4KX8uITfl9vshPyngL_dq8qqoQzCePbRddf6RS2Z088Kw2yWXJQVSNlZAQ1yZY2RIbYniMXyC6gCcUwAZNSuKCWtsVCrp6DoxAtiE2vB0NcU9KDSOSnb_jNDtv3NPpNjHQWhg-_fo4ppNLekJyp1gnn_scK-EQx6mH1eDIfUZFjXiAMzzapOhhuqMNYELZlq&amp;c=w6r6huqhFiK_EUTMZPBeJYZKrNzcO3zsxgGse4P6ZvMODq_wZAZhLg==&amp;ch=pJjr8ESGk2g1EyB3T2nWiLXr6HHvssHrPHTeq2HO0GGUNjZuEx_kwQ==" data-cke-saved-href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KcLfund-bHBa-b9Gmms9HUQG70LilObw5EYKtEQuipmbhvHz4IifMTEmd_nz1A7H4KX8uITfl9vshPyngL_dq8qqoQzCePbRddf6RS2Z088Kw2yWXJQVSNlZAQ1yZY2RIbYniMXyC6gCcUwAZNSuKCWtsVCrp6DoxAtiE2vB0NcU9KDSOSnb_jNDtv3NPpNjHQWhg-_fo4ppNLekJyp1gnn_scK-EQx6mH1eDIfUZFjXiAMzzapOhhuqMNYELZlq&amp;c=w6r6huqhFiK_EUTMZPBeJYZKrNzcO3zsxgGse4P6ZvMODq_wZAZhLg==&amp;ch=pJjr8ESGk2g1EyB3T2nWiLXr6HHvssHrPHTeq2HO0GGUNjZuEx_kwQ=="><strong>here.</strong></a></p> <p>#BeThe1To is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline&rsquo;s message for National Suicide Prevention Month and beyond, which helps spread the word about actions we can all take to prevent suicide. The Lifeline network and its partners are working to change the conversation from suicide to suicide prevention, to actions that can promote healing, help and give hope. For more information and to download campaign materials,&nbsp;<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KcLfund-bHBa-b9Gmms9HUQG70LilObw5EYKtEQuipmbhvHz4IifMUeHPlGJlu1ZBExG3fiUlA-DdVhUzanK3hkQ1XnrhicBQDvP70GqDPLjcU76dmMKnHYvVUO82mnrQJPXirvyY6CJfN51zJAJn0QQxQHNNg14-biUgPV0gQidj03IE7MQ85lB9RW4II2TRNzqt_ZdqCtZMPQRG6Z92RoYOkrz7weu&amp;c=w6r6huqhFiK_EUTMZPBeJYZKrNzcO3zsxgGse4P6ZvMODq_wZAZhLg==&amp;ch=pJjr8ESGk2g1EyB3T2nWiLXr6HHvssHrPHTeq2HO0GGUNjZuEx_kwQ==" data-cke-saved-href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KcLfund-bHBa-b9Gmms9HUQG70LilObw5EYKtEQuipmbhvHz4IifMUeHPlGJlu1ZBExG3fiUlA-DdVhUzanK3hkQ1XnrhicBQDvP70GqDPLjcU76dmMKnHYvVUO82mnrQJPXirvyY6CJfN51zJAJn0QQxQHNNg14-biUgPV0gQidj03IE7MQ85lB9RW4II2TRNzqt_ZdqCtZMPQRG6Z92RoYOkrz7weu&amp;c=w6r6huqhFiK_EUTMZPBeJYZKrNzcO3zsxgGse4P6ZvMODq_wZAZhLg==&amp;ch=pJjr8ESGk2g1EyB3T2nWiLXr6HHvssHrPHTeq2HO0GGUNjZuEx_kwQ=="><strong>click here.</strong></a></p> <p>Also, the ADAMHS Board will also be hosting a QPR-a-thon again this year. QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) teaches three simple steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide.&nbsp;<strong>We will share more information about t</strong><strong>his year's Virtual QPR-a-thon soon!</strong></p> <p>Finally, please keep in mind the impact isolation is having on many individuals during the pandemic, especially on older adults.<strong>&nbsp;</strong>The&nbsp;<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KcLfund-bHBa-b9Gmms9HUQG70LilObw5EYKtEQuipmbhvHz4IifMTEmd_nz1A7HqjY45Jb2iRacYfR8gcnwjdVpqPwPfNVKgQUd-w3L2Qjya2RjKSDa5zjuM8slpjW1TrVpUFgjK2g=&amp;c=w6r6huqhFiK_EUTMZPBeJYZKrNzcO3zsxgGse4P6ZvMODq_wZAZhLg==&amp;ch=pJjr8ESGk2g1EyB3T2nWiLXr6HHvssHrPHTeq2HO0GGUNjZuEx_kwQ==" data-cke-saved-href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KcLfund-bHBa-b9Gmms9HUQG70LilObw5EYKtEQuipmbhvHz4IifMTEmd_nz1A7HqjY45Jb2iRacYfR8gcnwjdVpqPwPfNVKgQUd-w3L2Qjya2RjKSDa5zjuM8slpjW1TrVpUFgjK2g=&amp;c=w6r6huqhFiK_EUTMZPBeJYZKrNzcO3zsxgGse4P6ZvMODq_wZAZhLg==&amp;ch=pJjr8ESGk2g1EyB3T2nWiLXr6HHvssHrPHTeq2HO0GGUNjZuEx_kwQ=="><strong>Suicide Prevention Resource Center</strong></a>&nbsp;just released several new publications, including information sheets on older adults and mental health.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KcLfund-bHBa-b9Gmms9HUQG70LilObw5EYKtEQuipmbhvHz4IifMTEmd_nz1A7Hz8mQEN5TmOvHyuTQS_j9ClSGAvjd49_FlbOlPL-f9ot_OqIPkLnbJAHtX3gqvZ_ymJhSMCqB2PnNBWUzS1MBNRqWmkX-Trx4M76YZqxSgx9jOA55GtP_Fn_mfxCec2FUPGmL09e5-viguf5EiGeF0kQBW6WW_oAPZmy22T7yVQWm0XoXKDk8GnRjQh0VyX3sSecrGao91empjxxJdnzy8JGCRWOmvxgXFyCy_jUmZpXWWuBHxf1lnWcxwLlqmEqYkTtPevh8dxi5O2uxZYkUx6BInAZfncgGRVVJ0hb7Q3oIav5H_XwrfHKEZJaNsU-meVApPR2hIAUE9tN5CirGRA==&amp;c=w6r6huqhFiK_EUTMZPBeJYZKrNzcO3zsxgGse4P6ZvMODq_wZAZhLg==&amp;ch=pJjr8ESGk2g1EyB3T2nWiLXr6HHvssHrPHTeq2HO0GGUNjZuEx_kwQ==" data-cke-saved-href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KcLfund-bHBa-b9Gmms9HUQG70LilObw5EYKtEQuipmbhvHz4IifMTEmd_nz1A7Hz8mQEN5TmOvHyuTQS_j9ClSGAvjd49_FlbOlPL-f9ot_OqIPkLnbJAHtX3gqvZ_ymJhSMCqB2PnNBWUzS1MBNRqWmkX-Trx4M76YZqxSgx9jOA55GtP_Fn_mfxCec2FUPGmL09e5-viguf5EiGeF0kQBW6WW_oAPZmy22T7yVQWm0XoXKDk8GnRjQh0VyX3sSecrGao91empjxxJdnzy8JGCRWOmvxgXFyCy_jUmZpXWWuBHxf1lnWcxwLlqmEqYkTtPevh8dxi5O2uxZYkUx6BInAZfncgGRVVJ0hb7Q3oIav5H_XwrfHKEZJaNsU-meVApPR2hIAUE9tN5CirGRA==&amp;c=w6r6huqhFiK_EUTMZPBeJYZKrNzcO3zsxgGse4P6ZvMODq_wZAZhLg==&amp;ch=pJjr8ESGk2g1EyB3T2nWiLXr6HHvssHrPHTeq2HO0GGUNjZuEx_kwQ=="><strong>Reducing Loneliness and Social Isolation Among Older Adults</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></li> <li><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KcLfund-bHBa-b9Gmms9HUQG70LilObw5EYKtEQuipmbhvHz4IifMTEmd_nz1A7HzoasYI-kg5j32aXltfDkksqED6nQ4OIUC5FBYxLR1D8fiKEdYZ3TBd10LkfcJeyi7aBiFdN8-oLyN_PhrdKnVjFgpITsixVpogZ7Znn91QLf08vYr8oGMZ_zYLNE0yH2L36o6t_btTJSgyBVDGwtxp2Quo5SlADfqzm-DksT9YXrXdpnuiQByO3T_4hM7RF3uzYXE4sFYcAQ3pFPpllv-HF4zGx19NtLgeM2dvEM7emsmnuzb7u9uJrUwcdhWdfAvM5rroRlaMtyYIoU9K24wlypqUedVkOdtHcvZ-3jQKYOeYCFwUMR7tJURaHHvff-M03QCWrbRnKU_Thbo-CsTYoqKNgw_dV9OoenNuA02HfdfJdvsAOyrlxoVPY6KE3B&amp;c=w6r6huqhFiK_EUTMZPBeJYZKrNzcO3zsxgGse4P6ZvMODq_wZAZhLg==&amp;ch=pJjr8ESGk2g1EyB3T2nWiLXr6HHvssHrPHTeq2HO0GGUNjZuEx_kwQ==" data-cke-saved-href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KcLfund-bHBa-b9Gmms9HUQG70LilObw5EYKtEQuipmbhvHz4IifMTEmd_nz1A7HzoasYI-kg5j32aXltfDkksqED6nQ4OIUC5FBYxLR1D8fiKEdYZ3TBd10LkfcJeyi7aBiFdN8-oLyN_PhrdKnVjFgpITsixVpogZ7Znn91QLf08vYr8oGMZ_zYLNE0yH2L36o6t_btTJSgyBVDGwtxp2Quo5SlADfqzm-DksT9YXrXdpnuiQByO3T_4hM7RF3uzYXE4sFYcAQ3pFPpllv-HF4zGx19NtLgeM2dvEM7emsmnuzb7u9uJrUwcdhWdfAvM5rroRlaMtyYIoU9K24wlypqUedVkOdtHcvZ-3jQKYOeYCFwUMR7tJURaHHvff-M03QCWrbRnKU_Thbo-CsTYoqKNgw_dV9OoenNuA02HfdfJdvsAOyrlxoVPY6KE3B&amp;c=w6r6huqhFiK_EUTMZPBeJYZKrNzcO3zsxgGse4P6ZvMODq_wZAZhLg==&amp;ch=pJjr8ESGk2g1EyB3T2nWiLXr6HHvssHrPHTeq2HO0GGUNjZuEx_kwQ=="><strong>Increased Access to Mental Health Care for Older Adults: Getting Support During COVID-19<br /></strong></a></li> </ul> FCC Announces New 3-Digit Suicide Hotline http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40180 Tue, 21 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen The Federal Communications Commission adopted rules to establish 9-8-8 as the new, nationwide, 3-digit phone number for people in crisis to connect with suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors. <div> <p>The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules to establish 988 as the new, nationwide, 3-digit phone number for people in crisis to connect with suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors. The rules require all phone service providers to direct all 988 calls to the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by July 16, 2022.</p> During the transition to 988, people who need help should continue to contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Learn more by reading the FCC's press release below:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>________________________________________________________________</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>WASHINGTON, July 16, 2020</strong> &mdash; Today, the Federal Communications Commission adopted&nbsp;rules to establish 988 as the new, nationwide, 3-digit phone number for Americans in crisis to connect with suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors. The rules require all phone service providers to direct all 988 calls to the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by July 16, 2022. During the transition to 988, Americans who need help should<br />continue to contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by calling 1-800-273-8255 (1-800-273-TALK) and through online chats. Veterans and Service members may reach the Veterans Crisis Line by pressing 1 after dialing, chatting online at www.veteranscrisisline.net, or texting 838255.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The new rules will apply to all telecommunications carriers as well as all interconnected and one-way Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers. They provide for a two-year transition, reflecting the real challenges of this nationwide effort, including the need for widespread network changes and providing time for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to prepare for the expected increase in the volume of calls. Under these rules, calls to 988 will be directed to 1-800-273-TALK, which will remain operational during the 988 transition and after it is completed. To ensure that calls to 988 reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, all covered providers will be required to implement 10-digit dialing in areas that both use sevendigit dialing and use 988 as the first three numbers in seven-digit phone numbers.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Since 2008, suicide has ranked as the tenth leading cause of death in the United States. Suicide claimed the lives of more than 48,000 Americans in 2018, resulting in about one death every 11 minutes. An FCC staff report to Congress in 2019 proposed establishing 988 as an easy to remember three-digit code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Staff analyzed various options and determined 988 was the best option for increasing access to crisis resources and ensuring the fastest possible transition. Establishing the easy-to-remember 988 as the &ldquo;911&rdquo; for suicide prevention and mental health services will make it easier for Americans in crisis to access the help they need and decrease the stigma surrounding suicide and mental health issues.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of approximately 170 crisis centers. The centers are supported by local and state, and public and private sources, as well as by Congressional appropriations through the Department of Health and Human Services&rsquo; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The National&nbsp;Suicide Prevention Lifeline is the access point for the Veterans Crisis Line, which is managed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Action by the Commission July 16, 2020 by Report and Order (FCC 20-100). Chairman Pai, Commissioners O&rsquo;Rielly, Carr, Rosenworcel, and Starks approving and issuing separate statements.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40179 Thu, 09 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>This July, Recovery Resources focuses on Minority Mental Health Month. Mental illness does not discriminate based on gender, identity or race.</div> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/minority mental health.jpg" alt="" width="484" height="126" /></p> <p>This July, Recovery Resources focuses on Minority Mental Health Month. Mental illness does not discriminate based on gender, identity or race. However, in black communities, studies show that people do not seek treatment due to the stigma as a mark of weakness on their character. Anyone can go through the challenges of mental health conditions no matter what their background is and it can be difficult to access mental health treatment depending on one&rsquo;s identity and background.&nbsp;Formally recognized in 2008, National Minority Mental Health Month was created to bring awareness to the unique struggles that underrepresented groups face in regard to mental illness in the United States. It was brought forward by Bebe Moore Campbell, an American author, journalist, teacher, and mental health advocate. She worked tirelessly to shed a light on the mental health needs of the black community and other underrepresented communities.</p> <p>According to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.samhsa.gov/">Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)</a>:</p> <ul> <li>In 2017, 18.9% of adults (46.6 million people) had a mental illness. That rate was higher among people of two or more races at 28.6%, non-Hispanic whites at 20.4% and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders at 19.4%.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Asian American adults were less likely to use mental health services than any other racial/ethnic group.</li> </ul> <p>In light of today&rsquo;s discrimination, we want our community to know that we are here to help. We firmly believe that people can recover and triumph over their mental illness and/or addiction. Learn about our mental health treatment services <a href="/MentalHealth">here</a>.</p> <p><em>&ldquo;The more we have people from our actual communities speaking out and looking at, how can we do some campaigns that really address the stigma that&rsquo;s prevalent in the African American community around mental health and how to we can access services.&rdquo;</em></p> <p><em><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ul0Ij3GzQek" width="425" height="350"></iframe></em></p> How Recovery Resources Helps Treat PTSD http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=34143 Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>June is PTSD Awareness Month and June 27th is recognized nationally as PTSD Awareness Day. Recovery Resources works hard to help treat people in the Cleveland area who suffer from a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.</div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/PTSD-TWITTER.jpg" alt="" width="510" height="255" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>June 27, 2020 (Cleveland, OH) --</strong> June is PTSD Awareness Month and June 27th is recognized nationally as PTSD Awareness Day.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?</strong>&nbsp;A&nbsp;psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war/combat, rape or other violent personal assault.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>According to Recovery Resources Clinical Director Jason Joyce, our agency implements best practices for trauma including trauma specific training for clinicians to assist clients with PTSD.</p> <p>"We offer pharmacological management, case management, counseling, and peer support to assist with the symptoms of PTSD. The symptoms of PTSD are numerous&nbsp;and can include unwanted upsetting memories, nightmares, flashbacks, feeling isolated, and difficulty experiencing positive affect," said Joyce.</p> <p>Recovery Resources&nbsp;therapeutic services and best practices help to assist with treating these symptoms and others.</p> <p>"Mental disorders probably carry more stigma than any other illness.&nbsp;The stigma does not always stop with the person who is suffering. Family members often experience significant anxiety for their love ones. Effective treatment of PTSD not only helps the individual affected, but also the family unit that cares for them. Frequently people experiencing PTSD blame themselves for the traumatic event and symptoms. Treatment can help the individual and family gain empathy, insight and understanding into these issues," said Joyce.</p> </div> <div>Jacqui Santiago, MA, LPCC-S, ATR-BC is a clinician at Recovery Resources who works closely with clients who suffer from a post-traumatic stress disorder.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"My clinical training and background focuses specifically on Trauma Informed Care, PTSD, and complex trauma. I&rsquo;m actually a certified trainer in Trauma Informed Care by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services," said Santiago.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>According to Jacqui,&nbsp;some of Recovery Resources clinicians refer to Seeking Safety when treating clients, which is an&nbsp;evidence-based,&nbsp;present-focused counseling model to help people attain safety from trauma and/or substance abuse.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"We see some form of traumatic exposure, a lot in our AOD treatment groups, as well as in individual Behavioral Health Counseling services."</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Recovery Resources clinicians also use Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) as another evidence-based treatment (EBT) with clients. It aims to address the needs of children and adolescents who struggle with PTSD or traumatic exposure, though there has been some research regarding its application in treating adults as well.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Jacqui says Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and expressive therapies such as Art Therapy are also effective EBT modalities in working with clients who have PTSD or complex trauma. Currently, the clinical treatment team has 3 art therapists, and use art therapy as an additional component to meeting with clients for individual behavioral health counseling.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"It is important to seek out help in addressing PTSD or complex trauma, which can manifest as long-term traumatic exposure, but does not necessarily meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. The very nature of the traumatic experience or exposure fundamentally changes an individual&rsquo;s perception of not only themselves, but the world around them, and can contribute or exacerbate other mental health symptoms, substance use, and make it difficult for that individual to just feel <em>safe</em> and able to function in daily living," said Santiago.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Recovery Resources clients are not alone, in fact 3.6% of adult Americans -- about 5.2 million people -- suffer from PTSD during the course of a year, and an estimated 7.8 million Americans will experience PTSD at some point in their lives.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"Treatment helps, people recover," said Joyce.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>If you or someone you know is experiencing PTSD and is interested in receiving treatment, Recovery Resources offers Walk-In-Now (WIN) assessments. Assessments are available Monday-Friday&nbsp;at our Pearl Road&nbsp;and Chester Avenue locations. Clients must sign in between 8:30am and 2:00pm to be seen the same day. Please bring a photo ID, insurance card (if applicable) and proof of residency. It is helpful to speak to our intake department before coming to WIN&nbsp;so we can&nbsp;be sure to best meet your needs upon arrival. Please call 216-431-4131 to do this.</div> <div> <div class="PageColumn Right"> <div id="SnapshotBlock"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> National Prevention Week: May 10-16, 2020 http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40176 Wed, 13 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen May 10-16, 2020 is National Prevention Week. Find tips and resources from Recovery Resources' prevention team here. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/prevention-twitter.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="234" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;<img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/prevention-2.png" alt="" width="478" height="479" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/prevention-3.png" alt="" width="476" height="476" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/prevention-4.png" alt="" width="477" height="477" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/prevention-5.png" alt="" width="479" height="480" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/prevention-6.png" alt="" width="480" height="479" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="/AODPrevention">Learn about Recovery Resources prevention programs here.</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> #24HoursofGratitude: Thank You for Supporting Recovery Resources http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40175 Tue, 05 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Tuesday, May 5th is a world-wide day of giving. Please consider making a gift to Recovery Resources' live-saving services. Any amount can make a difference. <p>Tuesday, May 5th is a world-wide day of giving. Please consider making a gift to Recovery Resources' live-saving services&nbsp;<a href="/Donating">here</a>. Any amount can make a difference.</p> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lkPP7_vQc8M" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/doXDhpPGeOw" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qyCJr-GXyT8" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qB-IhjUt0uw" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RFYA9g0ayyw" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/2uvd1FLYg90" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/40wV8ojeyjU" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/LrzD4D4OZNI" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/gEjP3Lrk7B4" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/C1m4zbdVUi0" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WRxFNf1bKwM" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3zKPawABKig" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fiMKS3BJ3hA" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> FREE Virtual Trivia Night to Support Run for Recovery http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40173 Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Keeping your mind in shape for the August 15th Run for Recovery is just as important as preparing your body. <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/trivianight_cover.jpg" alt="" width="534" height="267" /></p> <p>Keeping your mind in shape for the August 15th Run for Recovery is just as important as preparing your body. This is why Recovery Resources and EnterShanement are partnering to host a FREE virtual trivia night to flex those brain muscles. Join us for an evening of family fun and compete! The overall winner will receive a $25.00 Visa gift card.</p> <p><strong>WHEN: Thursday, April 30th from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.</strong></p> <p><strong>WHERE:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/EnterShanement1/">EnterShanement's Facebook page</a></strong></p> <p>Register for the run by clicking the button below to support mental health and addiction treatment programs at Recovery Resources.</p> <p><a href="https://www.wizathon.com/runforrecovery/"><img src="/ManagedFiles/register now button.jpg" alt="" /></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Coping with Stress http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40172 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen April 16th is National Stress Awareness Day, which aims to draw attention to the health risks associated with stress and strategies for coping with it. <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7058ALTed4k" width="425" height="350"></iframe></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div>April 16th is National Stress Awareness Day, which aims to draw attention to the health risks associated with stress and strategies for coping with it.&nbsp;It may seem like there&rsquo;s nothing you can do about stress, but there are steps you can take to relieve the pressure and regain control.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <h3>1: Identify the sources of stress in your life</h3> <div> <div>While it&rsquo;s easy to identify major stressors such as changing jobs, moving, etc.,&nbsp;pinpointing the sources of chronic stress can be more complicated.It&rsquo;s all too easy to overlook how your own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors contribute to your everyday stress levels. To identify your true sources of stress, look closely at your habits, attitude, and excuses.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <h3 data-fontsize="28" data-lineheight="42">2: Practice the 4 A&rsquo;s of stress management</h3> <div><strong>Avoid</strong> unnecessary stress, <strong>alter</strong> the situation, <strong>adapt</strong>&nbsp;to the stressor and <strong>accept</strong>&nbsp;the things you can&rsquo;t change.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <h3 data-fontsize="28" data-lineheight="42">3: Get moving</h3> <div>Physical activity is a huge stress reliever&mdash;and you don&rsquo;t have to be an athlete or spend hours in a gym to experience the benefits. Exercise releases endorphins that make you feel good, and it can also serve as a valuable distraction from your daily worries.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <h3 data-fontsize="28" data-lineheight="42">4: Connect to others</h3> <div>Find comfort from loved ones. Call, text, video chat or connect on social media.&nbsp;</div> <div> <h3 data-fontsize="28" data-lineheight="42">&nbsp;</h3> <h3 data-fontsize="28" data-lineheight="42">5: Maintain balance with a healthy lifestyle</h3> <div>Eat healthy! Good nutrition will keep your body and mind energized.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Run for Recovery Remains Scheduled! http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40171 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen The Run for Recovery will be held rain, shine, or virtually if needed on August 15th at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/run-insta.jpg" alt="" width="349" height="349" /></p> <p>The Run for Recovery will be held rain, shine, or virtually if needed on August 15th at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.&nbsp;This is Recovery Resources' largest event, hosted annually by members of our Associate Board to raise needed funds that directly benefit the clients we care for.&nbsp;Those who are working hard towards recovery are vulnerable during this time of isolation.&nbsp;It is critical for us to continue to support them and meet their future needs&nbsp;- and we hope you will join us!</p> <p><strong>How will YOU be getting&nbsp;ready for the 5K during this temporary lock down?&nbsp;</strong>Take this inspiring man in France for example - he ran an entire marathon on his balcony! Find motivation by <a href="https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a31804474/quarantined-man-marathon/?fbclid=IwAR2hanQHTTKGi09Izx7Gr2IN1rPb9lc6FxVw4iAEyhsc4A0Glc5shSZneOU">reading the </a><a href="https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a31804474/quarantined-man-marathon/?fbclid=IwAR2hanQHTTKGi09Izx7Gr2IN1rPb9lc6FxVw4iAEyhsc4A0Glc5shSZneOU">full story here</a>.&nbsp;If you have a plan SHARE IT and if you don't yet, follow us on social media for ideas, challenges and updates.</p> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/social.jpg" alt="" width="589" height="214" /></p> Treatment Needs Via Telehealth http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40170 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>Due to COVID-19 safety concerns, when feasible, Recovery Resources is offering services, including, but not limited to, mental health, substance use, psychiatry, and primary care services, using telephone calls and interactive videoconferencing technology.</div> <p>Due to COVID-19 safety concerns, when feasible, Recovery Resources is offering services, including, but not limited to, mental health, substance use, psychiatry, and primary care services, using telephone calls and interactive videoconferencing technology.</p> <p>Under updated Ohio law, telehealth services can include services over the phone or video. <strong>Contact us at 216-431-4131</strong> to see how you can access services without having to come to one of our locations.</p> <p><a href="/ManagedFiles/Consent for Services via Video and Telephone 3-20-2020.pdf">Download Consent Form for Services Via Telephone/Video Here</a></p> <p><a href="/ManagedFiles/RR Notice of Privacy Practices 2016.pdf">Recovery Resources Notice of Privacy Practices</a></p> <p><a href="/ManagedFiles/Client Rights Brochure - rev March 2019.pdf">Client Rights Brochure</a></p> <p><a href="/ManagedFiles/Financial Responsibility Agreement.pdf">Financial Responsibility Agreement</a></p> <p><a href="/ManagedFiles/MH Notice-of-Privacy-Practices.pdf">MetroHealth Notice of Privacy Practices</a></p> <p><a href="/ManagedFiles/PATIENT GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.pdf">Patient Grievance Procedure</a></p> <p><a href="/ManagedFiles/PATIENT RIGHTS AS A CONSUMER OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.pdf">Patients Rights as a Consumer of Behavioral Health Services</a></p> <p><a href="/ManagedFiles/Summary of Federal Confidentiality Laws &amp; Regulations.pdf">Summary of Federal Confidentiality Laws &amp; Regulations</a></p> A Message from Recovery Resources President & CEO http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40168 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>Dear Friends,</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>I write this update with gratitude for your support of the people we care for at Recovery Resources.&nbsp;As we all are facing challenges managing our current lives, we understand the population we serve may experience increased isolation and be at risk now more than ever before.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>With the safety and health for our clients and employees at the forefront, we continue to serve our clients providing treatment and walk-in assessments, counseling, medication needs, and all our recovery services for housing, employment readiness and benefits counseling, including counseling our clients who are now unemployed. We are taking precautionary measures. Health screenings of all clients has been implemented at building entry points and clients are provided with education material outlining ways to stay healthy and provided hotline phone numbers to call. Soon we will be implementing telehealth visit options to further support the need for social distancing.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>We have heard from many of you, How can we help? Our clients need food, personal hygiene and cleaning supplies.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>We are accepting items for donation or cash contributions for purchase of necessary items through partnership with local stores.&nbsp;You may also purchase directly through our <a href="https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3OZS5PL7PTY6V/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex">Amazon wish list</a>, updated daily with available items.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Our staff will package and deliver items to our clients in need.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="/COVID19ClientCriticalNeeds">Click here to see what is needed</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Items may be dropped off curbside at our 4269 Pearl Road anytime between 10:00 a.m. &ndash; 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.&nbsp;Donors may park directly in front of our building (off Pearl Road) and a staff member will come to your car to collect.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>If you wish to make a monetary donation toward the purchase of items, please <a href="/COVID19ClientCriticalNeeds" target="_blank" data-link-type="web">click here.</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The support from our Board of Directors, staff, partners, and the community has been remarkable during this time of &ldquo;business as unusual.&rdquo; Together we will rise.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>In gratitude,</div> <div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Pam Gill, RN, MA</div> <div>President &amp; CEO</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </div> A Message from Recovery Resources about COVID-19 http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40164 Fri, 13 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>Pertaining to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and recommendations from public health officials, Recovery Resources is taking action to help slow the spread of this virus with the following steps:</div> <p>Stakeholders and Friends,</p> <p>Pertaining to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and recommendations from public health officials, Recovery Resources is taking action to help slow the spread of this virus with the following steps:</p> <p><strong>Through March 31st, all Recovery Resources events are cancelled</strong>&nbsp;- including our March 26th &amp; 27th Mental Health First Aid Training and March 20th Management &amp; Administrative Aspects of Clinical Supervision training.</p> <p>Recovery Resources staff will hold our volunteer meetings by video or conference call unless an in-person meeting is required.</p> <p>Recovery Resources continues to stay in communication with the County regarding COVID-19. Sources of external guidance and/or collaboration include:</p> <p>&middot;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/">Centers for Disease Control (CDC)</a></p> <p>&middot;&nbsp;<a href="https://odh.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odh/home">Ohio Department of Health (ODH)</a></p> <p>&middot;&nbsp;<a href="https://mha.ohio.gov/">Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS)</a></p> <p>&middot;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.adamhscc.org/">Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS Board)</a></p> <p>&middot;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.metrohealth.org/">The MetroHealth System</a></p> <p>&middot;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ohiorecoveryproviders.org/">Ohio Alliance of Recovery Providers (OARP)</a></p> <p>Our staff will continue working and be available to respond promptly to any community needs during this public health crisis. If you are concerned about COVID-19 and want to speak with someone, call the Cuyahoga County warmline at 440-886-5950 (available from 9 am - 1 am daily), or the State of Ohio Coronavirus Hotline: 833-427-5634.</p> <p>Thank you for your support. Stay healthy!</p> 65 Years of Helping People Triumph http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40166 Fri, 13 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Did you know that it was back in 1955 when Recovery Resources, known then as Alcoholism Services of Cleveland, first opened its doors with a small store front on Superior Avenue? Since then, thousands of people have sought our care for help and hope. <div>Did you know that it was back in 1955 when Recovery Resources, known then as Alcoholism Services of Cleveland, first opened its doors with a small store front on Superior Avenue? Since then, thousands of people have sought our care for help and hope.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>To celebrate our milestone, we invited clients to share their journey learning to live a life in recovery.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>In honor of March as Problem Gambling Awareness Month, we asked Gio Carriero to tell his story. Gio sought care at Recovery Resources for a compulsive gambling addiction. Today, Gio works as a peer support for others that are struggling with gambling addiction and works with our clients in our housing program, helping them learn and thrive to live independently.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Please enjoy "65 Seconds to Triumph."</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GgM3_LAiM-k" width="425" height="350"></iframe></div> Stay Healthy http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40163 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen With the growing concerns surrounding COVID-19, we have compiled a list of ways to stay healthy. <div>If you are exhibiting any signs of illness please call your physician and notify your clinician. If you do not have a physician, please call the MetroHealth hotline number at <strong><a href="tel:+1-440-592-6843">440-592-6843</a></strong>&nbsp;for further instruction.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <ul> <li><a href="/ManagedFiles/COVID-19 Information.pdf">Click here</a>&nbsp;for COVID-19 Information</li> <li><a href="/ManagedFiles/COVID Anxiety Test-Metro RR.pdf">Click here</a>&nbsp;for COVID-19 Anxiety Questionnaire</li> <li><a href="/ManagedFiles/COVID-19 Fact Sheet.pdf">Click here</a>&nbsp;for Ways to Manage Fears &amp; Anxieties around COVID-19</li> <li><a href="https://www.addictionpolicy.org/connections-app">Click here</a>&nbsp;to download the Connections App - a free app to support those in recovery</li> <li><a href="https://www.clevelandmetroschools.org/cms/lib/OH01915844/Centricity/domain/6622/other/CMSD_SN-GrabnGo_Flier.pdf">Click here</a>&nbsp;to see where your child can get a free meal through Cleveland Metropolitan Schools</li> </ul> <div>With many Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) meetings being unavailable in our community, you can find a list of&nbsp;virtual meetings <a href="https://aa-intergroup.org/oiaa/meetings/">HERE</a>.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/ways to stay healthy.jpg" alt="" width="686" height="888" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Managing Anxiety & Fears Around COVID-19 http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40167 Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen As information about COVID-19 (Coronavirus) unfolds, there can be a wide range of thoughts, feelings and reactions. Click here to find some helpful information and resources. <div>As information about COVID-19 (Coronavirus) unfolds, there can be a wide range of thoughts, feelings and reactions.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Common Reactions</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Please recognize that there can be a wide range of reactions and that over the next few days or weeks you may experience periods of:</div> <ul> <li>Anxiety</li> <li>Worry</li> <li>Panic</li> <li>Feeling helplessness</li> <li>Social withdrawal</li> </ul> <div><strong>Ways to Manage Fears &amp; Anxieties</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Although Coronavirus is a health issue that is being taken very seriously by public health authorities worldwide, do not let your worry about this virus control your life. There are many simple and effective ways to manage your fears and anxieties. Many of them are essential ingredients for a healthy lifestyle; adopting them can help improve your overall emotional and physical well-being.</div> <ul> <li><strong>Get the facts.</strong> Stay informed with the latest health information through the odh.ohio.gov. For further information, see the dedicated Center for Disease Control website.</li> <li><strong>Keep things in perspective</strong>. Limit worry and agitation by lessening the time you spend watching or listening to upsetting media coverage. Although you'll want to keep informed &mdash; especially if you have loved ones in affected countries &mdash; remember to take a break from watching the news and focus on the things that are positive in your life and things you have control over.</li> <li><strong>Be mindful of your assumptions about others.</strong> Someone who has a cough or a fever does not necessarily have coronavirus. Self-awareness is important in not stigmatizing others in our community.</li> <li><strong>Stay healthy.</strong> Adopting healthy hygienic habits such as washing your hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, frequently, and certainly after sneezing or before/after touching your face or a sick person. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when coughing or sneezing. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Avoid contact with others who are sick and stay home while sick.</li> <li><strong>Keep connected.</strong> Maintaining social networks can help maintain a sense of normalcy, and provide valuable outlets for sharing feelings and relieving stress.</li> <li><strong>Seek additional help.</strong> Individuals who feel an overwhelming worry or anxiety can seek additional professional mental health support.</li> <li>Call the Cuyahoga County warmline, 440-886-5950 (available from 9 am &ndash; 1 am daily), or the State of Ohio Coronavirus Hotline, 833-427-5634</li> </ul> Recovery Resources, MetroHealth Partner to Present "Heroinohio" at CIFF44 http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40162 Fri, 28 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>Recovery Resources and The MetroHealth System will partner&nbsp;to present&nbsp;the film&nbsp;<em>Heroinohio</em>&nbsp;at this year's Cleveland International Film Festival, #CIFF44.</div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/ciff44-twitter.jpg" alt="" width="536" height="268" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Recovery Resources and The MetroHealth System will partner&nbsp;to present the film <em>Heroinohio</em> at this year's Cleveland International Film Festival, #CIFF44.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>According to the Cleveland International Film Festival's website, <em>Heroinohio </em>was directed by Jordan C. Terrell and follows the story of&nbsp;Mike and Chuck Rollins - brothers and friends&nbsp;who both suffered&nbsp;from a substance use disorder. The film details how the two of them are&nbsp;working to reverse the heroin epidemic, especially in Springfield, Ohio.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://www.clevelandfilm.org/films/2020/heroinohio">Find more details about the film here</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><em>Heroinohio</em> will play on the big screen at Tower City Cinema (230 W Huron Rd #7256, Cleveland, OH 44113) Saturday, March 28th at 4:15 p.m. and Sunday, March 29th at 8:10 p.m. Tickets will go on sale for the general public Friday, March 13th at 11:00 a.m.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Get $1.00 off your ticket price by entering the code <strong>RECOVER</strong> at checkout.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Ticket&nbsp;details:</strong></div> <div>Online: Use the code RECOVER when purchasing tickets at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.clevelandfilm.org/">clevelandfilm.org</a> (available 24 hours a day)<br />Phone: Use the code RECOVER when calling the Film Festival Box Office at 877.304.FILM (3456)<br />In-person: Use the code RECOVER at the Film Festival Box Office in the Tower City Cinemas lobby</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Dr. Neera Gupta Announced as New Medical Director http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40160 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Recovery Resources is pleased to announce that Neera Gupta, MD, will serve as its new Medical Director. <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/neera gupta.jpg" alt="" width="161" height="245" /></p> <p>Recovery Resources is pleased to announce that Neera Gupta, MD, will serve as its new Medical Director. Dr. Gupta is a psychiatrist for The MetroHealth System and serves as its Director of Addiction Services. The two years prior, she worked at University Hospitals as the Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital Director for the detox unit in a 72-bed hospital.</p> <p>&ldquo;We are excited for Dr. Gupta to take on the role as Medical Director of Recovery Resources. She has a breadth of experience with treating co-occurring mental health and addiction disorders. She cares passionately about helping people with addiction issues and is board certified in addiction medicine,&rdquo; said Recovery Resources Chief of Clinical Services Jason Joyce.</p> <p>&nbsp;Dr. Gupta received a medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio (Toledo) and completed residency training in general psychiatry at Emory University College of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. She has specialized in psychology, medication assisted treatment (MAT), and therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).</p> <p>"I am looking forward to being part of an organization so strongly committed to providing compassionate care to those suffering from mental health and addiction issues," said Dr. Gupta.</p> <p>In her role as Medical Director, Dr. Gupta will be spending a majority of her time assisting with crisis, supporting our resident/fellows, growing our MAT program, and increasing our prescribing providers. Dr. Gupta believes strongly in our agency mission of helping people triumph.</p> <p>"Dr. Gupta is an excellent addition to our team. We look forward to her leadership and continuing work to grow and strengthen our partnership with Metrohealth to better serve our mission," said Recovery Resources President &amp; CEO Pam Gill.</p> 2020 Census: Count Me In! http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40159 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>Responding to the 2020 Census is a chance to shape the future! It is a count of every person in the United States and happens every 10 years.&nbsp;April 1, 2020 is the official "Census Day" -&nbsp;everyone will be asked to register for the census (online or by mail) and provide minimal information, which will be kept&nbsp;<strong>private</strong>.</div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/census-web.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="215" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <h2>What is the Census?</h2> <div>The census is a count of every person in the United States. It happens every 10 years. Everyone will be asked to register for the census (online or by mail) and provide minimal information, which will be kept <strong>private</strong>. Responding to the census is a chance to shape the future.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <h2>What's in it for me?</h2> <ul> <li>Census data gives community leaders vital information to make decisions about building community centers, opening businesses and planning for the future;</li> <li>The United States has counted its population every 10 years since 1790;</li> <li>Your responses are used to redraw legislative districts and determine the number of seats our state has in the U.S. House of Representatives.</li> </ul> <h2>Is my information safe?</h2> <div><strong>Yes!</strong> Your 2020 Census responses are safe, secure, and protected by federal law. Your answers can only be used to produce statistics. They cannot be used against you by any government agency or court in any way.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <h2>What will I be asked?</h2> <div>You will be asked a few simple questions, like age, sex, and the number of people who live in your home, including children.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://my2020census.gov/">Register for the 2020 Census here</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://www.2020census.gov/">Learn more here</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://executive.cuyahogacounty.us/en-US/2020-Census.aspx">Cuyahoga County 2020 Census Information</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Information on how to:</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://2020census.gov/en/ways-to-respond/responding-by-mail.html">Register by Mail</a></div> <div><a href="https://2020census.gov/en/ways-to-respond/responding-by-phone.html">Register by Phone</a></div> <div><a href="https://2020census.gov/en/ways-to-respond/responding-online.html">Register Online</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Recovery Resources Celebrates Black History Month http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40147 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen February marks Black History Month, a tribute to African American men and women who have made significant contributions to America and the rest of the world. <h1 style="text-align: center;">African American Leaders in Medicine, Behavioral Healthcare, and Addiction/Mental Health Activism</h1> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Click on an image to learn more about that person.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="/BlogFeed?ID=29147"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/smitherman-1.jpg" alt="" width="377" height="272" /></a></h1> <h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="/BlogFeed?ID=29148"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/alexa-1.jpg" alt="" width="376" height="271" /></a></h1> <div> <h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="/BlogFeed?ID=40148"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/patricia-1.jpg" alt="" width="379" height="272" /></a></h1> <h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="/BlogFeed?ID=40149"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/daniel hale.jpg" alt="" width="378" height="271" /></a></h1> <h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="/BlogFeed?ID=40150"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/altha stewart.jpg" alt="" width="378" height="272" /></a></h1> <h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="/BlogFeed?ID=40151"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/gayle porter.jpg" alt="" width="380" height="276" /></a></h1> <h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="/BlogFeed?ID=40152"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Ijeoma Achara Abraham.jpg" alt="" width="382" height="275" /></a></h1> <h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="/BlogFeed?ID=40153"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/lonnetta.jpg" alt="" width="383" height="276" /></a></h1> <h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="/BlogFeed?ID=40154"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/peter bell.jpg" alt="" width="383" height="277" /></a></h1> <h1 style="text-align: left;"><a href="/BlogFeed?ID=40155"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/mary j blige.jpg" alt="" width="386" height="278" /></a></h1> <div>&nbsp;</div> <h1>&nbsp;</h1> <div> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> Recovery Resources | MetroHealth Partnership Update http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40156 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>We are now recognizing our one year anniversary of the Recovery Resources and MetroHealth partnership to achieve our goal of improved access and integrated care for those we serve.</div> <div> <p>We are now recognizing our one year anniversary of the Recovery Resources and MetroHealth partnership to achieve our goal of improved access and integrated care for those we serve.</p> <p>A lot has happened since that announcement -&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Today, MetroHealth patients have easier access to our behavioral health services and Recovery Resources clients have improved access to primary care. We have fully integrated their patients and our clients in to one electronic health record;</li> <li>Dental care is available and is connected to our Pearl Road building at the MetroHealth Old Brooklyn facility;</li> <li>We have been named as an &ldquo;official&rdquo; referral group to MetroHealth&rsquo;s Open Table, a volunteer program that works with clients for one year to achieve personal, financial, and social goals;</li> <li>This year Recovery Resources will welcome social work interns and nurse practitioner residents to RR's&nbsp;clinics through a collaboration with MetroHealth and CWRU from a grant funded by Health Resources and Services Administration;</li> <li>We welcomed Dr. Neera Gupta as our Medical Director. Dr. Gupta joined MetroHealth in June 2019 and serves as the Assistant professor of Psychiatrist and Director of Addiction Services at Case Western Reserve University Medical School.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/neera gupta.jpg" alt="" width="131" height="197" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>You may read more about Dr. Gupta on our web page at <a href="http://www.recres.org/aboutus">www.recres.org/aboutus</a></div> </div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><em>&ldquo;Partnering with Recovery Resources will help us expand our reach and breadth into Cuyahoga County to our region&rsquo;s most disenfranchised community. There is no time in our history where the need has been greater to battle addiction. The expertise and experience of Recovery Resources, coupled with MetroHealth&rsquo;s superior health care services for at-risk populations will enable us to connect with patients in ways that will impact our community for generations to come,&rdquo; said Akram Boutros, MD, President and CEO, The MetroHealth System. </em></div> Local Leaders Work to Pass Health and Human Services Levy http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40157 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Last month Cleveland and Cuyahoga County leaders kicked off Issue 33 campaign to pass the Health and Human Services levy on the 2020 Primary Election Ballot. <p>Last month Cleveland and Cuyahoga County leaders kicked off Issue 33 campaign to pass the Health and Human Services levy on the 2020 Primary Election Ballot.&nbsp;<strong>According to the Center for Community Solutions, Cuyahoga County has two Health and Human Services levies combined</strong><strong>.</strong>&nbsp;One is a $3.9M levy that was last passed in 2018 for a two-year renewal and is set to expire in 2020. The second is $4.8M that was passed in 2016. <strong>When combined, the two levies bring in $239M annually and will fund </strong>four primary factors:</p> <ul> <li>The Opioid Epidemic: The rate of opioid-induced deaths in the county is 2.5 times the national average; in the City of Cleveland, it is five times the national average. Since 2016, opioid addiction among parents has caused the number of children in Cuyahoga County who are in foster care or under protective supervision to grow by nearly 70%&mdash;nearly 1,500 additional children.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Protracted Poverty: Cleveland is now the second-poorest major city in the country, and one out of five Cuyahoga County residents live in poverty, which for a family of three is an annual income of $21,330 or less.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Demographic Challenges and Needs: Cuyahoga County is now home to more residents who are over 60 than are under 20. Several age groups of county residents&mdash;including infants, working-age adults and older adults 65-74&mdash;have mortality rates higher than the state average. In 2017, neonatal infant mortality for all children born in Cuyahoga County was worse than it was in many impoverished countries.&nbsp;</li> <li>Insufficient Federal and State Support: Successive federal and state administrations have reduced their contributions to the Health and Human Services safety net. Ohio&rsquo;s funding for children&rsquo;s services remains the lowest in the nation.</li> </ul> <div> <p>On&nbsp;<strong>Tuesday, March 17,&nbsp;</strong>Cuyahoga County voters are being asked to<strong>&nbsp;VOTE YES on&nbsp;Issue 33,</strong>&nbsp;a replacement Health and Human Services levy of 4.7 mills. If passed, Issue 33 would increase the current millage rate of 3.9 mills by 0.8 mills and would be effective from 2021-2028.</p> <p>Here's where you can support Issue 33:</p> <ul> <li>Visit the&nbsp;<a href="https://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/">Cuyahoga County Board of Elections</a> page to learn about early voting, voting by mail, and more</li> <li>Officially endorse the levy!&nbsp;<a href="http://www.adamhscc.org/pdf_adamhscc/en-US/2020%20HHS%20Endorsement%20Form%2001620.pdf">Click here</a> for an endorsement form, provided by the ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County</li> <li>Talk about the levy with your family, friends and colleagues.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.adamhscc.org/pdf_adamhscc/en-US/HHS.HandoutJan16.pdf">Click here</a> for a fact sheet, provided by the ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County.</li> <li>Help assemble yard signs for the campaign on February 15 from 8:00am-12:00pm at the Greater Cleveland Foodbank (15500 S Waterloo Road, Cleveland, OH 44110)</li> <li>Participate in phone banking</li> <li>Follow the campaign on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/voteforHHS/?eid=ARBiZWMF8OByFRFW-t4eUuUkPj53_sYiKF2eDEJr2wN81USAteqTnit-f20d7_mij-b-RTXBqfrQeGbv">Facebook</a> and join the&nbsp;<a href="https://voteforhhs.org/">campaign email list</a> for updated and additional information about how you can help</li> </ul> </div> Black History Month: Dr. Herbert Smitherman http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=29147 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <p><strong>Dr. Herbert Smitherman</strong></p> <p>Dr. Herbert Smitherman was a pioneering executive and professional chemist at Proctor &amp; Gamble who led the way for other African-Americans at the prestigious company in the 1960s. He was the first black person with a doctorate hired at Proctor &amp; Gamble. With a Ph.D in physical organic chemistry, Dr. Smitherman developed a number of incredibly popular patents, including Crest toothpaste, Safeguard soap, Bounce fabric softeners, Biz, Folgers Coffee and Crush soda, to name a few. Not only are they still on the shelves, but many of them are on display at the Cincinnati Museum Center in the featured exhibit, &ldquo;America I AM: The African-American Imprint.&rdquo;</p> <p>Nicknamed the &ldquo;Jackie Robinson of Proctor &amp; Gamble,&rdquo; Dr. Smitherman spent 29 years there before turning in his labcoat to work as a professor at Wilberforce University. But after serving at the historically black college, Smitherman turned his attention to starting a high school called the Western Hills Design Technology School to help black students perform better in math and science.</p> <p>A child of the south, Dr. Smitherman&rsquo;s family lived in Birmingham, Alabama, where his father served as a reverend. A young Smitherman would see his father&rsquo;s church burn down twice during their push for voting registration and voting rights.</p> <p>He died October 9, 2010.</p> <p>Dr. Smitherman&rsquo;s legacy was left in his association with HBCUs, specifically his alma mater, Tuskegee Institute, where he met his wife of 51 years; Howard University, where he got his PH.D, and Wilberforce University, where he enlightened many students on his world of historical innovation.</p> <p>&nbsp;<img src="/ManagedFiles/Dr. Herbert Smitherman.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Source:&nbsp;<a href="http://cbtu.ca/2010/12/little-known-black-history-fact-dr-herbert-smitherman/">http://cbtu.ca/2010/12/little-known-black-history-fact-dr-herbert-smitherman/</a></p> <p>Posted on&nbsp;<em><a href="http://cbtu.ca/2010/12/little-known-black-history-fact-dr-herbert-smitherman/">December 16, 2010</a></em></p> <p>Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 5:23 am<br />By: Erica Taylor, The Tom Joyner Morning Show</p> Black History Month: Dr. Alexa Irene Canady http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=29148 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <p><strong>Dr. Alexa Irene Canady</strong></p> <p>Dr. Alexa Irene Canady is a visionary.</p> <p>It is because of her vision that she has forever changed the face of medicine.</p> <p>Canady was born in Lansing, Michigan to Elizabeth Hortense (Golden) Canady and Dr. Clinton Canady, Jr. Her mother was an educator and former national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She became Chief of Neurosurgery at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital of Michigan in 1987 and held the position until her retirement in 2001. During her time as Chief, she specialized in congenital spinal abnormalities, hydrocephalus, trauma and brain tumors. Her work and accomplishments have opened the door for many surgeons to be of all races and genders.</p> <p>When her internship ended in 1976, Canady moved to the University of Minnesota, becoming, as a resident of the university&rsquo;s department of neurosurgery, the first female African-American neurosurgery resident in the United States. Upon completing her residency in 1981, she became the country&rsquo;s first female African-American neurosurgeon.</p> <p>&ldquo;Convincing the neurosurgery chairman that I was not a risk to drop out or be fired, a disaster in a program where there are only one or two residents per year was one of my hardest obstacles. I was the first African American woman [in the department]. Along with that, my other greatest obstacle was convincing myself that someone would give me a chance to work as a neurosurgeon.&rdquo;</p> <p>She then became a surgical intern at the Yale-New Haven Hospital from 1975-1976, rotating und&nbsp;Dr. William F. Collins. Although being an exceptional student, she still faced prejudice and discriminative comments as she was both the first black and female intern in the program. She then became the first African American woman neurosurgery resident in the US at the University of Minnesota. Despite what people said about her, Canady viewed her accomplishments as something both women and African Americans could look up to.</p> <p>In addition to her other responsibilities, Canady conducted research and taught as a professor of neurosurgery at Wayne State University. She maintained a busy schedule until her retirement from the Children&rsquo;s Hospital in 2001. After retiring, Canady moved to Florida. When she learned that there were no pediatric neurosurgeons in her immediate area, she began to practice part-time at Pensacola&rsquo;s Sacred Heart Hospital.</p> <p><img src="/ManagedFiles/Dr. Alexa Irene Canady.jpg" alt="" /></p> Black History Month: Patricia Bath http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40148 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div> <p><strong>Patricia Bath</strong></p> <p><img src="/ManagedFiles/patricia bath.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="122" /></p> <p>Born in 1942 in Harlem, Bath became a pioneer in the treatment and prevention of blindness. She also advocated for eyesight as a basic human right by founding the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness in 1976.</p> <p>Bath became the first African-American to complete a residency in ophthalmology in 1973, which led to her appointment two years later as the first woman faculty member at UCLA&rsquo;s Jules Stein Eye Institute. In 1988, Bath became the first African-American woman physician to receive a medical patent with her Laserphaco Probe, which improved cataract treatment.</p> </div> Black History Month: Daniel Hale Williams http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40149 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div> <p><strong>Daniel Hale Williams</strong></p> <p><img src="/ManagedFiles/daniel hale williams.jpg" alt="" width="165" height="165" /></p> <p>The Pennsylvania native was one of the first physicians in the U.S. to perform open-heart surgery in 1893. In 1891, he also founded the Provident Hospital and Training School for Nurses, the first racially integrated nursing and intern program in the U.S.</p> <p>The heart surgery at Provident, which his patient survived for the next twenty years, is referred to as "the first successful heart surgery" by Encyclopedia Britannica. In 1913, Williams was elected as the only African-American charter member of the American College of Surgeons.</p> <p>Williams received honorary degrees from Howard and Wilberforce Universities, was named a charter member of the American College of Surgeons, and was a member of the Chicago Surgical Society.</p> <p>A Pennsylvania State Historical Marker was placed at U.S. Route 22 eastbound (Blair St., 300 block), Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, to commemorate his accomplishments and mark his boyhood home.</p> <p>Williams died of a stroke in Idlewild, Michigan on August 4, 1931.</p> </div> Black History Month: Altha Stewart, MD http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40150 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div><strong>Altha Stewart, MD</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong><img src="/ManagedFiles/Stewart_APA_5529.jpg" alt="" width="255" height="170" /></strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Altha Stewart is key member&nbsp;of the NNED since 2009, continues to participate on the NNED Steering Committee. Dr. Stewart is a nationally recognized expert in the public sector, on issues in mental health care for minority populations, and in the effects of trauma and violence on children. She is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Health in Justice-Involved Youth at the University of Tennessee. In May 2018, Dr. Stewart made history as she began her term as President of the American Psychiatric Association, making her the first African American to lead the organization. Her goals are to advance organized&nbsp; psychiatry&rsquo;s role in&nbsp;responding to the social determinants of mental health and to be a leading voice for diversity and inclusion in&nbsp; medicine and mental health.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Source: SAMHSA</div> Black History Month: Gayle Porter, PsyD http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40151 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div><strong>Gayle Porter, PsyD</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong><img src="/ManagedFiles/gastonPorterLg.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="187" /></strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Gayle Porter<strong><em>&nbsp;</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">is the co-developer and trainer of the award-winning&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://primetimesistercir.wixsite.com/gastonandporter/ptsc">Prime-Time Sisters Circle</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">&nbsp;with Marilyn Gaston, MD, former assistant surgeon general. Prime-Time Sisters Circle is a theory-driven, empirically supported behavioral health intervention geared for middle-aged African American women. This course-based intervention is an integrated model of care that focuses on emotional health and risks; and promotes positive, healthy decision-making and&nbsp; establishing social supports. Studies of the intervention have shown that participants were able to mitigate high-risk health behaviors. As a trainer at&nbsp;NNEDLearn, Dr. Porter has improved access to quality mental health care and linkage with primary care providers. &nbsp;Her work with the NNED was noted by a&nbsp;major insurance provider because of the significant changes in the primary and mental health conditions of women in the community.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-weight: 400;">Source: SAMHSA</span></div> Black History Month: Ijeoma Achara-Abraham, Ph.D. http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40152 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div><strong>Ijeoma Achara-Abraham, Ph.D.</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Achara-Abrahams-300x200.jpg" alt="" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Ijeoma Achara-Abraham currently provides training and consultation services to assist in the recovery-focused transformation of large behavioral health systems. She formerly served as the Director of Strategic Planning for the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbilities Services, and, while on the faculty of Yale University, aided the systems transformation effort of the Connecticut's Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.</div> Black History Month: Lonnetta Albright http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40153 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div><strong>Lonnetta Albright</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong><img src="/ManagedFiles/Lonnetta-Albright-circle.jpg" alt="" width="214" height="214" /></strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Lonnetta Albright is the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center (GLATTC), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Under her leadership, GLATTC is helping affiliate states shift from an acute care model of addictions treatment towards recovery management (RM) and recovery oriented systems of care (ROSC). GLATTC has promoted evidence-based addiction treatment and has copublished a series of monographs on RM and ROSC.</div> Black History Month: Peter Bell http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40154 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div><strong>Peter Bell</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong><img src="/ManagedFiles/20101227__101228PeterBell.jpg" alt="" width="242" height="154" /></strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Peter Bell, an early advocate for addressing the special needs of African Americans within addiction treatment in the Unites States, cofounded and, for fifteen years, served as executive director of the Institute on Black Chemical Abuse. He is the author of Chemical Dependency and the African American, The Black Alcoholic: Growing Up Black and Proud (A Substance Abuse Prevention Curriculum for African Americans) and Cultural Pain and African Americans.</div> Black History Month: Mary J. Blige http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40155 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div><strong>Mary J. Blige</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong><img src="/ManagedFiles/mary j blige (2).jpg" alt="" width="268" height="151" /></strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Mary J. Blige, the nine-time Grammy award winning singer known as the &ldquo;Queen of Hip-Hop Soul,&rdquo; increased recovery awareness by openly disclosing her long-term recovery from alcohol and cocaine dependence.</div> <div> <div class="section-outer-container"> <div class="section-container section-text-container"> <div class="section-text">&nbsp;</div> <div class="section-text">"I was resorting to alcohol and drugs to numb the pain," she told MAKERS. "People from the outside looking in would think everything was great, but I was in hell. I was spiraling down, I didn't think I would make it."</div> </div> </div> <div class="after-section-content">&nbsp;</div> <div class="section-outer-container"> <div class="section-container section-text-container"> <div class="section-text">However, Blige was able to channel her pain into her music.</div> </div> </div> <div class="after-section-content">&nbsp;</div> <div class="section-outer-container"> <div class="section-container section-text-container"> <div class="section-text">"I didn't think anybody would pay attention to my call for help, but my fanbase did," she said.</div> </div> </div> <div class="after-section-content">&nbsp;</div> <div class="section-outer-container"> <div class="section-container section-text-container"> <div class="section-text">And once they did, Blige came to a realization about the impact she could have on people.</div> </div> </div> <div class="after-section-content">&nbsp;</div> <div class="section-outer-container"> <div class="section-container section-text-container"> <div class="section-text">"I realized that I can't do this anymore. I can save lives," she said. "I had to figure out a way to uplift us and be a woman of empowerment and strength."</div> <div class="section-text">&nbsp;</div> <div class="section-text">Source: Refinery29</div> </div> </div> </div> Apply Now for 2020 Census Jobs http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=40146 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Cuyahoga County has more than 6,000 temporary positions available, including census takers, recruiting assistants, office staff and supervisory staff. The pay for census takers in Cuyahoga County is $22.50 per hour. <div><a href="http://executive.cuyahogacounty.us/en-us/2020-Census-Jobs.aspx">APPLY HERE</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Census Job Recruitment Flyer.jpg" alt="" width="638" height="826" /></div> Renée Holcomb Hardwick Announced as Recovery Resources New Board Chair http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=39147 Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/renee.jpg" alt="" width="136" height="170" /></p> <p><strong>January 2, 2020 (Cleveland, OHIO)</strong> &ndash; Recovery Resources is pleased to&nbsp;announce that Ren&eacute;e Holcomb Hardwick, M.B.A, CWS will serve as the new board chair effective January 1, 2020. Holcomb Hardwick, who is a senior vice president and senior relationship manager at Key Private Bank, has served as a Recovery Resources&rsquo; Board member since 2006.&nbsp; She succeeds Charles Royer, partner at McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal &amp; Liffman Co., LPA, who served as Board Chair since 2017 and will remain on the Board.</p> <p>"It has been a great honor to serve as the Chair of the Recovery Resources Board and I am pleased to pass the gavel to Ren&eacute;e who will confidently lead the Agency into 2020 and beyond," said Royer.</p> <p>Holcomb Hardwick holds a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Business Administration from Dyke College, summa cum laude, an M.B.A in Finance from Cleveland State University, cum laude, and a Certificate in Financial Planning from John Carroll University. Ren&eacute;e was named as a 2019 honoree for the Women Economic Leadership Development "Women WELDING the Way", she is the 2014 recipient of Recovery Resources Helen K. Jones Woman of Strength award and is a founding member of the women&rsquo;s philanthropy group, Circle of Strength and Hope.&nbsp;</p> <p>"I am eager to help continue the important services Recovery Resources provides to people who need support in their recovery and care for their mental health.&nbsp; I look forward to working with fellow members of the board, leadership, staff, and stakeholders to create positive impact for those we serve in the community," said Holcomb Hardwick.</p> <p><em><strong>About Recovery Resources</strong> </em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Recovery Resources is a trusted partner in the community, providing outpatient and intensive outpatient treatment; Housing; Employment; and Prevention Education services that help adults triumph over mental illness, alcoholism, drug and other addictions. Recovery Resources was founded in 1955 and acquired by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.metrohealth.org/">The MetroHealth System</a> in 2019.&nbsp; Recovery Resources is your Partner in Health, Partner in Hope. More information can be found online at www.recres.org.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> New Year's Resolutions for Better Mental Health http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=39146 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen We have compiled a list of 9 New Year's resolutions for better mental health in 2020. <div>We have compiled a list of 9 New Year's resolutions for better mental health in 2020:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>1. Get More Sleep</strong></div> <div>There are concrete steps to&nbsp;improve sleep. The top way to improve sleep is to have a consistent bed time and awake time. Don&rsquo;t sleep in on weekends. Don&rsquo;t try to catch up on sleep with naps. You should strive for a consistent seven to eight hours a night.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>2. Exercise More</strong></div> <div>Make getting more exercise easier. Forget joining a gym or buying a weight set &ndash;&nbsp;just go for more walks. Exercise can also help improve sleep, as long as you don&rsquo;t exercise too close to bedtime.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>3. Get a Hobby</strong></div> <div>There are two types of resolutions - one is to promote a sense of pleasure, and the other to build mastery in something. Finding a new a hobby &ndash; or going back to one you&rsquo;ve let slide &ndash; is a great way to do both. Take up a hobby that helps you feel good about yourself.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>4. Put Down your Smartphone</strong></div> <div>Take a social media holiday. Many of us only get more depressed and anxious from our social media feeds. Take breaks, even if it&rsquo;s for limited times. Resolve to check your feeds once every two hours, and stop altogether after 6 p.m.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>5. Learn How to Meditate</strong></div> <div>Research suggests that&nbsp;meditation&nbsp;reduces stress levels. It helps you be more effective in getting things done. And it can get you out of time (pressures) and help put a pause on the moment. That helps you realize what is really important and allows you to slow things down.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>6. Get a Planner</strong></div> <div>You know how you feel when you have too much to do? Get it out of your head and onto paper (real or digital). Make a log and track the time it takes to do various tasks, then plan for what the day or week will look like.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>7. Keep a Journal</strong></div> <div>This is not the same as your day planner. Use a&nbsp;personal journal&nbsp;-&nbsp;discharge your worries by writing them down. Rumination, which is the process of thinking obsessively about some negative feeling or emotion, is often a symptom of anxiety and depression. And many people ruminate at night, lying in bed. If you have a worry journal to write down those negative thoughts, then you&rsquo;re done. You can close the book, and then try to sleep.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>8. Help Others</strong></div> <div>Helping others is a great a way to get out of your own head, your own troubles, and connect with other people and cultivate relationships. Perhaps the single strongest predictor of happiness, according to social science, is called prosociality &ndash; connecting with and to others. Helping is a wonderful connector.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>9. Be Nicer to Yourself</strong></div> <div>Give yourself a break. It can feel overwhelming to have a long list of things to do differently, so start with two or three. Develop concrete plans, jot them down, monitor how they are working &ndash; or not working &ndash; and then re-evaluate after a couple of weeks.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/NYE Resolutions.jpg" alt="" width="520" height="672" /></div> How to Ward off Winter Blues http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=38150 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen It's important to stay positive and active through these winter months. Anyone can feel down with the lack of sunshine and cold temperatures, but we want you to take care of yourself - mentally and physically! <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/5 Ways to Wardoff Winter Blues.png" alt="" width="444" height="222" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>It's important to stay positive and active through these&nbsp;winter months. Anyone can feel down with the lack of sunshine and cold temperatures, but we want you to take care of yourself - mentally and physically! Here are some tips to warding off the winter blues:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>1. Exercise</strong>&nbsp;-&nbsp;Exercise is known to increase your levels of serotonin and endorphins, leading to a happier mood. While it's understandable that many people are less than keen about participating in outdoor activities during these chilly months, keep in mind that there are many ways to keep active while staying indoors. Join a gym class, walk on the treadmill while watching TV, or try out a new lively game on Wii.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>2. Socialize</strong>&nbsp;-&nbsp;Building and maintaining social networks is an important way to keep a positive outlook. When you're feeling down, it's natural to want to isolate yourself from others. But spending time with family, friends, and other people is a sure way to lighten your mood. Try joining a weekly art class or volunteering for a local organization. If you can't bear the thought of leaving your cozy home, then organize and invite your friends over for regular game nights or TV nights.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>3. Try something new -&nbsp;</strong>Trying something new essentially rewires our brain. Take advantage of your days indoors to learn a new musical instrument, try your hand at a new card game, or maybe cook up something different for dinner.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>4. Keep a regular sleep schedule</strong>&nbsp;-&nbsp;Research has shown that lack of sleep may actually lead to anxiety, mood disorders, and depression. To keep a regular sleep-wake cycle, make sure you go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day, even on weekends. It's important to avoid naps throughout the day as they can throw off your sleep schedule. To help get you energized and ready for the day, try sleeping with the blinds open so you are exposed to sunlight as soon as you wake up. Otherwise, try to get out into the bright light as soon as possible.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>5. Eat well</strong>&nbsp;- Stick to healthier foods that will keep your energy levels up, such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and foods packed with protein. This will keep you healthy while giving you the energy you need to stay active and social until a brighter season comes along.</div> Thank You for Sharing the Warmth http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=38148 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen This #GivingTuesday, we are thankful for the outpouring of support shown by the community in collecting coats for Recovery Resources Share the Warmth Client Coat Drive. <div> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NjivqKuZ4CI" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p>This #GivingTuesday, we are thankful for the outpouring of support shown by the community in collecting coats for Recovery Resources Share the Warmth Client Coat Drive.</p> <p>In total, 375 adult and children&rsquo;s coats were donated to our clients in need. That is more than double the amount we received last year, thanks to the involvement of several Cleveland area businesses. The coat distribution was held November 25 &ndash; November 27 at our Old Brooklyn location (4269 Pearl Road). Clients were invited to take a coat for themselves and a coat for a child. They expressed an immense appreciation for the community&rsquo;s generosity.</p> <p>&ldquo;My house recently burned down and I lost almost everything. I am so thankful that my husband and I can get a coat from Recovery Resources to stay warm this winter. It gives me encouragement and hope that things are going to be okay. Thank you,&rdquo; said one Recovery Resources client.</p> <p>Recovery Resources has been providing treatment and recovery opportunities for people living in the Cleveland area for over 60 years. Each year, more than 10,000 people benefit from our services, including job training and housing for those in need. We care for clients from all socio-economic backgrounds, but the highest demand comes from those in living in poverty.</p> <p>We want to thank everyone for their donations and making a difference in our clients&rsquo; lives this holiday season.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Thank you to our partners!</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="float: left;" src="/ManagedFiles/partner logos.jpg" alt="" width="599" height="309" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> Recovery Resources Receives Grant from Three Arches Foundation http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=38147 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>Recovery Resources is honored to have been selected as one of the agencies chosen to receive a grant from the Three Arches Foundation.</div> <div>&nbsp;<img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/three arches.png" alt="" width="240" height="64" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Recovery Resources is honored to have been selected as one of the agencies chosen to receive a grant from the Three Arches Foundation. The $124,000 will be used to fund the continuation of a forensic liaison position for two years embedded in Lakewood Municipal Court to address underlying problems that may contribute to criminal behavior, such as mental illness and/or addiction.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>We also want to congratulate the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corp for also being selected as one of the agencies. Their grant will be used to support development of a comprehensive model of community engagement to help residents understand and positively influence their own health and provide input on the design process for a community space that increases access to behavioral care in Old Brooklyn.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="/ManagedFiles/TAF 2019 Grant Awards Release 111919 FINAL.pdf">READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Free Thanksgiving Meals Around Cleveland http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=38146 Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen We have compiled a list of places you can get a free Thanksgiving meal this year. <div><strong>SOURCE:&nbsp;<a href="https://fox8.com/2019/11/21/thanksgiving-2019-places-to-enjoy-free-meals-and-togetherness-throughout-northeast-ohio/">Fox 8 Cleveland</a></strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Here's where you can get a free Thanksgiving meal this year:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p><strong><a href="https://stanselm.org/news/community-thanksgiving-dinner-at-st-anselm">Church of St. Anselm</a>&nbsp;</strong>(Kelly Hall)<br />12969 Chillicothe Rd. in Chesterland<br />Meal served from noon to 3 p.m.</p> <p><a href="http://www.houseofblues.com/cleveland/EventDetail?tmeventid=0&amp;offerid=114831"><strong>House of Blues</strong></a><br />308 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland<br />Meal served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />Live music and entertainment for those in need. (Must be homeless, low income, alone, etc.)</p> <p><a href="https://www.imanichurch.org/"><strong>Imani Church</strong></a><br />1505 E. 206th St. in Euclid<br />Meal served from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.</p> <p><a href="https://www.lorainccc.edu/community/lccc-annual-thanksgiving-dinner/"><strong>Lorain County Community College</strong></a><br />1005 N. Abbe Rd, Elyria<br /><strong>Wednesday, Nov. 27</strong><br />Meal served from 5 to 7 p.m.<br />Reaser Grand Room in the Spitzer Conference Center (formerly known as Spitzer Grand Room)<br />This LCCC tradition provides a free, family-style Thanksgiving Dinner to anyone unable to share the holiday with family or friends. This community service event is free and open to the public.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://stcolmanparish.org/?fbclid=IwAR3N-ZokCl4P2ZzXXFSVwEiBrTgTGXnvbak7ypINJiQrrNV8ibS8_UxUSyk">Mary Queen of Peace Parish</a></strong><br />4423 Pearl Road in Cleveland<br />Meal served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.mtzioncleveland.com/our-calendar">Mt. Zion Congregational Church UCC</a></strong><br />10723 Magnolia Dr. in Cleveland<br />Meal served from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://stambrose.us/thanksgiving/">St. Ambrose Parish</a></strong></p> <p>929 Pearl Rd. in Brunswick</p> <p>Meal served from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.</p> <p><a href="http://www.clekcc.org/"><strong>St. Andrew Kim Parish</strong></a><br />2310 W. 14th Street in Cleveland<br />Meal served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.</p> <p><a href="https://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/news/2019/11/18/st-augustine-hunger-center-prepares-to-feed-20000-people-on-thanksgiving"><strong>St. Augustine Church</strong></a><br />2486 West 14th Street in Cleveland<br />Meal served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://stcolmanparish.org/?fbclid=IwAR3N-ZokCl4P2ZzXXFSVwEiBrTgTGXnvbak7ypINJiQrrNV8ibS8_UxUSyk">St. Colman Parish</a></strong><br />2027 W. 65th Street in Cleveland<br />Meal served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.</p> <p><strong>St. Mary Parish (Parish Hall)</strong><br />250 3rd St. in Elyria<br />Meal served from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.</p> <p><a href="http://stritaparish.com/"><strong>St. Rita Parish</strong></a><br />33200 Baldwin Rd in Solon<br />Meal served from noon &ndash; 3 p.m. (Reservations requested, Call by Nov. 25, 440-238-1350 X100)</p> </div> Share the Warmth by Donating to Recovery Resources' Client Coat Drive http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=38145 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>As #GivingTuesday approaches, consider donating a new or gently-used coat to Recovery Resources' client in need. We are partnering with area businesses around Cleveland to offer drop-off locations.</div> <p><strong><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/header-2.jpg" alt="" width="319" height="92" /></strong></p> <p><strong>November 12, 2019 (Cleveland, OH</strong>) &ndash; As #GivingTuesday approaches, consider donating a new or gently-used coat to Recovery Resources' client in need. We are partnering with area businesses around Cleveland to offer drop-off locations.</p> <p>&ldquo;We will be accepting coats of all sizes, for all different ages, as many of our clients have family members in need. Please consider sharing the warmth. Your generosity can make a difference in someone&rsquo;s well-being this holiday season, and will be greatly appreciated&rdquo;, said Recovery Resources President &amp; CEO Pam Gill.</p> <p>Recovery Resources has been providing treatment and recovery opportunities for people living in the Cleveland area for over 60 years. Each year, more than 10,000 people benefit from our services, including job training and housing for those in need. We care for clients from all socio-economic backgrounds, but the highest demand comes from those in living in poverty. This holiday season, we are asking the community to come forward and #SharetheWarmth, by offering new or gently-used coats.</p> <p>Coats may be dropped off through November 22, 2019 to the reception desk at any of our three locations:</p> <p><strong>4269 Pearl Road, Old Brooklyn, OH</strong></p> <p><strong>3950 Chester Ave., Cleveland, OH</strong></p> <p><strong>14805 Detroit Ave. #200, Lakewood, OH</strong></p> <p>Or at these participating businesses:</p> <p><strong>Adelsys - 3689 Lee Road, Suite 1A, Shaker Heights, Ohio 44120</strong></p> <p><strong>Mercedes-Benz of Bedford -&nbsp;18122 Rockside Rd, Bedford, OH 44146</strong></p> <p><strong>Dealer Tire -&nbsp;7012 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103</strong></p> <p><strong>Hanna Commercial Real Estate - Erieview Tower, 1301 E. 9th Street, Cleveland, Ohio&nbsp;44114</strong></p> <p><strong>Diamond Auto Lease &amp; Sales -&nbsp;4901 Galaxy Pkwy, Warrensville Heights, OH 44128</strong></p> <p><strong>Grant Thornton - 1375 E 9th St, Cleveland, OH 44114</strong></p> <p><strong>CASE Wester Reserve School of Medicine - 2109 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland OH 44106, Wood Building Room WG-57</strong></p> <p><strong>Karpinski Engineering -&nbsp;3135 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44115</strong></p> <p>Thank you for helping us spread the word and share the warmth!</p> <p>Consider making a monetary donation <a href="/Donating">here</a>.</p> Circle Fashion Show: Get to Know the Boutiques + Vendors http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=38144 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Get to know all of the incredible boutiques and vendors that will be in attendance at Recovery Resources November 9th #EXPRESSYOURSELF Circle Fashion Show. <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hnK5dy0KhaE" width="425" height="350"></iframe>&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/AC-logo-Horz3-1.png" alt="" width="230" height="113" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Accessories/Amiras-Closet-1395442224030545/">Amira's Closet</a>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;trendy, chic, fashionable and exclusive boutique, and is considered Cleveland's best kept fashionista secret.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/audreys-sweet-threads-logo-2.png" alt="" width="264" height="82" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://etonchagrinblvd.com/tenant/audreys-sweet-threads/">Audrey's Sweet Threads</a>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;Contemporary women's clothing store with a special focus on affordable European lines.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/2060989.png" alt="" width="131" height="131" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://clevelandconsignmentshoppe.com/">Cleveland Consignment Shoppe</a>&nbsp;is all of the luxury and contemporary lines you crave at a fraction of the price. CCS is a unique shopping destination for those who like the &ldquo;finer things&rdquo; in life, as well as those who are passionate about sustainable fashion.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/EILEEN-FISHER-1612.png" alt="" width="189" height="100" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.eileenfisher.com/?country=US&amp;currency=USD">Eileen Fisher</a>&nbsp;has a vision for an industry where human rights and sustainability are not the effect of a particular initiative, but the cause of a business run well. Where social and environmental injustices are not unfortunate outcomes, but reasons to do things differently.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Etcetera_Print_Quality_JPG (1).png" alt="" width="171" height="85" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etcetera.com/">Etcetera Clothing</a>&nbsp;is an exceptional clothing boutique for exceptional women. The unique online store centers around personalized shopping.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/00-00-07-88-09-86-7880986_2926440.jpg" alt="" width="132" height="142" />&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://evielou.com/">Evie Lou</a>&nbsp;is a contemporary boutique that embraces personal style across the size spectrum. Always expect a personalized and fun styling experience. Their expert team can piece together the perfect outfit for business travel or special events.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/FOUNTLOGO1+700pxl-1.png" alt="" /><img src="/ManagedFiles/FOUNTLOGO1+700pxl-1.png" alt="" /><img src="/ManagedFiles/FOUNTLOGO1-700pxl-1.png" alt="" width="174" height="36" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7SKBDYnWUuE" width="425" height="350"></iframe></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://fountleather.com/">FOUNT</a>&nbsp;is a design and production house based out of Cleveland, Ohio, with a focus on luxury leather bags and other accessories.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong>HEADS, HEARTS &amp; HANDS</strong></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/headsheartsandhands">Heads Hearts &amp; Hands</a>&nbsp;makes beautiful, hand-crafted items, including hats and jewelry, that inspire and delight.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/51054764_620228948433139_1137739911906983936_n.png" alt="" width="164" height="164" />&nbsp;</div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.heidisthisnthat.com/?fbclid=IwAR0MBRvZk29zKN7bPirsmIVpaAKQy5Zw4B-athBihxsdDb6hdZ-I7vVuzb0">Heidi's This&nbsp;N That</a>&nbsp;is an Unique, fun and &ldquo;happy&rdquo; shop at an affordable price.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">The owner, Heidi, says she truly believes that "being yourself is the prettiest (and happiest) that you can be.&rdquo;&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Kendra Scott Logo.png" alt="" width="127" height="137" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.kendrascott.com/">Kendra Scott</a>&nbsp;is&nbsp;a fashion-lifestyle brand with jewelry stores across the country offering timeless jewelry, home d&eacute;cor, and beauty, as well as a custom jewelry experience at the Color Bar&trade;. Kendra Scott is known for its kaleidoscope of beautiful necklaces, bracelets, rings, and earrings.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/lisa-moran-logo.png" alt="" width="233" height="65" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lisamoranltd.com/">Lisa Moran</a>&nbsp;is the finest in evening wear from casual cocktail to ball gowns, including mother of the bride and groom.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/lululemon-logo.png" alt="" width="188" height="70" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://shop.lululemon.com/">Lululemon's</a>&nbsp;love for yoga runs deep; it rejuvenates our body, calms our mind and it&rsquo;s at the very core of who we are. Click the link below to learn about the different types of yoga, what to wear and find complimentary classes in a store near you.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<img src="/ManagedFiles/SabikaLogo_BywomenForWomenBWLogo.png" alt="" width="212" height="62" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sabika-jewelry.com/">Sabika</a>&nbsp;is&nbsp;a company by women for women. Their jewelry is made for every woman, every day. Sabika was founded with the intent of bringing beauty, joy and opportunity to women of all ages and diverse backgrounds, and delivers a new level of fun and sophistication to the home party experience.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/yellowcakeshoplogo.png" alt="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.yellowcakeshop.com/">Yellowcake Shop</a>&nbsp;is the&nbsp;signature line of women&rsquo;s outerwear and accessories&nbsp;designed &amp; crafted by artist and Project Runway alumna Valerie Mayen. Her garments are handmade in the United States with a keen attention to&nbsp;detail, superior construction, and timeless design. Every purchase made supports Yellowcake's larger mission to alleviate social issues and environmental challenges here and abroad.&nbsp;Yellowcake is the&nbsp;signature line of women&rsquo;s outerwear and accessories&nbsp;designed &amp; crafted by artist and Project Runway alumna Valerie Mayen. Her garments are handmade in the United States with a keen attention to&nbsp;detail, superior construction, and timeless design. Every purchase made supports Yellowcake's larger mission to alleviate social issues and environmental challenges here and abroad.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/28168844_537007530012908_5288876323815889806_n.jpg" alt="" width="114" height="114" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://yogisclosetboutique.com/">Yogis Closet</a>&nbsp;finds unique items made or designed by fellow boss babes, which makes this boutique even sweeter.&nbsp;Owner, Angie Vodopivec says, "I love to bring those styles to my tribe, my kindred spirits with a passion for fashion."</div> </div> Collaborative Client Art Project Shines a Light on Recovery Month http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=37143 Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>Recovery Resources clients are working together to create an art display that perfectly depicts the 10 fundamental principles of the recovery process.</div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/IMG_4496.jpg" alt="" width="451" height="337" />&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>September 25, 2019 (Cleveland, OH) --&nbsp;</strong>Over the last couple of months, Recovery Resources clients have had the opportunity to participate in art therapy classes through a grant from <a href="https://www.metrohealth.org/">The MetroHealth System</a>.&nbsp;Briannia Love with the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.arttherapystudio.org/new/">Art Therapy Studio</a> held classes weekly at our Pearl Road location, each class offering new ways for clients to express themselves through art. On Wednesday, September 25th,&nbsp;Briannia held her last art therapy class of the session, opening it up to all Recovery Resources clients. She placed a large canvas in our third floor reception area and encouraged clients to fill in the spaces.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"This collaborative art display aims to be a visual representation of the 10 fundamental principles of the recovery process: Person-Centered, Self-Direction, Empowerment, Holistic, Non-Linear, Strength-Based, Respect, Peer-Support, Responsibility, and Hope. These principles have been identified as essential components to enable a person living with addiction and mental health concerns to live a meaningful life while striving to achieve his or her potential," said Briannia.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Clients were asked to create a visual representation of their own personal journey of healing and transformation. They could draw inspiration from one or several of the 10 fundamental principles they found most important in their recovery journey.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"One of the clients chose to draw a black rectangle on the bottom of her section and gradually lighten the colors until they showed off a full rainbow. She told me the dark colors represent the lowest point of her addiction when she felt hopeless, and the bright colors represent her coming out the other end and finding the light," said Briannia.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>When the canvas is completely filled in, it will go on display at Recovery Resources Pearl Road location.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> More than 1,500 Hygiene Items Donated to Recovery Resources Clients http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=37142 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>Thanks to the generosity from community members and our corporate partners, more than 1,500 hygiene items were donated to Recovery Resources clients during our 2019 Summer Hygiene Drive.</div> <div>&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="/ManagedFiles/hygiene-1.jpg" alt="" width="229" height="230" />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<img src="/ManagedFiles/hygiene-3.jpg" alt="" width="228" height="228" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Thanks to the generosity from community members and our corporate partners, <strong>more than 1,500 hygiene items</strong> were donated to Recovery Resources clients during our 2019 Summer Hygiene Drive.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Corporate partners include: <a href="https://www.applegrowth.com/">Apple Growth Partners</a>, <a href="http://www.clevelandheartlab.com/">Cleveland HeartLab</a>, <a href="https://www.ccbh.net/">Cuyahoga County Board of Health</a>, <a href="https://www.imwong.com/">Margaret Wong &amp; Associates</a>, <a href="https://www.medmutual.com/">Medical Mutual</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.karpinskieng.com/">Karpinski Engineering</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Special thank you to our RecoveryWorks staff for putting together 200 "We Care Kit" bags, which will be distributed to Recovery Resources clients.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Want to get involved in our next client drive? We will be collecting gently-used and new coats once again as the cold months approach. Be on the lookout for drop off details and more information. If you are a company that would like to be a drop-off location, please contact Carrie Larsen at <a href="mailto:clarsen@recres.org/">clarsen@recres.org</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Suicide Awareness: Resources in Northeast Ohio http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=36147 Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day. According to dosomething.org, Suicide was the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-34 in the US in 2017. We are here to provide some resources around Northeast Ohio if you or someone you know is struggling.</div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/hand.jpg" alt="" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day. According to dosomething.org, Suicide was the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-34 in the US in 2017. On average, 1 person dies by suicide every 11 minutes in the US. About 50% of people in the US know someone who has died by suicide in their lifetime. 10.5% of adults in the US 18-25 years old had serious suicidal thoughts in 2017.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Here are some&nbsp;resources around Northeast Ohio if you or someone you know is struggling:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <h1><a href="http://adamhscc.org/en-US/Suicide-Prevention-Help.aspx">Cuyahoga County Suicide Prevention Coalition</a></h1> <div><a href="https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/">National Suicide Prevention Lifeline</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;1-800-273-8255 (available 24/7)</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Crisis Text Line</strong>&nbsp;is also available 24/7 by texting &ldquo;HOME&rdquo; to 741741</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://us.ditchthelabel.org/get-help/">Ditch The Label</a>&nbsp;for help against bullying</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://www.lakesuicideprevention.org/">Lake County Suicide Prevention Coalition</a><br />440-953-8255<br />440-357-7300<br />1-800-411-0103</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://www.frontlineservice.org/">FrontLine Service, Cuyahoga County</a><br />216-623-6888</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://www.circstark.org/">Crisis Intervention Center of Stark County</a><br />330-452-6000<br />1-800-956-6630</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="/GamblingAddiction">Recovery Resources Gambling Treatment</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Training Opportunities:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://www.tri-c.edu/policies-and-procedures/suicide-awareness-and-prevention/training.html">Tri-C Suicide Prevention Training</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07egdorm5f59c117e7&amp;llr=4p4dxkcab">Recovery Resources Mental Health First Aid Training</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </div> All Staff Meeting 2019 http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=36146 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>&nbsp;Thank you to our incredible staff for another great year and successful all staff meeting &amp; celebration.</div> <div>Thank you to our incredible staff for another great year and successful all staff meeting &amp; celebration. Congratulations to our People's Choice Award winners and Mirror Ball Trophy Champion - Team Prevention!</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://www.recres.org/PhotoGallery/8012">All Staff Meeting 2019 Photo Gallery</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>SERVICE AWARDS</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Three Years</strong></div> <div>Jill Aron</div> <div>Lynne Behrman</div> <div>Shali Caver</div> <div>Brayden Crider</div> <div>Michael Dasinger</div> <div>Jean Evans</div> <div>Ken Holt</div> <div>Jason Joyce</div> <div>Michael Kidd</div> <div>Daniella Lavery</div> <div>Robert Louche</div> <div>Diane McCalister</div> <div>Sylvia McDonough</div> <div>Holland Neifer</div> <div>Halle Neslon</div> <div>Tiffany Todd</div> <div>Jeffrey Tucker</div> <div>Mary White</div> <div>Kay Winters</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Five Years</strong></div> <div>Tania Carballo<strong>&nbsp;</strong></div> <div>Saria Crawford-McDonald</div> <div>Hamdeyah Farraj</div> <div>Emily Gilliam</div> <div>Ashley Hartman</div> <div>Tiarra May</div> <div>Ayme McCain</div> <div>Bryan Noviks</div> <div>Kevin Ringer</div> <div>Robert Rivera</div> <div>Jen Telischak</div> <div>Diane Tomer</div> <div>Nancy Wilson</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/DSC03306.jpg" alt="" width="431" height="261" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Ten Years</strong></div> <div>Tom Keane</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/DSC03308.jpg" alt="" width="264" height="396" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Twenty Years</strong></div> <div>Maureen Masterson</div> <div>Gyneatha (Nita) Williams</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;<img src="/ManagedFiles/DSC03309.jpg" alt="" width="410" height="275" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS</strong></div> <div>Certified Smile Maker - Megan Culp</div> <div>Gumby Award - Dawn Imbordino</div> <div>High Five Award - Carmen Maldonado</div> <div>Mission Possible Award - Annette Amistadi</div> <div>Rookie of the Year - Susan Tamilio</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/DSC03311.jpg" alt="" width="415" height="275" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>MIRROR BALL TROPHY WINNER</strong></div> <div>Team Prevention!</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/DSC03314.jpg" alt="" width="415" height="276" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WCNpZjRbAS4" width="685" height="564"></iframe></div> Run for Recovery: Race Results & Photos http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=36143 Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Thank you for supporting the 7th Annual Run for Recovery! Check out race results and event photos here. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/60,000.jpg" alt="" width="422" height="211" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;">The funds that we raised together will directly benefit the clients of Recovery Resources. We provide prevention and treatment services to people living with addiction, alcoholism, or mental illness.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;">We are grateful for your generosity and hope you take great pride in the difference your gift makes.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;">With your help, we can move people from feeling hopeless to hopeful by creating a safe place for people to be successful in treatment and life.</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Run 19-together stronger.png" alt="" width="385" height="65" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.hermescleveland.com/roadracing/results/2019/RECOVERYZOO.htm">RUN FOR RECOVERY 2019 RACE RESULTS</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="/PhotoGallery/8011">Run for Recovery 2019 Photo Gallery</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> Run for Recovery 2019: What You Need to Know for Race Day http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=36142 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen The 7th Annual Run for Recovery is almost here! Here's what you need to know for race day. <table style="height: 421px;" width="857"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="55%"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Online Registration in Now CLOSED</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Online registration for the August 17th Run for Recovery is now closed, but you can</p> <p style="text-align: left;">still participate in the event! We will have walk-up registration available tomorrow</p> <p style="text-align: left;">(August 17th) starting at 7:00 a.m. and ending at 8:40 a.m. next to the</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Ticket Plaza.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Walk-Up Registration Pricing:</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">5K Run - $35.00</p> <p style="text-align: left;">One Mile Wellness Walk - $20.00</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Kids' Fun Run - $15.00</p> <p style="text-align: left;">*Credit Cards, Cash and Checks will be accepted</p> &nbsp;</div> <div><img style="float: left;" src="/ManagedFiles/IMG_2577.jpg" alt="" width="409" height="272" /></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div>&nbsp;-------------------------------------------------</div> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="55%"> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong>Already Registered?</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>If you have already registered, here's what you need to know for race day: Get to the zoo</p> <p>(<strong>3900 Wildlife Way, Cleveland OH 44109</strong>) between 7:00 a.m. and 8:40 a.m. to pick up your race packet, t-shirt and zoo pass. Volunteers will direct you to the Zoo's Palava Hut for the opening ceremony.</p> <p><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rsP1L8AQT9DjNUeftxUcjhQkYzN31Tiib_E7hnyzs0HfhvXaQl5O2D-5ZDz9PogPENS1TlBf3KX-eqVfUIro5JErTiZIkV5m3WCMQXvtNVWiWx6j6M6N2PXMsU28HxLeAqTgNPDYAEGeanBtYQUKQA2K_REoV7ascLMJ3lv3GOhCyW0N6EgNaS-Qa2jB2O_sziBMyrOqHJI=&amp;c=_BusbYmC8ZiHttQXXTVcPKYtDeqW6jPteReIFtD80ZA8ktw6fgGFqw==&amp;ch=CJx3SsoxV0l0EjAPPjZjqYb1AUcu8v-cGYArpi9XN62eB8h1U2EBmw==">Driving Directions to the Zoo</a></p> <p><img src="/ManagedFiles/locationMap.gif" alt="" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>RUN FOR RECOVERY SCHEDULE:</em></p> <p><strong>7:00am&nbsp;- 8:40am</strong> Packet Pick Up &amp; Walk-up&nbsp;Registration</p> <p><strong>8:15am&nbsp;</strong>Opening Ceremony</p> <p><strong>8:25am</strong>&nbsp;Kids' Fun Run&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>8:30am</strong>&nbsp;5K Race</p> <p><strong>9:15am</strong>&nbsp;1 Mile Wellness Walk&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>9:45am</strong> Medal Ceremony</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div>&nbsp;-------------------------------------------------------</div> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="50%"> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong>Connect with Us at the Event!</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p><strong><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rsP1L8AQT9DjNUeftxUcjhQkYzN31Tiib_E7hnyzs0HfhvXaQl5O2D-5ZDz9PogPuCCYhU-FzZRad6iD7IFrdbXyuIfLea77zRfJG199oJsTo-jFZWWRQ1iXNrVDCYrswg5PBiLVkXAKzdoFQmNSr6DR5T-BcpYOcU8xls8nrh24lcTGyLokEZwEYXxHJ13I-TrmsuBc1WHCKgmesSlYqoobbdVkV6s2rXg-UUfZuWM=&amp;c=_BusbYmC8ZiHttQXXTVcPKYtDeqW6jPteReIFtD80ZA8ktw6fgGFqw==&amp;ch=CJx3SsoxV0l0EjAPPjZjqYb1AUcu8v-cGYArpi9XN62eB8h1U2EBmw==">Learn How!</a></strong></p> <p>Make sure your phone has full battery power to snap awesome pictures at the Run for Recovery! The zoo is packed with photo opportunities - and bonus, <strong>you'll receive a Run for Recovery Bumper Sticker</strong> when you get a picture in front of our "Recovery Rocks" banner.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div>&nbsp;---------------------------------------------------------</div> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="50%"> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong>Thank You for Your Support!</strong></p> <p>We want to thank everyone who has supported this year's&nbsp;<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rsP1L8AQT9DjNUeftxUcjhQkYzN31Tiib_E7hnyzs0HfhvXaQl5O2D-5ZDz9PogPtCqzwL6VmxyeI5DoPmBaSzFwlPf1rXWGdMNfYWr25kkokjn9p4h7ikQe33R2ogd7DtNwm-CR1tno56jkl0NwWyglTqnxoOKLQ0nPyin1YMpHPOH9btzQMulO-ntMnL650dJ9n2XfF5YgtMmLPS0cj_8XP4W8J9lweB1SSUEXDedE7uCweyCAqKr0nJ7wCgvXzkCo4wipGDfg2DNpLrSo5i-oKlkwdIsn1gfMFBIqoi-o8rkZN9iceGTI-s2ChqyzxdGDmbouA_2Pvp7hlMvuwtUjVDqe3GKr38T2VVjNfMk547VixZ64rZ4Y2FlH8cCkFm6QR4-35br4lFTwMDAFB518dZMPRrkDiXWTHZDf-Teey5sIA9SlxhiZs6HS3M6NejlS6nyZdMpieCTFPnvVr2aRyHbO_xznsDMRnGC_xDKy1FrDUO3ZF20gC3-qrbWV9VdUktD3wSmA8GWbqQ04PqYCjnQf50GvPO3_cmJB-o9mx5J6L3nvtPON02nGxoxNGc1PMCXHSKdQbzDM_02XEtM3DcYuFyC1zasdobv7aaovEd4Lvi5a2rmeuDp-1ftbwWXHU_4-RxU87YzYG5i0ubyFs8o7BivqTeDoSMiHYpTdCuDsHlac6EIrxs0p8cmrj0o1JH3Mt_tLB5S7iFrzAigCkb6yFkCfgttZSjYT5Qw0C1JrWW9NDg==&amp;c=_BusbYmC8ZiHttQXXTVcPKYtDeqW6jPteReIFtD80ZA8ktw6fgGFqw==&amp;ch=CJx3SsoxV0l0EjAPPjZjqYb1AUcu8v-cGYArpi9XN62eB8h1U2EBmw==">Run for Recovery</a>&nbsp;- especially the team captains who have worked hard to get their teams together to meet their fundraising goals. You are truly saving lives!</p> <p><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/iarEWa4rmlA" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rsP1L8AQT9DjNUeftxUcjhQkYzN31Tiib_E7hnyzs0HfhvXaQl5O2LGRqfd4EMzx1SN3_REkhBiD2ufTfPTAXdGVv11z4fHdpNl7G25Qnkz654BxQaeQj5sPvqVhgbHLsy5YuVCltXX4EkwCKhW_qPGeDcqH08LBLJrHyH-Q3dsEBz4zGrykM_uwBx3f68MlzKwrPkDWOes23f857nx80A==&amp;c=_BusbYmC8ZiHttQXXTVcPKYtDeqW6jPteReIFtD80ZA8ktw6fgGFqw==&amp;ch=CJx3SsoxV0l0EjAPPjZjqYb1AUcu8v-cGYArpi9XN62eB8h1U2EBmw==">DONATE</a></strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div>&nbsp;--------------------------------------------------------------</div> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong>Tips to Prepare for a 5K Race</strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>We've put together some pre-race tips for our 5K runners!</p> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/infographic-02.jpg" alt="" width="705" height="912" /></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div>&nbsp;</div> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rsP1L8AQT9DjNUeftxUcjhQkYzN31Tiib_E7hnyzs0HfhvXaQl5O2D-5ZDz9PogPOFzasr4Dh-QDh64Z4uusIqGxPr4WxFWKlKb1Wbr5sNXNDs-gJvu1FG1BPXR9L42DjtAsDPT-HFmhugU1MHzZ-UROpqTAHDQNORkcL0QtOBba9aJLWNloVUIQ6vvuCTnNMoh5W_aZP5pumeQi4Z5AN57jjvimbwuw3t2H2SAeKwQ=&amp;c=_BusbYmC8ZiHttQXXTVcPKYtDeqW6jPteReIFtD80ZA8ktw6fgGFqw==&amp;ch=CJx3SsoxV0l0EjAPPjZjqYb1AUcu8v-cGYArpi9XN62eB8h1U2EBmw==">Download PDF</a></strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div>&nbsp;---------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong>We'll See You Tomorrow At The Zoo!</strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div>&nbsp;</div> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p>If you have any questions, check out our FAQ's <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001rsP1L8AQT9DjNUeftxUcjhQkYzN31Tiib_E7hnyzs0HfhvXaQl5O2D-5ZDz9PogPZm76IUpbMsPhkYIm4sXOU5VKadVKCrW6VJL0EpVpc5J6LoB1uEOIcmFdPiEv1EeDpy4iA-I0uI6tdoetIKnyko5QwdKF3pEeqNRGww80M4E2Y5tSdP7rxQ==&amp;c=_BusbYmC8ZiHttQXXTVcPKYtDeqW6jPteReIFtD80ZA8ktw6fgGFqw==&amp;ch=CJx3SsoxV0l0EjAPPjZjqYb1AUcu8v-cGYArpi9XN62eB8h1U2EBmw=="><strong>HERE</strong></a>. Can't find the information you need? Contact Recovery Resources Development Manager Lori Linkous at 216-282-9360</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Run for Recovery: How to Prepare for a 5K Race http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=35145 Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen As the Run for Recovery approaches fast, we have some pre-race tips for our 5K runners! <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/infographic-02.jpg" alt="" width="599" height="774" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="/ManagedFiles/infographic-02.pdf">Download PDF</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Recovery Resources: Getting people out of jail and into recovery http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=35144 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Recovery Resources' Run for Recovery benefits our agency and community in many ways. One of them is by helping people who suffer from a mental illness or substance use disorder get out of jail and into recovery. Forensic Liaison Lindsay Smith works closely with attorneys, probation officers and judges to make that happen. She says if these people can get the care they need, they are less likely to be re-incarcerated and can thrive in their life. <p><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/C9zjxtkrV4U" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p>Recovery Resources Forensic Liaison Lindsay Smith does some of the most important work for our agency and community.&nbsp;</p> <p>&ldquo;The whole idea of what I do at the jail is, there is a mental health court docket, specifically for clients with severe mental illness and that&rsquo;s what I work with and that&rsquo;s what my clients are apart of. The idea of that docket is, instead of sending this client to prison, let&rsquo;s get them supportive treatment services for this mental health condition with the idea that if they&rsquo;re not having mental health symptoms, they&rsquo;re less likely to commit a crime and be reincarcerated.&rdquo;</p> <p>Helping people get out of jail and into recovery is Lindsay's passion.</p> <p>&ldquo;I just believe that every single person has so much value. For me, it&rsquo;s such a privilege to meet them in their time of need, be that support and believe in them. So many of them are successful. Not everybody&rsquo;s successful, there are people that come back, but for all the people who are successful, it makes such a huge impact on our community and families, because these people are able to thrive and support the people around them, love them and take care of their kids, and work at the stores and fill the unemployment gaps.&rdquo;</p> <p>It&rsquo;s services like this that benefit from Recovery Resources fundraising events, like the August 17<sup>th</sup> Run for Recovery.</p> <p>&ldquo;It provides gap funding so our clients can get right out of jail, get right immersed in services, and then when they have that support, they do better.&rdquo;</p> <p>By registering for the run, or simply donating a few dollars &ndash; you are making a difference.</p> <p>&ldquo;Our clients face so many challenges and just being challenged by everything that the run is, is just a taste of what our clients go through every day. Just being able to share that experience and do something that positively impacts them is so important.&rdquo;</p> <p>&nbsp;<a href="https://wizathon.com/runforrecovery/">REGISTER FOR THE RUN FOR RECOVERY HERE</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Donate Hygiene Items to People in Need http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=33143 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Recovery Resources is holding a Spring Hygiene Drive through the month of June. "We Care Kits" will be put together with the items donated and given to our clients in need. <div>Recovery Resources is holding a Spring Hygiene Drive through the month of June. "We Care Kits" will be put together with the items donated and given to our clients in need.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Please consider dropping off unopened hygiene items (found in the list below) for those who need it most. Items can be dropped off to the front desk at any of our three locations.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Thank you for making a difference!</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>For questions, please contact Marketing &amp; Communications Manager Carrie Larsen at <a href="mailto:clarsen@recres.org">clarsen@recres.org</a>.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/we_care_flyer-1.jpg" alt="" width="541" height="700" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="/Donating">Consider making a monetary donation here</a></div> Recovery Resources' Jason Joyce featured in Cleveland Jewish News http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=33142 Tue, 28 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Recovery Resources Senior Director of Clinical Services Jason Joyce was recently featured in Cleveland Jewish News sharing his thoughts on mental health therapy. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/mental health-yep.jpg" alt="" width="459" height="306" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>In observance of May as Mental Health Awareness Month, Recovery Resources Senior Director of Clinical Services Jason Joyce was recently featured in Cleveland Jewish News sharing his thoughts on mental health therapy.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>From the article:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p class="p3"><em>Joyce described therapy as a &ldquo;helpful conversation.&rdquo;</em></p> <p class="p3"><em>&ldquo;What you find is there is a magic and a power in talking to someone,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The two biggest types are individual therapy and group therapy. Individual therapy is a good place to walk through individual goals with the privacy to talk. But in group therapy, there is the power of the group. Group therapy is good at letting people know they aren&rsquo;t alone.&rdquo;</em></p> </div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/health/therapy-option-for-those-needing-mental-health-services/article_b59e7d4a-7c9f-11e9-a6af-6fcf704cdfd6.html">Read the full article here</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="/MentalHealth">Learn about Recovery Resources Mental Health treatment opportunities</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> We're Hiring! Stop by the ADAMHS Board Career Fair http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=31144 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen WE’RE HIRING! Bring your resume and look for the Recovery Resources booth on Friday, May 10th at the ADAMHS Board Behavioral Healthcare & Human Services Career Fair. We are looking for passionate people to fill several positions. <div>WE&rsquo;RE HIRING! Bring your resume and look for Recovery Resources' booth on Friday, May 10th from at the ADAMHS Board Behavioral Healthcare &amp; Human Services Career Fair. It will be located at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cleveland East Beachwood (3663 Park East Drive, Beachwood, Ohio, 44122) from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. We are looking for passionate people to fill several positions, including Agency Clinicians, Assessors, Case Managers and Internships.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="/Careers">Check out our Careers Page</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Learn more about the ADAMHS Board Career Fair:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/2019 Career Flyer 2019.jpg" alt="" width="662" height="856" /></div> <div><a href="/ManagedFiles/2019 Career Flyer 2019.pdf">&nbsp;Download PDF</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Calling all Artists! http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=31143 Mon, 25 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Recovery Resources May Art Show is almost here and we are looking for artwork to display at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/artist call-twitter.jpg" alt="" width="408" height="204" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Recovery Resources May Art Show is almost here and we are looking for artwork to display at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center between May 1st and May 31st. If you are an artist interested in participating, please contact Carrie Larsen, Marketing &amp; Communications Manager, at <a href="mailto:clarsen@recres.org">clarsen@recres.org</a>&nbsp;or (216) 431-4131, ext. 2502.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The artwork will be displayed in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month. We are accepting all different forms of art, including canvas pieces, photography, paint, sketch, etc. You may choose to make your artwork for purchase or have it returned after the show.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Frequently Asked Questions:</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Q: Is there a specific subject or theme for the artwork that you're collecting?</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>A: We are accepting any variety of artwork, we just ask that the pieces do not include bad language, nudity, or violent images.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div><strong>Q: Is there a limit to the number of items turned in?</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>A: To give as many people as possible an opportunity to display their pieces, we are limiting each individual to four pieces.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Q: Where do we drop off the artwork?</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>A: You can drop off the artwork to Recovery Resources Midtown location &ndash; 3950 Chester Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114. When you get there, park in the back parking lot. Once inside, have the front desk call for Carrie Larsen or leave the artwork with the front desk. If you are unable to drop the pieces off at our location,&nbsp;we can arrange to have them picked up.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Q: Where and how will they be displayed?</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>A: The Art Show will be displayed in the very front of the Justice Center&rsquo;s lobby &ndash; right next to the entrance. The pieces will be displayed on several easels and large free-standing walls.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Q: Is there a specific size requirement for artwork?</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>A: We do not require artwork to be a certain size, however, there is a limited amount of space for pieces larger than 16"x24".</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Q: If chosen to put items for sale, is there a percentage that Recovery Resources will take?</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>A: If a piece is purchased, all of the money goes directly to the artist. We do not require that any percentage goes to us. However, if you wish to donate a portion of the money from the purchase to Recovery Resources, we can work with you to determine how that would happen.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Q: When do I need to drop off my artwork by?</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>A: We ask that artwork be dropped off to our Chester Ave. location by April 25th.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="/ManagedFiles/Release for Artwork.doc">Click here to download our artwork release form</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>If you are able to print out the artwork release form yourself, please bring it with you when dropping off your artwork. Otherwise, we will provide an arwork release form, which you can fill out in-person.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>New this year,&nbsp;we will highlight four artists as our &ldquo;Featured Artist of the Week&rdquo;. For one week each, the four artists will have one of their pieces prominently displayed in the center of the art show with a &ldquo;Featured Artist&rdquo; sign hanging above and a large poster board with a description about the artist/artwork next to it.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>NOTE: Including featured artists in the May Art Show is a direct effort to continue our goal of highlighting Mental Health Awareness Month. To be considered as a featured artist, we ask that you include how mental health affects your life and/or your artwork. This description can be a short as one sentence or as long as two paragraphs.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>If you are interested in being one of our featured artists, please contact Carrie Larsen and she will provide you with the featured artist form.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Click here for more information about&nbsp;<a href="/MentalHealthAwarenessMonth">Mental Health Awareness Month</a>.</div> </div> Problem Gambling: You Could be Playing with Your Life http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=23147 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen March is National Problem Gambling Awareness Month. In an effort to bring awareness to problem gambling, Andrea McGovern shares the story of her son's gambling addiction and suicide. <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jklersWifIM" width="425" height="350"></iframe></div> <div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Andrea McGovern lost her son Mike at the age of 28 to suicide around five years ago. Chronic pain and low self-esteem turned him to gambling, which quickly became a problem. Andrea believes it was her son's gambling addiction that directly lead to his suicide.</p> <p>&ldquo;We had a great family and he was a great guy. Everything in life is different since then,&rdquo; said Andrea.</p> <p>She says Mike began having problems after he was involved in an accident.</p> <p>&nbsp;&ldquo;Michael hurt his back very severely at about age 25. It totally changed his life. He was left with chronic pain after several operations. He gained a lot of weight from the medications. He had some long periods of unemployment and all of that did a lot to Michael&rsquo;s self-esteem,&rdquo; she said.</p> <p>Andrea believes all of these factors directly led to her son&rsquo;s gambling addiction, and ultimately, his suicide.</p> <p>&ldquo;Gambling got a hold of him and things just fell apart for him at that point. I remember thinking when it first happened, he was lying in his bed when we came to visit him at his house and I remember thinking, &lsquo;I don&rsquo;t want to leave him here alone.&rsquo;&rdquo;</p> <p>Recovery Resources Gambling Services Coordinator Michael Buzzelli says a problem gambling disorder can lead to many negative outcomes, including suicide.</p> <p>&ldquo;Gambling disorder has the highest suicide rate of any addiction. One in five or 20%. Often times a community sees gambling as a fun activity that everybody does. It&rsquo;s normal and the only consequence may be losing a few bucks here or there, but really, it can be much more serious than that,&rdquo; said Mike.</p> <p>If you or someone you know is experiencing problem gambling, there are resources that can help.</p> <p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s plenty of resources for loved ones. Things like <a href="https://www.gam-anon.org/">Gam-Anon</a>. There&rsquo;s also treatment at Recovery Resources that is free of charge for not only the assessment, but then individual therapy. What is great is that we also offer family therapy free of charge,&rdquo; said Mike.</p> <p>Find even more information about treatment opportunities at <a href="/GamblingAddiction">recres.org/GamblingAddiction</a>.</p> <p>Andrea is now part of the <a href="/cpgc">Cuyahoga Problem Gambling Coalition</a>, and is working hard to end problem gambling in our community.</p> <p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s really important for everybody to realize this can happen to anyone, and not to think it&rsquo;s somebody else&rsquo;s problem. It is an addiction just like any other addiction. The stakes are too big. It could be your life that you&rsquo;re playing with,&rdquo; said Andrea.</p> </div> Problem Gambling: Find the Willingness to Seek Help http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=30145 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month. Recovery Resources former client Giovanni Carriero shares the story of his gambling addiction and how it almost cost him his family.</div> <p><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CHZGZHHhSIc" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p>On November 12, 2016, Giovanni Carriero&rsquo;s wife, sister and brother sat him down and conducted an intervention. They told him he had to choose &ndash; his family or his gambling addiction.</p> <p>&ldquo;I recognized (my gambling addiction) prior to that intervention, but wasn&rsquo;t real strong in being able to talk about it. I tell my family every day that I&rsquo;m glad they did that. They led me into a direction of recovery and I&rsquo;ve been there ever since,&rdquo; said Giovanni.</p> <p>Three days after the intervention, Giovanni went to his first Gambling Anonymous (GA) meeting.</p> <p>&ldquo;My first GA meeting experience was terrifying. I was at the lowest point of my life, obviously, being in the first stage of recovery and the unknown was very scary.&rdquo;</p> <p>Giovanni continued to attend meetings and found help through Recovery Resources&nbsp;problem gambling treatment services. Gambling Counselor Ken Holt has seen between 10 and 15 people in two years and believes there is one key factor that helps his clients.</p> <p>&ldquo;I think the key to success in our program is really willingness. Having the willingness to take an honest look at yourself and your behavior. Really the core of any program of recovery is honesty,&rdquo; said Ken.</p> <p>Giovanni says he would tell someone struggling with a gambling addiction the exact same thing.</p> <p>&ldquo;For anybody that is on the fence or just hiding the fact that they have a problem, I know where you&rsquo;re at and I know where you&rsquo;ve been &ndash; we all do. The best advice that I can tell anybody would be to overcome your fears, take that step. Life is so much better once you&rsquo;ve passed that threshold and undertaken the knowledge, culpability and understanding that you have a disease. You&rsquo;re a compulsive gambler, you&rsquo;re going to be a compulsive gambler your whole life. There&rsquo;s no wrong time to shift your life and go down the path of recovery,&rdquo; said Giovanni.</p> <p><strong>What to Expect from Recovery Resources Problem Gambling Treatment Program</strong></p> <p>Recovery Resources is always accepting new clients who need help. Our&nbsp;problem gambling treatment services are paid for by lottery and casino grants, which means they are free to the public. Just stop by our Recovery Resources Midtown location (3950 Chester Ave) for an assessment. Here&rsquo;s what to expect from the program:</p> <p>&ldquo;Most of our gambling counselors will work with you at an individual level. The first step is really developing a sense of honesty &ndash; a sense of self-honesty and a sense of self-reflection. We also work on developing triggers. Learning what those triggers are that lead them to want to gamble and coming up with a new set of skills and support system to help us overcome those. &nbsp;We do all of these things to create a change, to create a life that is more fulfilling than the life with gambling,&rdquo; said Ken.</p> <p><a href="/GamblingAddiction">FIND MORE RESOURCES HERE</a></p> #BlackHistoryMonth: Four African-American Pioneers in Medicine http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=30144 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Learn about four African-American trailblazers in medicine and medical research. <div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Dr. Herbert Smitherman</strong></span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong><img src="/ManagedFiles/Dr. Herbert Smitherman.jpg" alt="" /></strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, geneva; color: black;">Dr. Herbert Smitherman was a pioneering executive and professional chemist at Proctor &amp; Gamble. Dr. Herbert Smitherman was a pioneering executive and professional chemist at Proctor &amp; Gamble who led the way for other African-Americans at the prestigious company in the 1960s. He was the first black person with a doctorate hired at Proctor &amp; Gamble. With a Ph.D in physical organic chemistry, Dr. Smitherman developed a number of incredibly popular patents, including Crest toothpaste, Safeguard soap, Bounce fabric softeners, Biz, Folgers Coffee and Crush soda, to name a few. Not only are they still on the shelves, but many of them are on display at the Cincinnati Museum Center in the featured exhibit, &ldquo;America I AM: The African-American Imprint.&rdquo;</span></p> <p style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, geneva; color: black;">Nicknamed the &ldquo;Jackie Robinson of Proctor &amp; Gamble,&rdquo; Dr. Smitherman spent 29 years there before turning in his labcoat to work as a professor at Wilberforce University. But after serving at the historically black college, Smitherman turned his attention to starting a high school called the Western Hills Design Technology School to help black students perform better in math and science.</span></p> <p style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, geneva; color: black;">A child of the south, Dr. Smitherman&rsquo;s family lived in Birmingham, Alabama, where his father served as a reverend. A young Smitherman would see his father&rsquo;s church burn down twice during their push for voting registration and voting rights.</span></p> <p style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, geneva; color: black;">He died&nbsp;October 9, 2010.</span></p> <p style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, geneva; color: black;">Dr. Smitherman&rsquo;s legacy was left in his association with HBCUs, specifically his alma mater, Tuskegee Institute, where he met his wife of 51 years; Howard University, where he got his PH.D, and Wilberforce University, where he enlightened many students on his world of historical innovation.</span></p> <p style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Dr. Alexa Irene Canady</strong></span></p> <p style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Dr. Alexa Irene Canady.jpg" alt="" width="479" height="270" /></p> <p style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, geneva; color: black;">It is because of Dr. Alexa Irene Canady's vision that she has forever changed the face of medicine.</span></p> <p style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, geneva; color: black;">Canady was born in Lansing, Michigan to Elizabeth Hortense (Golden) Canady and Dr. Clinton Canady, Jr. Her mother was an educator and former national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She became Chief of Neurosurgery at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital of Michigan in 1987 and held the position until her retirement in 2001. During her time as Chief, she specialized in congenital spinal abnormalities, hydrocephalus, trauma and brain tumors. Her work and accomplishments have opened the door for many surgeons to be of all races and genders.</span></p> <p style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, geneva; color: black;">When her internship ended in 1976, Canady moved to the University of Minnesota, becoming, as a resident of the university&rsquo;s department of neurosurgery, the first female African-American neurosurgery resident in the United States. Upon completing her residency in 1981, she became the country&rsquo;s first female African-American neurosurgeon.</span></p> <p style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, geneva; color: black;">&ldquo;Convincing the neurosurgery chairman that I was not a risk to drop out or be fired, a disaster in a program where there are only one or two residents per year was one of my hardest obstacles. I was the first African American woman [in the department]. Along with that, my other greatest obstacle was convincing myself that someone would give me a chance to work as a neurosurgeon.&rdquo;</span></p> <p style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, geneva; color: black;">She then became a surgical intern at the Yale-New Haven Hospital from 1975-1976, rotating und&nbsp;Dr. William F. Collins. Although being an exceptional student, she still faced prejudice and discriminative comments as she was both the first black and female intern in the program. She then became the first African American woman neurosurgery resident in the US at the University of Minnesota. Despite what people said about her, Canady viewed her accomplishments as something both women and African Americans could look up to.</span></p> <p style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana, geneva; color: black;">In addition to her other responsibilities, Canady conducted research and taught as a professor of neurosurgery at Wayne State University. She maintained a busy schedule until her retirement from the Children&rsquo;s Hospital in 2001. After retiring, Canady moved to Florida. When she learned that there were no pediatric neurosurgeons in her immediate area, she began to practice part-time at Pensacola&rsquo;s Sacred Heart Hospital.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Daniel Hale Williams</strong></span></p> <p><strong><img src="/ManagedFiles/daniel hale williams.jpg" alt="" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px;">The Pennsylvania native was one of the first physicians in the U.S. to perform open-heart surgery in 1893. In 1891, he also founded the Provident Hospital and Training School for Nurses, the first racially integrated nursing and intern program in the U.S.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px;">The heart surgery at Provident, which his patient survived for the next twenty years, is referred to as "the first successful heart surgery" by Encyclopedia Britannica. In 1913, Williams was elected as the only African-American charter member of the American College of Surgeons.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px;">Williams received honorary degrees from Howard and Wilberforce Universities, was named a charter member of the American College of Surgeons, and was a member of the Chicago Surgical Society.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px;">A Pennsylvania State Historical Marker was placed at U.S. Route 22 eastbound (Blair St., 300 block), Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, to commemorate his accomplishments and mark his boyhood home.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px;">Williams died of a stroke in Idlewild, Michigan on August 4, 1931.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Patricia Bath</strong></span></p> <p><strong><img src="/ManagedFiles/patricia bath.jpg" alt="" width="349" height="236" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px;">Born in 1942 in Harlem, Bath became a pioneer in the treatment and prevention of blindness. She also advocated for eyesight as a basic human right by founding the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness in 1976.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px;">Bath became the first African-American to complete a residency in ophthalmology in 1973, which led to her appointment two years later as the first woman faculty member at UCLA&rsquo;s Jules Stein Eye Institute. In 1988, Bath became the first African-American woman physician to receive a medical patent with her Laserphaco Probe, which improved cataract treatment.</span></p> </div> 20 Ways to Live a Healthier Lifestyle http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=29143 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>This January is National Mental Wellness Month and we want people to know: you can improve your overall mental wellness for a better and healthier lifestyle.</div> <div>You can improve your overall mental wellness for a better and healthier lifestyle.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="/MentalHealth">Learn about Recovery Resources mental health services</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Here is a list of things you can do to improve your mental wellness:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img style="float: left;" src="/ManagedFiles/mental wellness list.jpg" alt="" width="584" height="756" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Drug Overdose Deaths in Cuyahoga County Decreased in 2018 http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=29142 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office released the preliminary 2018 drug overdose statistics, showing a 23% reduction in fatal overdose deaths last year. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/medical examiner.jpg" alt="" width="607" height="464" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office released the preliminary 2018 drug overdose statistics on January 11, 2018, showing a 23% reduction in fatal overdose deaths last year.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The release states this is the first time in a decade there has been a decrease in overdose deaths in Cuyahoga County. While this is a step in the right direction, any amount of overdose deaths is too many.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"This is a gratifying development after so many years of effort on the part of many people. While all of our investigations are not finalized, it has become clear that 2018 will represent a step in the right direction with a decline in drug fatalities in our county,&rdquo; said Dr. Thomas Gilson, Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner. &ldquo;We are by no means back to where we were before this crisis started and these numbers, while encouraging, really indicate we need to strenuously continue our efforts.&rdquo;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://medicalexaminer.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_medicalexaminer/en-US/HeroinFentanylReports/011119-HeroinFentanylReport.pdf">Find the&nbsp;medical examiner's complete preliminary report here.</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Cuyahoga County Judge David Matia is interested in efforts being made in Wisconsin regarding Medication Assisted Treatment, specifically that anti-addiction drugs, like buphrenophine, are being used as a first response in emergency rooms. He would like the concept to be integrated in the Greater Cleveland Area.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"It is my belief that we work towards building similar infrastructure in our area.&nbsp; This may not be the work of our Task Force but I think it is a concept that all members our group, particularly those who work in medicine should be aware of," said Judge Matia.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/03/opioid-addiction-could-anti-addiction-drugs-help-doctors-think-so/2473754002/">You can find information about the MAT work being done in Wisconsin here.</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Recovery Resources offers Medication Assisted Treatment. You can find more information about the service <a href="/Addiction">here</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div>To refer someone to our MAT program, call 216-431-4131 #3</div> Recovery Resources Medical Director to Speak at State Conference http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=28144 Thu, 03 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Recovery Resources Medical Director Dr. Kathleen Clegg, M.D. will speak at this year's All-Ohio Institute on Community Psychiatry, March 15-16 in Columbus, OH. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/all ohio institute.jpg" alt="" width="515" height="536" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp; <p>At this year's All-Ohio Institute on Community Psychiatry, attendees will hear from Recovery Resources Medical Director Dr. Kathleen Clegg, M.D.</p> <p>Dr. Clegg became the Medical Director at Recovery Resources in March 2014, but is not new to us. She has been seeing clients and supervising psychiatry residents at Recovery Resources since 1994 as part of the Public Academic Liaison Program, a collaboration of University Hospitals Case Medical Center and the ADAMHS Board.</p> <p>Dr. Clegg is a full-time faculty member of the Department of Psychiatry at University Hospitals Case Medical Center where she has held the positions of Director of Public and Community Psychiatry Program since 2008, Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry since 1999 and Director of the Public Academic Liaison Program since 1996.&nbsp;</p> <p>She has been an Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine since 2006. In addition, she is a faculty member at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. Dr. Clegg is board certified in psychiatry and addiction psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and has served as an examiner for the ABPN for more than ten years.&nbsp;</p> <p>Dr. Clegg is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a member of the American College of Psychiatrists and of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. She has more than twenty years of experience in community mental health centers in Cuyahoga County. Particular areas of interest include integrated behavioral and physical health care, medical student and resident education, disaster psychiatry and the area of compassion fatigue and self-care for caregivers.</p> <p>The focus of this year's state conference will address the impact of the State of Ohio's behavioral health redesign on the clinical care being delivered by community mental health providers to consumers of service.</p> <p><a href="/ManagedFiles/2019%20All%20Ohio%20brochure%20(final).pdf">Learn more about the conference and register here.</a></p> </div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Five Ways to Ward off Winter Blues http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=27142 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Take care of your mental health during these cold months. We have some tips to warding off the winter blues. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/5 Ways to Wardoff Winter Blues.png" alt="" width="482" height="241" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>It's important to stay positive and active through these&nbsp;winter months. Anyone can feel down with the lack of sunshine and cold temperatures, but we want you to take care of yourself - mentally and physically! Here are some tips to warding off the winter blues:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>1. Exercise</strong> -&nbsp;Exercise is known to increase your levels of serotonin and endorphins, leading to a happier mood. While it's understandable that many people are less than keen about participating in outdoor activities during these chilly months, keep in mind that there are many ways to keep active while staying indoors. Join a gym class, walk on the treadmill while watching TV, or try out a new lively game on Wii.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>2. Socialize</strong> -&nbsp;Building and maintaining social networks is an important way to keep a positive outlook. When you're feeling down, it's natural to want to isolate yourself from others. But spending time with family, friends, and other people is a sure way to lighten your mood. Try joining a weekly art class or volunteering for a local organization. If you can't bear the thought of leaving your cozy home, then organize and invite your friends over for regular game nights or TV nights.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>3. Take Vitamin D</strong> -&nbsp;In the summer, we normally get the vitamin D we require from the sun. However, you may not be getting a sufficient amount of vitamin D during the winter because of decreased exposure to sunlight. Many studies have suggested a link between vitamin D deficiency and poor mood. Although more research is needed to confirm that this vitamin can lift your mood, supplementing with vitamin D during the winter months will give you many of the other benefits you may be missing.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>4. Keep a regular sleep schedule</strong> -&nbsp;Research has shown that lack of sleep may actually lead to anxiety, mood disorders, and depression. To keep a regular sleep-wake cycle, make sure you go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day, even on weekends. It's important to avoid naps throughout the day as they can throw off your sleep schedule. To help get you energized and ready for the day, try sleeping with the blinds open so you are exposed to sunlight as soon as you wake up. Otherwise, try to get out into the bright light as soon as possible.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>5. Eat well</strong> - Stick to healthier foods that will keep your energy levels up, such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and foods packed with protein. This will keep you healthy while giving you the energy you need to stay active and social until a brighter season comes along.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Browns player selects Recovery Resources for NFL's #MyCauseMyCleats campaign http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=26150 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen This is really cool - As part of the NFL's #MyCauseMyCleats campaign, Browns Offensive Lineman Greg Robinson has selected Recovery Resources as his charitable cause. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/robinson-cleats.jpg" alt="" width="449" height="270" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>December 3, 2018 (Cleveland, OHIO) --</strong> As part of the NFL's #MyCauseMyCleats campaign,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/">Cleveland Browns</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/players-roster/greg-robinson/">Offensive Lineman Greg Robinson</a> has selected Recovery Resources as his charitable cause.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Robinson designed the pictured cleats, which say "Stop Drug Abuse", to reflect the opioid crisis. He wore them at last week's game against the Texans, and will wear them one last time during the December 9th game at home against the Panthers.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>NFL will then auction these cleats off&nbsp;<a href="https://nflauction.nfl.com/iSynApp/showPage.action?sid=1100783&amp;pageName=partners&amp;pgmode1=myCleats&amp;pgmode2=partner">on their website</a> with proceeds benefiting Recovery Resources.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>We are extremely grateful to Greg Robinson for this incredible honor, and wish him and the Browns the best of luck the rest of the season.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://www.nfl.com/mycausemycleats">Learn more about NFL's #MyCauseMyCleats campaign</a></div> <div><a href="https://923thefan.radio.com/galleries/30-browns-players-participating-nfls-my-cause-my-cleats-campaign">See more causes the Cleveland Browns selected</a></div> Recovery Resources 2018 Client Holiday Wish List http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=26147 Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>As the weather becomes cold and the holidays draw near, for many of our clients, this can be a difficult time of year. Find&nbsp;out some of the items they need nost&nbsp;and how&nbsp;else you can help here.</div> <div>As the weather becomes cold and the holidays draw near, for many of our clients this can be a difficult time of year. We are grateful for all donations, monetary and items that may help our clients stay warm, find transportation for treatment and support returning to work. Please consider making a donation today. Donations can be dropped off at our Chester location <strong>(3950 Chester Avenue, Cleveland Ohio 44114)</strong> mailed or made online at <a href="/Donating">recres.org/Donating</a>. Please attention all donation items to Marketing and Development. Thank you and together we can make a difference.<br /><br /></div> <div><a href="/Contact">Find our Hours</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Wish List-18.jpg" alt="" width="642" height="830" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Do you have extra coats lying around the house? We'll take them!</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Through December 31st, we are&nbsp;collecting coats for our "Share the Warmth" campaign.&nbsp;<a href="/BlogFeed?ID=26145">Learn more details here.</a></div> Recovery Resources Celebrates #GivingTuesday with Coat Drive for Those in Need http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=26145 Mon, 26 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen This #GivingTuesday, Recovery Resources will celebrate giving with a coat drive for our clients working towards recovery. <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/header-2.jpg" alt="" width="443" height="128" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p><strong>November 16, 2018 (Cleveland, OH</strong>) &ndash; This #GivingTuesday, Recovery Resources will celebrate giving with a coat drive for our clients working towards recovery.</p> <p>#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. Following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this year&rsquo;s #GivingTuesday will take place on November 27<sup>th</sup> and will kick off the giving season by inspiring people to collaborate and give back.</p> <p>Recovery Resources has been providing treatment and recovery opportunities for people living in the Cleveland area for over 60 years. Each year, more than 10,000 people benefit from our services, including job training and housing for those in need. We care for clients from all socio-economic backgrounds, but the highest demand comes from those living in poverty. This holiday season, we are asking the community to come forward and #SharetheWarmth, by offering their gently-used coats.</p> <p>&ldquo;We will be accepting coats of all sizes, for all different ages, as many of our clients have family members in need. Please consider sharing the warmth. Your generosity can make a difference in someone&rsquo;s well-being this holiday season,&rdquo; said Recovery Resources President &amp; CEO Pam Gill.</p> <p>Coats may be dropped off through December 31, 2018 to the reception desk at any of our three locations:</p> <p><strong>4269 Pearl Road, Old Brooklyn, OH</strong></p> <p><strong>3950 Chester Ave., Cleveland, OH</strong></p> <p><strong>14805 Detroit Ave. #200, Lakewood, OH</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;Thank you for sharing the warmth.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="/Donating">Learn more about our #GivingTuesday efforts here.</a></p> </div> House of Blues Cleveland to Host Thanksgiving Buffet for Those in Need http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=26144 Mon, 19 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Green Orange Autumn Thanksgiving Invitation (1).jpg" alt="" width="480" height="672" /> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Service Description:</strong>&nbsp;Provides a Thanksgiving meal for those in need. Serves 400 people. Live musical entertainment. All ages welcome.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>How service is provided:</strong>&nbsp;Onsite buffet. Sit down meal (no take-out).</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Who Qualifies:</strong>&nbsp;Must be in need (homeless, low income, alone, etc.)</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Hours of Service:</strong>&nbsp;Thanksgiving Day from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Fees/Admission:</strong>&nbsp;Free</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>How to Access:</strong>&nbsp;Walk in for service</div> </div> How to Dress in Your Best Rock Hall Chic http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=25142 Fri, 12 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>The&nbsp;suggested dress at Recovery Resources November 3rd Bronze Key Gala, Rockin' to Recovery, is "rock hall chic." Not exactly sure what that means? We're here to help! Check out this post to get some ideas on what to wear that evening.</div> <div>The suggested dress at Recovery Resources November 3rd Bronze Key Gala, Rockin' to Recovery, is "rock hall chic." Not exactly sure what that means? We're here to help!&nbsp;Scroll down to get some ideas:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/dresses-final-1.jpg" alt="" width="702" height="909" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Jackets-final.jpg" alt="" width="698" height="903" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/tops-FINAL.jpg" alt="" width="669" height="865" />&nbsp;<img src="/ManagedFiles/pants-final.jpg" alt="" width="698" height="904" /></div> <div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/ACCESSORIES.jpg" alt="" width="667" height="863" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<img src="/ManagedFiles/SHOES-FINAL.jpg" alt="" width="669" height="865" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="/BronzeKey">Learn more about the Bronze Key Gala and purchase tickets here</a></h2> <div style="text-align: left;"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></div> <div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp; &nbsp;</div> Get to Know Bronze Key Gala Musical Guest Ricky Byrd http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=24147 Tue, 09 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>Get to know Recovery Resources November 3rd Bronze Key Gala musical guest, Ricky Byrd! He is a 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, former guitarist of Joan Jett &amp; The Blackhearts, and major advocate for recovery.</div> <div><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uRRvSKHzI7w" width="425" height="350"></iframe></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p><strong>October 9, 2018 (Cleveland, OH) --</strong> Ricky Byrd, a 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and former guitarist for Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, has a new mission for his music &ndash; rocking out for recovery.</p> <p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m clean and sober 31 years in about three months," said Byrd.</p> <p>The talented rock star travels around the country spreading the message: you can live a life in recovery.</p> <p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot of people that are in that hallway between denial and surrender, in that dark hallway. One, there is plenty of help out there. You&rsquo;ve got to get to the point where you&rsquo;re done and you have got to reach out. When you have crossed over to this line of recovery, because I&rsquo;ve been given this gift, it&rsquo;s my responsibility to turn around and see that dark hallway and wave people towards the light," said Byrd.</p> <p>In July, he shared his story to a crowd gathered for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Rock &amp; Recovery event.</p> <p>&ldquo;A person&rsquo;s got to be ready to stop, but people like us have to be there for them when they are ready, and take them by the hand and say, 'You don&rsquo;t have to live like this anymore baby, there&rsquo;s another way to live',&rdquo; Byrd told the crowd.</p> <p>He&nbsp;will make his return to the Rock Hall on November 3rd for Recovery Resources&nbsp;Bronze Key Gala, to inspire those supporting our mission.</p> <p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a way out. That&rsquo;s the key. I&rsquo;m smiling because I know there&rsquo;s a solution. I know it&rsquo;s difficult when you&rsquo;re in the heat of the night and craving for a fix, but there&rsquo;s a solution," said Byrd.</p> <p><a href="https://one.bidpal.net/rocknrecovery/welcome">Purchase your Rockin' to Recovery tickets and learn more about the event here.</a></p> </div> MetroHealth and Recovery Resources Partner on Behavioral Health and Addiction http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=24145 Tue, 02 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Recovery Resources has been acquired by The MetroHealth System and will join together to usher in a new era in integrated health care. The partnership expands services for the community, allowing current clients and patients to receive coordinated care for physical health, mental illness, alcoholism, drug and other addictions. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Untitled design (7).png" alt="" width="402" height="201" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>October 2, 2018 (Cleveland, OH)</strong> -- Recovery Resources has been acquired by The MetroHealth System and will join together to usher in a new era in integrated health care. The partnership expands services for the community, allowing current clients and patients to receive coordinated care for physical health, mental illness, alcoholism, drug and other addictions.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Read the full press release <a href="/ManagedFiles/RR.MH Press Release-final-1.pdf">here</a>.</div> Recovery Resources featured on WEWS-TV http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=24142 Thu, 13 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Recovery Resources made headlines Thursday, Sept. 13, as WEWS-TV News 5 Cleveland aired a story with our very own Associate Director of Integrated Care, Steve Schreiber. <div><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/AZ8S89hbK_c" width="425" height="350"></iframe></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Recovery Resources made headlines Thursday, Sept. 13, as WEWS-TV News 5 Cleveland aired a story with our very own Associate Director of Integrated Care, Steve Schreiber. He discusses the treatment options our agency provides and how the demand is staying high.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Read the full article here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/e-team/ohio-students-could-see-unique-preventative-performance-about-addiction-getting-help">https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/e-team/ohio-students-could-see-unique-preventative-performance-about-addiction-getting-help</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Recovery Resources to partner with Kent State University http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=23143 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen This 2018 fall semester, Recovery Resources joins Kent State University to provide hands-on experience in their Addictions Counseling Certificate Program. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/1280_profile.jpg" alt="" width="288" height="189" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This 2018 fall semester, Recovery Resources joins Kent State University to provide hands-on experience in their <a href="https://www.kent.edu/ehhs/ldes/ces/addictions-counseling-certificate-program">Addictions Counseling Certificate Program</a>.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Here's what this partnership will include:</div> <ul> <li>Students will have access to a wide range of experiences throughout their internship and practicum, including individual and group counseling services.</li> <li>They will receive essential job skills to prepare them for their career as substance use counsel<span class="text_exposed_show">ors.&nbsp;</span></li> <li>Partnering in this intensive program allows students to receive their certificate in one year, enhancing workforce development in the field.</li> </ul> <div>According to Kent State,&nbsp;The Addictions Counseling Certificate Program (ACCP) provides&nbsp;students at the undergraduate and graduate levels and working professionals in behavioral sciences with the educational&nbsp;content&nbsp;necessary&nbsp;to&nbsp;apply&nbsp;for&nbsp;chemical dependency counselor&nbsp;licensure in Ohio issued by&nbsp;the&nbsp;Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board. Students can complete the certificate in 12 months and all of the classes are offered in-person at the Kent campus.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Run for Recovery: How to Prepare for a 5K Race http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=23142 Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Here's some tips to be 5K race ready! <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/showGraphic.png" alt="" width="457" height="148" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: left;">The 6th Annual Run for Recovery is almost here and we have some tips to be 5K race ready!</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <h2>1. Get your z's.</h2> <p>Pre-race jitters tend to strike the night before the race, interrupting your sleep. When it comes to running for beginners or even experienced racers, trust that this is normal and will not influence your race. Prepare yourself instead by getting quality sleep two nights before the race and taking that day completely off from any activity.</p> <h2>2. Keep it light.</h2> <p>During race week, your running mileage should decrease. At this point, your training is really about "storing up" rest so your legs are ready on race day. During the week, include two to three short runs with a few, small pick ups&mdash;short, snappy segments that get your legs moving faster and prepare you for the faster tempo of the race&mdash;to keep your legs fresh. Two days out from the race, take a day off for total rest. The day before the race, do a short (20-minute) run with up to five pick ups under 45 seconds to sharpen your legs.</p> <h2>3. Fill the tank.</h2> <p>On race morning, be sure to eat the breakfast you've practiced in training. Aim to eat about 2 hours prior to the race. Keep it simple&mdash;a bowl of oatmeal with dried fruit, a sports bar, bagel with peanut butter. Eat something high energy and easily digestible. Be sure to include hydration&mdash;water, sports drink if it's warm outside to give you the electrolytes you need, and coffee if that's part of your normal routine.</p> <h2>4. Get there early.</h2> <p>There's a lot to be done on race morning including parking, packet pick-up, waiting in line for the restroom, warming up. Arrive at the race site 60 minutes prior to the start&mdash;knowing where you can park, what time packet pick-up closes (if you couldn't do it the day before) and where to go for the starting line.</p> <h2>5. Warm it up.</h2> <p>About 25 minutes prior to the race, get warmed up. Start with a 10 minute easy jog, then slowly build your pace for 5 minutes. Then, include up to five short pick ups under 30 seconds at race pace. Gently stretch any tight muscles after your warm up.</p> <h2>6. Get in line.</h2> <p>The starting line can be crowded and nerve-wracking with so many people and different paces. Starting in the middle to back of the pack is safe for most beginners. You will start with those around your pace and you will have many more ahead of you to chase down.</p> <h2>7. Pace yourself.</h2> <p>Most racers give their best effort in the first mile leaving two more to go! Aim to negative split your effort on race day&mdash;that simply means finishing the second half of the race faster than you ran the first half. Start conservatively and build your effort throughout the run. When you start out too fast, your body works too hard too soon and fizzles after the first mile, making your overall time slower, not faster. In the last quarter mile, kick it in to the finish line to finish strong.</p> <h2>8. Keep it positive.</h2> <p>When things get tough, it's common for the little voice in your head to start telling you all the reasons why you will fail or why you should slow down. Often, having a positive mantra for the race&mdash;such as "I can do it" or "Fast feet to the finish line"&mdash;will distract you from any pain and keep you focused. Practice these affirmations during your harder training sessions so they become automatic on race day.</p> <h2>9. Breathe.</h2> <p>On race day, let go of any comparisons to other runners and release any worries or doubts. You've done the training and if you have the desire to get to the finish line, you will arrive. At the starting line, take a few deep breaths and assure yourself that you have what it takes to cover 3.1 miles. Revisit your best training sessions to find the confidence you need.</p> <h2>10. Capitalize on the high.</h2> <p>The post-race high can be exhilarating. Capitalize on it to keep your momentum going and set new goals for the next finish line, wherever that might be. Sign up for another run race a few weeks later to keep yourself motivated to continue with your new habits, to test your progress or just to have fun.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.active.com/running/articles/what-to-do-before-your-5k">https://www.active.com/running/articles/what-to-do-before-your-5k</a></p> </div> Recovery Resources Honors Kevin Love as 2018 Bronze Key Award Recipient http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=22142 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Recovery Resources will honor Cleveland Cavaliers player Kevin Love with the 2018 Bronze Key Award for his willingness to come forward about his mental illness. <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/kevin love social.jpg" alt="" width="392" height="196" /></p> <p><strong>July 25, 2018 (Cleveland, OHIO)</strong> &ndash; Cleveland Cavaliers player Kevin Love is becoming well-known for much more than his skills on the basketball court. The star forward is being applauded on a national scale for his courage to open up about his battle with depression and anxiety.</p> <p>Locally, he is being acknowledged by Recovery Resources. The agency will honor Love with the 2018 Bronze Key Award for his willingness to come forward about his mental illness. The Bronze Key Award acknowledges a person/organization who champions support for those diagnosed with mental illness and/or addiction through action.</p> <p>Love first spoke out in an article he wrote for <em>The Players&rsquo; Tribune</em>. After suffering from a panic attack during a November game, he decided to seek help for his anxiety and depression. Since the article was posted, Love has become extremely vocal about his mental illness and is working hard to break the negative stigma that surrounds mental health.</p> <p>&ldquo;Everyone is going through something that we can&rsquo;t see. Not talking about our inner lives robs us of really getting to know ourselves and robs us of the chance to reach out to others in need. So if you&rsquo;re reading this and you&rsquo;re having a hard time, no matter how big or small it seems to you, I want to remind you that you&rsquo;re not weird or different for sharing what you&rsquo;re going through. Just the opposite. It could be the most important thing you do. It was for me,&rdquo; said Love in his <em>Player&rsquo;s Tribune</em> article.</p> <p>Read Love&rsquo;s full article here: <a href="https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kevin-love-everyone-is-going-through-something">https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kevin-love-everyone-is-going-through-something</a></p> <p>Throughout the month of May, nationally recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month, Love appeared in several Mental Wellness PSAs, alongside Toronto Raptors&rsquo; DeMar DeRozan.</p> <p>&ldquo;I think everyone walks around with something you can&rsquo;t see. The best thing that I did was to come out and say, &lsquo;Hey look, I need some help&rsquo;,&rdquo; said Love in NBA&rsquo;s Mental Wellness PSA.</p> <p>Join Recovery Resources for the Rockin&rsquo; To Recovery Bronze Key Gala on November 3 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as we recognize Kevin Love for bringing national attention to a disease that affects 1 in 4 adults.</p> <p>Find out more information about the Rockin&rsquo; To Recovery Bronze Key Gala and purchase tickets at recres.org/BronzeKey.</p> MetroHealth Launches First-Ever Podcast Series On Opioid Epidemic http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=21144 Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen MetroHealth has launched its first-ever podcast, “Prescription for Hope," which is part of a series discussing the opioid epidemic. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/sx285Dtj.jpg" alt="" width="321" height="168" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p><strong>Cleveland, OHIO (July 6, 2018) &ndash; </strong>Recovery Resources community partner,<strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.metrohealth.org/">MetroHealth</a></strong>, has launched its first-ever podcast, &ldquo;Prescription for Hope.&rdquo;</p> <p>According to MetroHealth, the first season will feature six episodes focusing on the opioid crisis and how their employees are working to battle the epidemic.</p> <p>The first episode, &ldquo;Dawn,&rdquo; is now available. It features Dr. Joan Papp explaining the crisis and how she was inspired to launch Project DAWN and MetroHealth&rsquo;s new Office of Opioid Safety, where she now serves as medical director.</p> <p>Upcoming episodes, released every two weeks, will highlight other individuals and initiatives.</p> <p>Find the &ldquo;Prescription for Hope&rdquo; podcast by searching for &ldquo;MetroHealth&rdquo; in your favorite podcast app. Listen on your desktop with the links below. You can also tell your Amazon device, &ldquo;Alexa, play &lsquo;Prescription for Hope&rsquo; podcast.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;Prescription for Hope&rdquo; is produced by MetroHealth&rsquo;s communications team.</p> <p>&ldquo;Prescription for Hope&rdquo; on iTunes:</p> <p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/prescription-for-hope/id1396504896?mt=2">https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/prescription-for-hope/id1396504896?mt=2</a></p> <p>&ldquo;Prescription for Hope&rdquo; on Sound Cloud:</p> <p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/metrohealth/">https://soundcloud.com/metrohealth/</a></p> </div> Voices for Recovery: Education helps break down negative stigma of addiction http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=20144 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Recovery Resources Associate Board member Michael Gray offers his voice to raise awareness and break down the negative stigma of addiction and mental illness ahead of the August 18th Run for Recovery. <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/mike3.png" alt="" width="346" height="259" /></p> <p>&nbsp;Recovery Resources Associate Board member Michael Gray has seen the effects of addiction firsthand.</p> <p>&ldquo;My experience sort of runs the gambit. I&rsquo;ve seen people who you would never expect to be involved with drinking or drugs suddenly become involved,&rdquo; said Michael.</p> <p>Michael says when he was younger, his parents did their best to shield him from seeing the addiction struggles certain family members were dealing with. As he grew up, Michael became more aware of what was happening.</p> <p>&ldquo;It really sort of opened my eyes and changed the way I looked at life in general, especially now that I have a son.&rdquo;</p> <p>Today, as an adult, he sees the negative stigma of addiction continue to grow and wants to do his part to help raise awareness, especially with his two-year-old son.</p> <p>&ldquo;With my son, I think it&rsquo;s important not to completely shield and close everything off. You have to educate, and you have to make sure that they know these things exist. He&rsquo;s very young and so I can&rsquo;t just sit down with him, but I&rsquo;m very conscious of what he&rsquo;s seeing, what he&rsquo;s going to see as he becomes a student. He&rsquo;s going to be around other people and exposed to all of these things in the world. I&rsquo;m thinking now, even now, which is sad, but I&rsquo;m thinking now how I&rsquo;m going to approach that, talk to him about it, and make sure that we can go through it together.&rdquo;</p> <p>Michael believes addiction shouldn&rsquo;t be a big, bad, scary thing. It should be discussed and seen as a preventable and treatable disease.</p> <p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re at a point now where people can get into (drugs/alcohol) as young as middle school, and sometimes even earlier. When our youth is capable of understanding what they&rsquo;re seeing and how to deal with it, they&rsquo;re going to be in a much better position than if they&rsquo;re going in blind,&rdquo; said Michael.</p> <p>He encourages other parents to start thinking about how to approach a conversation with their children about drugs and alcohol, and their potential effects.</p> <p>&ldquo;I think if you have a child or someone that you&rsquo;re trying to educate, you have to do your best to make sure that within reason they understand what they may face in their own lives, and give them the tools that they need to deal with that to help society as a whole,&rdquo; said Michael.</p> <p>Michael is offering his voice leading up to Recovery Resources August 18<sup>th</sup> Run for Recovery. He encourages others to share their story to help break down that negative stigma of addiction, alcoholism and mental illness.</p> <p>To learn more information, to register or donate to the Run for Recovery, visit our webpage at <a href="https://wizathon.com/runforrecovery/">wizathon.com/RunforRecovery</a>.</p> <p><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/-4ib3IuSkQI" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Win a weekend rental with a Maserati Ghibli! http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=20143 Wed, 30 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>As part of Recovery Resources efforts to raise money and awareness for the August 18th Run for Recovery, individuals registered to run or walk have the chance to win a weekend rental with a Maserati Ghibli!</div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/maserati.png" alt="" width="350" height="244" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>May 30, 2018 (Cleveland, OH) --&nbsp;</strong>As part of Recovery Resources efforts to raise money and awareness for the August 18th Run for Recovery, individuals registered to run or walk have the chance to win a weekend rental with a 2018 Maserati Ghibli from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.clevelandmotorsports.com/">Cleveland Motorsports</a>!</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Here's how the promotion works - whoever raises the most money between June 1st and midnight on June 30th wins. You must be signed up to run or walk in the event. You must be at least 25 years old and some terms and conditions apply,&nbsp;provided by Cleveland Motorsports.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>If you are not yet registered for the Run for Recovery, you can sign up at <a href="https://wizathon.com/runforrecovery/">www.wizathon.com/RunforRecovery</a>.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Recovery Resources will announce the winner after June 30th.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>ABOUT THE RUN FOR RECOVERY</strong></div> <div> <p>Each year, Recovery Resources strives to advance the cause of National Recovery Month. In 2013, we generated community support and awareness by hosting our first annual Run for Recovery. Since then, the Run for Recovery has grown each year, turning into one of the best ways to celebrate recovery.</p> <p>For our 6th Annual Run for Recovery, we're excited to be back at&nbsp;Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. All 5K&nbsp;and walk&nbsp;participants&nbsp;will receive a free ticket to spend&nbsp;the day at the Zoo. There will be a lot of family-friendly activities during the event, including the chance to write a message on our "Wall of Hope". Organized&nbsp;by the Recovery Resources Associate Board, and Co-Chairs Christine Benner and Cally Fleming, Run for Recovery is an excellent way to kick-off Recovery Month.</p> <div>Online registration closes at 9:00&nbsp;a.m. on August 17, 2018, but please feel free to register at the event.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Schedule:</div> <div> <div>7:00 am&nbsp;- 8:40 am&nbsp;Packet Pick Up and Walk-up&nbsp;Registration</div> <div>8:15 am&nbsp;Open Ceremony</div> <div>8:25 am&nbsp;Kids' Fun Run&nbsp;</div> <div>8:30 am&nbsp;5K Race</div> <div>9:15 am&nbsp;1 Mile Wellness Walk<strong>&nbsp;</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pOSZoldSE4A" width="425" height="350"></iframe></strong></div> </div> </div> Art Show Highlights Mental Health Awareness Month http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=19142 Tue, 29 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>To highlight May as Mental Health Awareness Month, Recovery Resources is partnering with the Cuyahoga County Justice Center to showcase artwork created by artists diagnosed with mental illnesses and recovering from addictions.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/may art show.jpg" alt="" width="288" height="215" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>May 1, 2018 (Cleveland, OHIO) --</strong>&nbsp;May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and to bring awareness to the subject, Recovery Resources has partnered with the Cuyahoga County Justice Center for the&nbsp;May Art Show. Its purpose is&nbsp;to showcase artwork created by artists diagnosed with mental illnesses and recovering from addictions.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know whether they&rsquo;ve had the chance to express those talents previously or not. This may be the first time they have a chance to do that and you find out all this wonderful stuff that&rsquo;s inside them that can be expressed in canvas, on a photograph, a sketch, whatever it might be,&rdquo; said Judge Robert McClelland.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Each work of art celebrates, highlights and breaks down the stigma of mental illness. Cuyahoga County Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Court judges work hard to do that every day.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Judge McClelland resides on the docket, and has practiced law for 31 years. He joined the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court in 2011.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&ldquo;The best thing we&rsquo;re doing right now is having a mental health docket with five judges. I came on the bench as a civil lawyer with very little experience in the mental health field, so I&rsquo;ve learned a ton and things that I may have believed previously I learned were totally wrong. It&rsquo;s been a good experience,&rdquo; said Judge McClelland.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Judge McClelland says the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Court is in place to help as many people as possible stay out of jail and get the treatment they need, which makes connections with agencies like Recovery Resources essential.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&ldquo;Our goal if at all possible, if it&rsquo;s not a violent crime, is to get them out of this jail as soon as possible, but not until they have all the things to be successful. They&rsquo;ve got appointments at Recovery Resources, they&rsquo;ve got a psychiatric appointment, they&rsquo;re going to get their medications, and they have somewhere to live, a safe place to live. I think we&rsquo;re finding more and more we&rsquo;re being successful in doing that and the more we can do that, it saves a lot of dollars, it saves lives, it saves their ability to have a good successful life,&rdquo; said Judge McClelland.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The May Art Show can be found in the Cuyahoga County Justice Center lobby until May 31<sup>st</sup>. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.recres.org/MentalHealthAwarenessMonth">www.recres.org/MentalHealthAwarenessMonth</a>.</div> <div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hGMxJoMD1OI" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> </div> Issue 9 passes by overwhelming amount of votes in Cuyahoga County http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=19143 Thu, 10 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>According to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, Issue 9, the two-year tax renewal of health and human services&nbsp;received very strong support by voters. The issue passed by an overwhelming 73 percent of votes.</div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/hhs-logo-2018.png" alt="" width="386" height="149" />&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>May 10, 2018 (Cleveland, OHIO) --</strong> According to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, Issue 9, the two-year tax renewal of health and human services&nbsp;received very strong support by voters. The issue passed by an overwhelming 73 percent of votes.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Issue 9 is a 3.9-mill two-year tax renewal that will bring in $104M annually. It will provide treatment for the mentally ill and those addicted to drugs, as well as ensure that last-resort medical care is available to everyone in the county at serveral hospitals and treatment agencies.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"We are truly grateful to the community for its support of the levy and the critical services it provides to our county's most vulnerable populations," said members of the County Action Committee in a statement.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Recovery Resources also&nbsp;recognizes voters for supporting such an important issue. Thanks to you, more people will be able to receive the care they need.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Best-Selling Author David Sheff: Addiction is a Disease http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=18142 Wed, 02 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen At Recovery Resources Annual Meeting, Best-selling author David Sheff spoke candidly on addiction and the suffering a family endures along with it. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/sheff annual.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="208" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p>At Recovery Resources Annual Meeting, Best-selling author David Sheff spoke candidly on addiction and the suffering a family endures along with it.</p> <p>&ldquo;I think parents like me are hardwired for denial. We deny what&rsquo;s in front of our eyes because acknowledging the truth is too scary,&rdquo; said Sheff.</p> <p>The truth he once struggled so hard to accept was his son Nic&rsquo;s addiction to drugs.</p> <p>&ldquo;(Nic) was kind, joyful, lovely, and smart. I&rsquo;m his dad so maybe I&rsquo;m a little prejudice, but I watched him proudly as he grew up. He grew up strong and he seemed so self-assured. He was a good student and an athlete. I&rsquo;m not saying it to brag, I&rsquo;m saying it to show how clueless I was.&rdquo;</p> <p>Sheff shared that Nic&rsquo;s drug use started at age 11 when he smoked marijuana for the first time. He then turned to heroin and methamphetamine.</p> <p>&ldquo;He didn&rsquo;t care who it hurt. He didn&rsquo;t care that he was hurting me, his mom and his little brother and sister, which astounded me,&rdquo; said Sheff.</p> <p>They sought out treatment centers for help, but to Sheff&rsquo;s surprise, many health officials told him something he, at the time, couldn&rsquo;t believe.</p> <p>&ldquo;When my son became addicted I kept hearing from people in various programs that he was sick, that he had a disease. I didn&rsquo;t buy it at all.&rdquo;</p> <p>Today, Sheff&rsquo;s view is completely different. He spends his time educating communities about this very idea. That addiction is a disease.</p> <p>&ldquo;Over time after doing a lot of research I began to understand that the reason (Nic) did those things is because he has a disease and it&rsquo;s a brain disease. It&rsquo;s an incontrovertible fact at this point. Once I understood that Nic was ill, that he had a brain disease, my anger instantly shifted to compassion. It just broke my heart. I said, &lsquo;Oh my son, my poor son has this disease.&rsquo;&rdquo;</p> <p>Watching Nic&rsquo;s harrowing journey with addiction and recovery process, led Sheff to write two books &ndash; <em>Beautiful Boy</em> and his most recent, <em>Clean</em>, which educates on the latest research in psychology, neuroscience, and medicine that drug use is preventable and addiction is a treatable disease.</p> <p>&ldquo;There is all kinds of evidence. I&rsquo;ve seen brain scans to prove that the brains of people who are addicted are different. When (addicts) understand that, they can then realize it&rsquo;s still no fun, but maybe they can take some of that judgment and that self-loathing away from it and realize, okay I&rsquo;m sick. What do you do when you&rsquo;re sick? You go get help,&rdquo; said Sheff.</p> <p>While Sheff works hard to spread the message that addiction is a disease to communities across the country, he has learned that getting everyone on board with the idea isn&rsquo;t easy.</p> <p>&ldquo;The problem is, there&rsquo;s so much resistance still. The disease still is stigmatized and the obstacles to getting really good treatment is hard.&rdquo;</p> <p>Though, Sheff says he finds comfort and is hopeful, after seeing Recovery Resources efforts to create change and help people triumph.</p> <p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just so impressed and feel like I&rsquo;ve found the place that&rsquo;s doing it right. It really gets the fact that this is a complicated disease that you can&rsquo;t treat easily. You can&rsquo;t treat it with one modality. It takes a combination of various kinds of therapies, integrating the other issues that come up in a person&rsquo;s life. What you guys are doing is remarkable because it is based on what we know. That people who are suffering are not bad people, they are not choosing to be addicted. No one chooses to be addicted,&rdquo; said Sheff.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NXoPF8_Y6is" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> </div> Author David Sheff to Speak at 2018 Annual Meeting http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=18141 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen On Wednesday, April 18, David Sheff will speak to those attending Recovery Resources Annual Meeting. He will recount his son’s journey, the books he has written, and share messages of hope. <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Best-Selling Author, Father of Recovering Addict David Sheff to Speak at Recovery Resources Annual Meeting</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src="/ManagedFiles/David Sheff.jpg" alt="" /></strong></p> <p><strong>April 4, 2018 (CLEVELAND, Ohio) &ndash;</strong> Like many people who walk through the doors of Recovery Resources, David Sheff experienced pain, struggle and fear because of addiction &ndash; not of his own, but through his son Nic&rsquo;s. Nic became addicted to methamphetamine in his teenage years, and similar to others who become addicted to drugs, had a bright future ahead of him.</p> <p>His journey inspired Sheff to write the book, <em>Beautiful Boy: A Father&rsquo;s Journey Through His Son&rsquo;s Addiction</em>, which became an award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, and is set to be made into a feature film October 2018. It follows Nic&rsquo;s life and Sheff&rsquo;s struggles of how to respond to a son who he loves but who is also a danger to his family.</p> <p>&ldquo;What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong?&rdquo;</p> <p>Sheff says these were the questions that haunted every piece of the journey &ndash; from Nic&rsquo;s drug addiction, to the road toward recovery.</p> <p>Today, after many admittances to rehab and several relapses, Nic is in recovery. He joins his father in speaking out against drug use and educating society on the affects it has on a person, and the family.</p> <p>From the research that went into <em>Beautiful Boy</em>, meeting countless people struggling with their own addiction journey, and watching Nic&rsquo;s recovery process, David wrote a second book called, <em>Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America&rsquo;s Greatest Tragedy</em>. Based on the latest research in psychology, neuroscience, and medicine,<em> Clean&rsquo;s</em> premise is that drug use is preventable and addiction is a preventable, treatable disease.</p> <p><em>Beautiful Boy</em> and <em>Clean</em> were not the first written works out of David Sheff. He is a renowned journalist, who has written for <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>Wired</em>, <em>Fortune</em>, and <em>Rolling Stone</em>.</p> <p>On Wednesday, April 18, David Sheff will speak to those attending Recovery Resources Annual Meeting. He will recount his son&rsquo;s journey, the books he has written, and share messages of hope.</p> <p>Please join us that afternoon from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM at the InterContinenal Hotel Cleveland (9801 Carnegie Avenue), to hear from David Sheff, and help us honor our Woman of Strength recipient, Katie O&rsquo;Toole Smith, and Exemplar Award recipient, Brian Sherwin. Learn more information and register for the Annual Meeting on our website: <a href="/AnnualMeeting">http://recres.org/AnnualMeeting</a>.</p> International Film Educates, Brings Awareness to Mental Illness http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=18140 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen For the 5th year in a row, Recovery Resources will partner with the Cleveland International Film Festival, in a continued effort to support the community and voice our mission. <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Recovery Resources, Cleveland International Film Festival partner to educate, bring awareness to mental illness</strong></p> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/shuttle life.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="156" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>&nbsp;Photo credit: Cleveland International Film Festival</em></p> <p>For the 5<sup>th</sup> year in a row, Recovery Resources will partner with the Cleveland International Film Festival, in a continued effort to support the community and voice our mission. This marks the 42<sup>nd</sup> year for the annual festival, which aims to enrich and educate the Cleveland community by promoting artistically and culturally significant films from around the world. Between April 4 and April 15, 214 feature films and 250 short films from 72 countries will be screened at Tower City Cinemas (230 W Huron Road #7256, Cleveland, OH 44113).</p> <p>On April 6, Recovery Resources will be at the festival to promote the film <em>Shuttle Life</em>, and hand out educational materials. <em>Shuttle Life </em>was directed by Tan Seng Kiat and filmed in Malaysia in 2017. It is set in a poor, neglected community where a young man named Qiang is desperately searching for the person who killed his six-year-old sister, while taking care of his mother who is mentally ill. The intense, captivating feature follows Qiang&rsquo;s fight for justice, pride and his family&rsquo;s very survival.</p> <p>Tickets for the Cleveland International Film Festival are on sale now for $16. You can buy them online, by phone or in person at the Tower City Cinemas box office. Get tickets for <em>Shuttle Life </em>and watch the film&rsquo;s preview, here: <a href="https://www.clevelandfilm.org/films/2018/shuttle-life">https://www.clevelandfilm.org/films/2018/shuttle-life</a></p> <p>To learn more information, visit Cleveland International Film Festival&rsquo;s website: <a href="https://www.clevelandfilm.org/">https://www.clevelandfilm.org/#</a></p> Circle Networking Series Aims to Encourage, Inspire, Empower Women http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=17132 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen Throughout 2018, Recovery Resources' Circle of Strength and Circle of Hope will be holding five women's networking events, called the Circle Networking Series. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Circleofstrengthandhope2.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="180" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>March 29, 2018&nbsp;(Cleveland, OH) --</strong> Throughout 2018, Recovery Resources'&nbsp;<a href="http://www.recres.org/circleofstrength">Circle of Strength and Circle of Hope</a> will be holding five women's networking events, called the Circle Networking Series.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"The Circle of Strength and the Circle of Hope are two women's giving circles within Recovery Resources. Their purpose is to engage, inspire, and empower women to share their philanthropic passion, and benefit our clients through their philanthropic dollars," said Katie O'Toole Smith, Chair of the Circle of Strength.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The networking series focuses on the betterment of the Cleveland community through engagement.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>O'Toole Smith says being involved with these events will offer women opportunities in both philanthropy and business.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"When we get these women together to network, we have the ability to take those likeminded, amazing women and make a bigger difference within the community," said O'Toole Smith.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The first event took place on February 1, 2018, with speaker Renee Holcomb Hardwick. She shared a message about "The Power of the Purse," educating attendees on where and how to best spend their philanthropic dollars.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"It was interesting and very beneficial for me to hear some of these women talk about finding what makes you happy, what is going to make your soul flourish, and what makes you feel like you're really contributing," said Victoria Leahy, Account Executive for the Cleveland Browns.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>New to the Cleveland area, Leahy came to the Circle Networking event to meet and hear from other women in her new community.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"It's beneficial to know that there are other women who are out there doing these amazing things, and using each other as resources to build each other up and encourage each other. It's like the ripple effect. Trying to make that one small step towards change to make a positive impact. Knowing that other women are making those little impacts really shows there's power in numbers," said Leahy.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>There are still four more Circle Networking events this year. The next one will be on April 5, 2018 with speaker Monica Robins from WKYC. She will discuss how to influence philanthropy through social media.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>You can&nbsp;sign up to receive registration information and find the rest of the schedule on our <a href="http://www.recres.org/circlenetworkingseries">Circle Networking website</a>.</div> Cavaliers star Kevin Love shares struggle with mental health http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=17137 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen <div>Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love is opening up about his struggles with mental health &ndash; something he says he&rsquo;s never done before. In an article posted by The Players&rsquo; Tribune, Love shares his experience of having a panic attack during a November game.</div> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/LOVE-SOCIAL3-1200x630.jpg" alt="" width="434" height="228" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love is opening up about his struggles with mental health &ndash; something he says he&rsquo;s never done before. In an article posted by <em>The Players&rsquo; Tribune</em>, Love shares his experience of having a panic attack during a November game. &ldquo;Since that day, almost everything about the way I think about my mental health has changed.&rdquo; By sharing his story, Love hopes to change the stigma that surrounds mental illness, and encourage others to get the help they need. You can read the full article here: <a href="https://www.theplayerstribune.com/kevin-love-everyone-is-going-through-something/">https://www.theplayerstribune.com/kevin-love-everyone-is-going-through-something/</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">If you or someone you know is experiencing anxiety and need someone to talk to, please call our warm line at 440-886-5950, available 7 days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.</p> Scott S. Osiecki Named CEO of the ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=17136 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/ADAMHSLogoFinalColorSmall.jpg" alt="" width="296" height="79" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County is proud to announce that the Board of Directors unanimously chose Scott S. Osiecki to serve as the Chief Executive Officer effective March 1, 2018. <br /> <br />Eugenia Kirkland, the ADAMHS Board Chair stated: &ldquo;Mr. Osiecki is highly regarded and trusted in the community at large for his devotion to behavioral health, and he has demonstrated that he possesses the leadership skills, administrative qualities and passion to lead the ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County into the future.&rdquo; <br /> <br />Mr. Osiecki has been employed with the Board for nearly 24 years and previously served as the Chief of External Affairs for the ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County. He has been the Acting CEO since Ms. Valeria A. Harper&rsquo;s untimely passing in January of this year.<br /> <br />&ldquo;This is a critical time for positive change in the mental health and addiction communities,&rdquo; said Scott Osiecki. &ldquo;As a community we are coordinating advocacy efforts, addressing the opioid crisis head on and providing a continuum of care for our clients living with mental illness and addictions. We will continue working together to end stigma, and provide holistic services and prevention education to residents because we know that treatment works and people recover!&rdquo;<br /> <br />Mr. Osiecki outlined his goals: <br />&bull; Focus on the needs of clients and families and evaluate any gaps in services/programs.<br />&bull; Lead a collaborative, coordinated, recovery-oriented system of care with community-based services.<br />&bull; Utilize all available resources to meet the Board&rsquo;s fullest potential in planning, funding, oversight, advocacy, and community relations.<br />&bull; Renew and strengthen the relationship of Board Members and Board staff with local, state and federal legislators and meet regularly with grassroots community leaders and organizations. <br />&bull; Develop system-wide policy to provide 24-hour access to crisis, treatment and recovery services that are responsive to the needs of clients.<br />&bull; Expand programs and awareness campaigns that target prevention, early intervention, reduce stigma and offer referral to services.<br />&bull; Utilize peer recovery coaches to ensure that care coordination and post-treatment recovery support services remain consistent.<br />&bull; Explore opportunities for additional funding sources, advocate for passage of supporting levies, increase grant funding applications, and forge community and corporate relationships. <br /> <br />As Chief of External Affairs, Mr. Osiecki was responsible for public and media relations, governmental affairs, education/training and clients&rsquo; rights. He has a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Communication from Cleveland State University and is a graduate of the 2004 Cleveland State University Leadership Academy &ndash; Class XIII. He has since served in various leadership roles on the Academy&rsquo;s Board and was the recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Community/Non-profit Leader Award. Scott also received the National Association of Government Communicators Blue Pencil Award and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Excellence in Community Communications and Outreach (ECCO) Award.<br /><br /><br />The Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County is responsible for the planning, funding and monitoring of public mental health and addiction treatment and recovery services delivered to the residents of Cuyahoga County. <br /><br />Crisis? Call 216.623.6888 or Text '4Hope' to 741741<br /><br /></div> Recovery Resources partners with area agencies to fight behavioral health crisis http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=17131 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT Carrie Larsen With a mutual goal to increase behavioral health services in Cuyahoga County, Recovery Resources is proud to announce a partnership with the Cleveland Police 4th District. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/behavioral health.jpg" alt="" width="285" height="190" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>February 20, 2018 (Cleveland, OH) --</strong> With a mutual goal to increase behavioral health services in Cuyahoga County, Recovery Resources is proud to announce its partnership with the Cleveland Police 4th District.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The two agencies are launching a program that will break ground soon, focusing on alcohol and drug prevention outreach and engagement with area youth and their families. Its purpose is to increase awareness around mental illness and addictions in the Cleveland community, and to promote healthy choices.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This project is possible thanks to support from the <a href="http://callahanfoundation.org/">Callahan Foundation.</a>&nbsp;Along with a youth prevention program, the funds will be used for tackling recidivism and improving referrals and access to care.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>You can read the Callahan Foundation's full article about the collaboration <a href="http://callahanfoundation.org/news/recovery-resources-tackles-behavioral-health-issues-in-cleveland/">here</a>.</div> Passing of ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County CEO Valeria A. Harper http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=17129 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT Passing of ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County CEO Valeria A. Harper And Designation of Acting CEO <div> <p><img style="float: left;" src="/ManagedFiles/Valeria%20Photo.jpg" alt="Valeria Harper" width="141" height="210" /></p> <p>It is with great sadness and broken hearts that the ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County announces the untimely passing of its Chief Executive Officer, Valeria A. Harper. Ms. Harper was a staunch advocate for those living with mental illness and substance use disorders in Cuyahoga County for more than 35 years and had been serving as the Board's Chief Executive Officer since August 1, 2017.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">She was passionate about her work, but more precious to her than anything else in this world was her family. She was a devoted and loving mother, grandmother, family member, friend and sorority sister to so many. The loss of Ms. Harper is indescribable.&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;<br />The ADAMHS Board is grateful to the community for its outpouring of support during this trying time. As Valeria recently said, "The community is our greatest asset in addressing the disparities in treatment for those living with mental illness and addiction and in lifting up all those in recovery. When we come together, we can make greatness happen." She was a wise and wonderful woman and the Board will carry her message forward in all of its work. <br />&nbsp;<br />Per the ADAMHS Board By-Laws, there was an Executive Committee meeting held this morning to designate an Acting Chief Executive Officer. The Board has chosen Scott Osiecki, who has been with the Board for more than 20 years and is also the Chief of External Affairs.</p> </div> Recovery Resources: CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=17124 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Thanksgiving Day.jpg" alt="" width="536" height="693" /></div> Client Wish List http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=17122 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;">As the weather becomes cold and the holidays draw near, for&nbsp;many of our clients this can be a difficult time of year.&nbsp;We are grateful for all donations, monetary and items that may help our clients stay warm, find transportation for treatment and&nbsp;support returning to work.Please consider making a donation today.Donations can be dropped off at our Chester location (3950 Chester Avenue, Cleveland Ohio 44114) mailed or made online at&nbsp;recres.org/Donate. Please attention all donation items to Marketing and Development.Thank you and together we can make a difference.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;">#Supportmentalhealthandrecovery</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/HolidayWishlist.jpg" alt="" width="517" height="692" /></div> 2017-2018 Clinical Supervision Series http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=16120 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT <h2><img src="/ManagedFiles/Tainings2.jpg" alt="" /></h2> <h2><strong>2017-2018 Clinical Supervision Series</strong></h2> <div>Recovery Resources is proud to offer our Clinical Supervision Series that will provide all the education needed to obtain this designation. This series includes four, six-hour trainings, once per month for four months. Each training cost $100, and if you register for the full series you receive a $50 discount. The price includes a catered lunch.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>If you have any questions about this series please contact Carol Metlicka at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:cmetlicka@recres.org">cmetlicka@recres.org</a>&nbsp;or call 216-431-4131 Ext. 4202</div> <ul> <li>&nbsp;All Trainings will be held from&nbsp;<strong>9:00 am - 4:00 pm at Recovery Resources located at 4269 Pearl Road in Cleveland</strong>.</li> </ul> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Trainings included in the series:&nbsp;<a href="http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eepkj45866b10396&amp;llr=4p4dxkcab">REGISTER for full series</a></strong></span></div> <ul> <li><strong>December 8th,2017</strong>&nbsp;- Assessment, Evaluation, and Remediation: Tools for Effective Clinical Supervison</li> <li><strong>January 12th, 2018</strong>&nbsp;- Attending to Counselor Development within the Clinical Supervision Relationship</li> <li><strong>February 2nd, 2018</strong>&nbsp;- Management and Adminstrative ASpects of Clinical Supervision</li> <li><strong>March 9th, 2018</strong>&nbsp;-&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Legal, Ethical, and Professional Responsibilities related to Clinical Supervision</li> </ul> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Register for individual trainings:</strong></span></div> <ul> <li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>December 8th,2017</strong></span><strong>&nbsp;</strong></strong>Assessment, Evaluation, and Remediation: Tools for Effective Clinical Supervison<strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eepkv7nddfa42cc9&amp;oseq=&amp;c=&amp;ch=">REGISTER</a></strong></li> <li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>January 12th, 2018</strong></span><strong>&nbsp;</strong></strong>Attending to Counselor Development within the Clinical Supervision Relationship<strong>&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eepl60st9be77223&amp;oseq=&amp;c=&amp;ch=">REGISTER</a></strong></strong></li> <li><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>February 2nd, 2018</strong></span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>Management and Adminstrative ASpects of Clinical Supervision&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eeppfdo312d19147&amp;oseq=&amp;c=&amp;ch=">REGISTER</a></strong></li> <li><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>March 9th, 2018</strong></span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>Legal, Ethical, and Professional Responsibilities related to Clinical Supervision&nbsp;<strong><a href="http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eeqtgemyb0aea305&amp;llr=4p4dxkcab&amp;showPage=true">REGISTER</a></strong></li> </ul> <div>A request for CEUs has been sent for the Counselo, Social Work, Marriage &amp; Family Therapist Board and Chemical Dependency Board.</div> <h2>&nbsp;</h2> Gambling Client Education Session http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=16118 Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Gambling Event.jpg" alt="" width="517" height="371" /></div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Gambling4.jpg" alt="" width="561" height="256" /></div> <div> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Questions or Comments?&nbsp;</span></strong></span><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Ashley Hartman&nbsp;</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;">216-341-4131 ext. 1108, <a style="color: #000000;" href="mailto:ahartman@recres.org">ahartman@recres.org</a></span></strong></p> </div> Acting Out! http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=15124 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/arnettaandjason.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="261" />&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="/ManagedFiles/Arnetta.jpg" alt="" width="337" height="183" /></span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Indians Day! http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=15125 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>GO TRIBE!</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">Our Windians in 2016 came very close to winning a World Series and it has been 68 years since the Indians won a World Series, but with over 102 wins this season and the spirit of Clevelanders...</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">This is our Year!</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Indians fun day1.jpg" alt="" width="509" height="508" /></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Indians Fun Day3.jpg" alt="" width="509" height="510" /></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Indians Fun Day2.jpg" alt="" width="507" height="505" /></span></div> Recovery Resources Change Project http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=15127 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div><a href="https://niatx.net/News/NewsDetails.aspx?id=1228"><img src="/ManagedFiles/apples.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="277" /></a></div> ACTING OUT! Four-Day Arts Fest for Mental Health http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=13111 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Actingout.jpg" alt="" width="453" height="273" /></div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Actingout.jpg" alt="" width="444" height="268" /></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;">Acting Out! Fest was created to help break down the stigmas that surround mental illness and addiction by using arts programming that includes musical performances, talks, film, comedy, and visual art from local artists and nationally known celebrity mental health and addiction advocates. In addition to helping connect those in need of mental health and addiction assistance with available resources.&nbsp;</span></div> <div><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;">Recovery Resources is a proud sponsor of this year's Acting Out Fest. Acting Out is a four day (September 13th, 4th,15th &amp; 16th.) Art festival for Mental Health &amp; Addiction Awareness.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #000000;">On <strong>September 13th at 7:00 p.m. at Happy Dog West&nbsp;</strong></span></span>(5801 Detroit Ave Cleveland, OH 44102) Recovery Resources, Senior Director of Clinical Services, <strong>Jason Joyce</strong> will be speaking on the panel called "After Treatment."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;">Don't forget to join Recovery Resources on <strong>September 14th at 7:00 p.m. at Derek Hess Gallery</strong> (1300 West 78th St, 2nd Floor, Cleveland, OH 44102) for an one-hour overview class on Mental Health First Aid.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;">Learning more about this four-day Fest :<a style="color: #000000;" href="http://actingoutcle.com/">http://actingoutcle.com/</a></span></div> <div><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Church Holds Service to Remember Lives Lost to Addiction http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=13110 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Kevin Ringer speaks about Recovery Resources at Church Service to Remember Lives Lost to Addiction.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /></div> <div><a href="https://eocumcnews.com/2017/07/31/church-holds-service-to-remember-lives-lost-to-addiction/"><img src="/ManagedFiles/KevinRingerChurchevent.jpg" alt="" width="530" height="355" /></a></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;">Kevin Ringer speaks about Recovery Resources at Church Service to Remember Lives Lost to Addiction.&nbsp;</span></div> <div><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;">"Addiction reaches across all parts of society. We are seeing that especially right now with opiate addiction. But there is hope for those who want to break the addiction and that&rsquo;s what we are here to help resource,&rdquo; said Kevin Ringer, prevention specialist with Recovery Resources.&nbsp;</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 18px;">CLICK <a style="color: #000000;" href="https://eocumcnews.com/2017/07/31/church-holds-service-to-remember-lives-lost-to-addiction/"><strong>HERE</strong></a> TO READ FULL ARTICLE&nbsp;</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> RecoveryWorks: Fighting employment barriers for recovering addicts http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=13108 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;">RecoveryWorks was featured on WEWS-TV yesterday. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;">If you are interested in purchasing a RecoveryWorks service go to www.recoverywork.org</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #000000;">Click on video to watch:</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.news5cleveland.com/news/e-team/cleveland-organization-recovery-works-fighting-employment-barriers-for-recovering-addicts"><img src="/ManagedFiles/wews.jpg" alt="" width="344" height="258" /></a></div> Need in Cuyahoga County for Dual Diagnosis Program to Integrate Problem Gambling http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=11085 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div>There is a great need to integrate problem gambling into alcohol and drug programs. The following story highlights this need.</div> <p><strong>Latundra Henderson</strong><br /><strong>ORCA House Inc.</strong><br /><strong>Post Discharge Specialist/Case Manager</strong></p> <p>Many clients at alcohol and drug (AOD) organizations are referred by the courts system, in lieu of other charges. We know to reduce recidivism it is important to address the root cause of the offense. One client was referred in this way after finding drug paraphernalia in her car while driving home from the casino. This is the first example of the relationship between substance abuse and gambling.</p> <p>During her assessment it was found she met criteria for a substance use disorder and also disordered gambling. The woman stated that she started gambling in college and that &ldquo;initially I would bet on sporting events then lottery and scratch offs, leading me straight to the casinos.&rdquo; She began to gamble for fun and boredom but, when she started using drugs she gambled to win and earn money for drugs. This relationship between gambling and financing drug use is not uncommon. Some have described these two behaviors as being part of a certain lifestyle of high risk decision making.</p> <p>Throughout the last decade she either suffered problems in her life arising from her substance abuse or gambling. Financial problems became more severe however, and relationships, mental and physical health, and work also suffered. She stated that &ldquo;wherever I was or whatever I was doing I was always thinking about gambling/winning as soon as I get free.&rdquo; She reports &ldquo;it was like a flip flop thing, I was either trying to figure out a way to gamble or a way to get high and sometimes it was a combination of both.&rdquo; Most individuals with a substance use and/or gambling disorder display this type of preoccupation.</p> <p>In the past she successfully completed two AOD out-patient treatment programs where she had periods of sobriety. She reported that as soon as she got sober her thought process turned &ldquo;straight to gambling.&rdquo; Over and over again this became the routine of her life. She stated &ldquo;it was like a dog chasing his tail.&rdquo; This is when she began to cry and told the counselor that &ldquo;something is terribly wrong with me and I need help.&rdquo;</p> <p>The comorbidity for substance use disorders and gambling has been well documented, with about 15% of people with a substance use disorder also having problems with gambling. At even higher rates, 75% of individuals with a primary gambling problem have had problems with alcohol and 38% have had problems with drugs.</p> <p>&nbsp;However, not many treatment programs/facilities have begun to incorporate evidence based practices to treat both disorders simultaneously. This may stem from the episodic nature of the gambling problem while the manifestation of substance use disorder is in full affect; the problem gambling often is overlooked and untreated.</p> <p>There is a significant need and demand for more skilled clinicians and other behavioral health professionals to become qualified in treating individuals suffering from the comorbidity of both disorders. Dual diagnosed treatment programs specializing in problem gambling as well as substance abuse disorder and mental health is a must. The efforts taken by organizations such as the Problem Gambling Network of Ohio (PGNO) and the Cuyahoga Problem Gambling Coalition (CPGC) to address and raise awareness for this disorder have been remarkable. However, the need to integrate diagnosis and treatment of these three disorders are paramount. Going forward, an increase in funding is needed to help more organizations, professionals and facilities in Cuyahoga County. Funding will help create treatment programs that will assist this population to recover and heal from these individual, family, and community disorders.&nbsp;</p> Community Awareness Can Help Prevent Gambling-Related Suicides http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=11084 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div>It is estimated that one person throughout the world dies by suicide every 40 seconds (World Health Organization, 2002). The National Council on Problem Gambling, citing various studies, reports that one in five pathological gamblers attempts suicide, a rate higher than for any other addictive disorder. Through community awareness and available resources we can make a change in this devestating issue.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/sadperson.jpg" alt="" width="500" /></div> <p><strong>Michael Buzzelli, MPH, MA, OCPSA</strong><br /><strong>Problem Gambling Specialist<br />Recovery Resources</strong></p> <p>It is estimated that one person throughout the world dies by suicide every 40 seconds (World Health Organization, 2002). The National Council on Problem Gambling, citing various studies, reports that one in five pathological gamblers attempts suicide, a rate higher than for any other addictive disorder. People who struggle with gambling problems may experience serious social, emotional, financial and health consequences.&nbsp; For many, coping with the negative emotions related to these issues, can become overwhelming.&nbsp; Feelings of shame, hopelessness and failure may seem too hard to bear.&nbsp; For some, suicide appears to be a solution to all of these problems. Multiple studies show the correlating factors for such gambling-related deaths by suicide include unmanageable debt, unemployment, depression, and previous suicide attempts (Wong et al, 2010; Hintikka et al, 1998; Chan, et al, 2009; Blaszczynski and Farrell 1998). One study showed that 77.5% of those experiencing problems with gambling had been diagnosed with a mood disorder at some point in their life, compared to only 25% in the control group (Specker et al., 1996). Higher rates of depression were also reported among women who gamble, compared to women in the general population (Westphal &amp; Johnson, 2002). As far as stressful events or circumstances, persons experiencing problems related to gambling often experience conflict with family or friends, financial problems, as well as legal or work-related problems (Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling). &nbsp;</p> <p><img src="/ManagedFiles/sadperson.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="209" /></p> <p>One pathological gambler puts it &ldquo;I would argue that the &ldquo;bottom&rdquo; for a compulsive gambler is much lower than that of other addicts. Why? Compulsive gambling does not physically impair the addict. We don&rsquo;t fall down, slur our words, pass out or exhibit other outwardly visible warning signs. &nbsp;Our livers don&rsquo;t give out and our kidneys don&rsquo;t fail. Compulsive gamblers stop gambling when our resources run out. Period. There are no more stashes of cash, no more credit card cash advances to be had, no more loans from friends and family and no household funds &nbsp;to reallocate to feed our addiction. By the time a compulsive gambler reaches bottom they have several choices; reach out for help through Gamblers Anonymous, faith-based groups and therapy, face a life of desperation on government subsidies or on the streets and, &nbsp;all too often, addicted gamblers see suicide as the only way out.&rdquo; <a href="http://lanieshope.org/gambling-addiction-suicide">http://lanieshope.org/gambling-addiction-suicide</a></p> <p>So what can we do about this trend? Community awareness that gambling can become an addiction, but also that it is treatable and people do recover is key. Help is available in many forms from addiction therapy and group counseling to peer-support such as Gamblers Anonymous. <strong>Here in Cleveland, at Recovery Resources, a gambler and their family members can receive comprehensive gambling-specific therapy free of charge.</strong> That is right, both the gambler and their loved ones can receive treatment at no cost. The support of family members and friends, combined with therapy, peer-support and the knowledge that individuals can and do recover will hopefully diminish the number of pathological gamblers that view suicide as their only way out. <strong>Visit our website recres.org or call 216-431-4131 to learn more about our gambling prevention and treatment resources and programming.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Prioritizing Prevention with Problem Gambling http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=11083 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div>The ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County is a leader in problem gambling prevention and treatment. How do we recognize the signs someone is struggle, and what resources are in the community?</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;<img src="/ManagedFiles/NPGAM_logo_H_CMYK_arrow-colorCorrected-v2.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="100" /></div> <div><strong>Katie Boland</strong><br /><strong>External Affairs Officer</strong><br /><strong>ADAMHS Board Cuyahoga County</strong></div> <div><br />Let&rsquo;s have a conversation that prioritizes prevention regarding about Problem Gambling.</div> <div><br />March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month and we are working to educate the public and healthcare professionals about the warning signs of problem gambling and to promote the availability of treatment and recovery resources.</div> <div><br />Chances are, you have gambled or you know someone who gambles. So what is problem gambling and what does problem gambling prevention look like?</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/reimbursement-fraud-300x200.jpg" alt="" /></div> <div><br />Problem gambling refers to gambling activity that goes beyond a leisure activity. Warning signs of a gambling addiction include:</div> <ul> <li>Preoccupied with gambling and unable to stop&nbsp;</li> <li>Bragging about gambling, exaggerating wins and minimizing losses</li> <li>Restless and irritable when not gambling</li> <li>Gambling to win back what was lost</li> <li>Borrowing money for gambling</li> <li>Lying to hide time spent gambling or unpaid debts</li> <li>Frequent unexplained absences</li> <li>Doing something illegal to get money for gambling</li> <li>Jeopardizing a significant relationship or job by gambling</li> </ul> <div>Problem gambling prevention looks like the Cuyahoga Problem Gambling Coalition. The coalition is composed of diverse stakeholders, including treatment professionals, individuals in recovery and family members, committed to ending problem gambling in our community.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The coalition strives to increase problem gambling prevention by hosting an annual symposium, providing free problem gambling trainings to the community and working with at-risk populations to educate the community about the problem and how to get help.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Having a conversation about problem gambling may be the first step to helping someone achieve and maintain recovery.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Mental illness and addiction are treatable brain diseases. Problem gambling is a recognizable and treatable illness. Eliminating the stigma and judgement too often associated with mental illness and addiction will help individuals, family members, and our community sustain a healthier and happier life.</div> <ul> <li>Learn more about the issue of problem gambling, prevention and treatment Problem Gambling Awareness Month Campaign- The95percent.org;</li> <li>Recovery Resources&rsquo; Gambling Program at recres.org/GamblingAddiction,</li> <li>Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County at adamhscc.org</li> <li>Recovery Resources&rsquo; Cuyahoga Problem Gambling Coalition page: http://www.recres.org/cpgc</li> </ul> Problem Gambling Helpline: Provides resources to clients http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=10085 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div>Ohio has a statewide helpline for problem gambling. Who is using the helpline and what referrals are made? This blog written Michael Quigley, Community Resource Content Specialist at United Way of Greater Cleveland 2-1-1 explores this topic.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/helpline-callout.png" alt="" width="352" height="112" /></div> <div><strong>By Michael Quigley</strong></div> <div><strong>Community Resource Content Specialist</strong></div> <div><strong>United Way of Greater Cleveland 2-1-1</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The Problem Gambling Helpline is a resource for Ohio residents who are seeking assistance with problem gambling. The Helpline is maintained by the United Way of Greater Cleveland 2-1-1. Callers to the Helpline speak to Navigation Specialists who provide referrals to local resources such as Gamblers Anonymous meetings or professional counseling providers.&nbsp;</div> <div><br />In 2016 the Ohio Problem Gambling Helpline took 5,897 calls and chats. Of those there were 1,555 clients who were seeking assistance with problem gambling. As most clients are provided with multiple resources, those 1,555 clients were given a total of 3,025 referrals. <br /><br />Clients of the helpline are asked to provide some demographic and geographical information to better assist Navigation Specialists in finding relevant resources. We are also able to utilize this data to provide some analysis and visualization.<br /><br />This graph shows the age group and gender of Helpline clients. Here we can see that the two largest demographic groups are Males ages 18-34 and Females ages 50-64.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/graph 1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p>This graph shows the time of day that the different demographic groups contact the Helpline.</p> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/graph 2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="478" /></p> <p>This map shows the location of the client by zip code &ndash; the larger the colored circle, the more clients originating from that zip code.&nbsp; Much of the state is represented, but clients are mainly located in the population centers of Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown.</p> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/graph 3.jpg" alt="" width="600" /></p> <p>Finally, we can see a breakdown of the type of resources provided to Helpline clients.&nbsp; Almost half of all referrals were for professional counseling while support groups and information on how to self-exclude from gambling establishments comprised most of the rest.&nbsp;</p> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/graph 4.jpg" alt="" width="600" /></p> </div> What it's like to be a Social Worker at Recovery Resources http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=10086 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/KenHolt.jpg" alt="" width="489" height="241" /></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">In observance of Social Worker Awareness Month we caught up with Agency Clinician Ken Holt,&nbsp;and Michelle Lasky, Team lead of Euclid Jail Services, who share their insight on what it&rsquo;s like to be a social worker&nbsp;at Recovery Resources.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://youtu.be/i4rqaxETFaU"><img src="/ManagedFiles/KenHolt.jpg" alt="" width="410" height="202" /></a></div> My second chance http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=10076 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT <div>Associate Board Member Monina Wagner&nbsp;who shares her inspirational story and for raising 60% of her fundraising goal.</div> <div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx33v2JfwAyiOFhLR2xrVzgtbW8/view"><img src="/ManagedFiles/MoninaWagnervideophoto.jpg" alt="" width="473" height="315" /></a></div> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Associate Board Member Monina Wagner shares her inspirational story of getting a second chance at life.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Click on video to watch her inspirational story.</span></p> <p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx33v2JfwAyiOFhLR2xrVzgtbW8/view?usp=sharing"><img src="/ManagedFiles/MoninaWagnervideophoto.jpg" alt="" width="473" height="315" /></a></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Monina Wagner has created a team for this year's Run for Recovery called "Luke Sky-Walkers". If you would like to join her team,or donate to the cause! click here&nbsp;<a class="twitter-timeline-link" dir="ltr" title="http://bit.ly/lsw2017" href="https://t.co/kducNxLZUv" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-expanded-url="http://bit.ly/lsw2017"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="js-display-url">bit.ly/lsw2017</span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span class="invisible">&nbsp;</span></span></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you would like to create a team or register for Run for Recovery click on the link below:<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /><a href="https://www.wizathon.com/runforrecovery/index.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.wizathon.com/runforrecovery/index.php</a>&nbsp;</span></span></p> <div>&nbsp;</div> Malachi House, United Way ease the struggles of illness: Good News Giving http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=10057 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT <p><img src="/ManagedFiles/website.jpg" alt="" width="444" height="367" /></p> <p>Congratulations to our colleagues in managing our behavioral and integrated health services and thanks to United Way for their support! &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/website.jpg" alt="" width="509" height="420" /></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Congratulations to our colleagues in managing our behavioral and integrated health services and thanks to United Way for their support! Read Sunday&rsquo;s PD&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 24px;"><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/good-news/index.ssf/2016/12/malachi_house_united_way.html">article&nbsp;</a></span></span></div> Honoring Bill Denihan: Patrick Gannon http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=8049 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT <div>In 1974 Pat Gannon, Former Chairman of the Ohio Commission headed out for vacation, but got an unexpected call for Chief Bill Denihan that changed his career.</div> <p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/DANGYIFZ5oc" width="425" height="350"></iframe></p> <p>If you would like to share a congratulatory message with Bill Denihan send it to <a href="mailto:acampisi@recres.com">acampisi@recres.com</a> or leave a comment on this post and we will share it will Bill.&nbsp;</p> <p>Thank you for continuing to give #HopeInTheLand</p> Honoring Bill Denihan: Dick Clough http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=8046 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT In honor of Chief William M. Denihan as this year’s Bronze Key recipient, we have had the pleasure to speak with a number of people he has worked with throughout his years of public service. We caught up Dick Clough, who met Bill back in the 80s. <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">In honor of Chief William M. Denihan as this year&rsquo;s Bronze Key recipient, we have had the pleasure to speak with a number of people he has worked with throughout his years of public service. We caught up Dick Clough, who met Bill back in the 80s.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/HyQ5FBC0RuI"><img src="/ManagedFiles/HonoringBill.jpg" alt="" width="465" height="262" /></a></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you would like to share a congratulatory message with Bill Denihan send it to <a href="mailto:acampisi@recres.com">acampisi@recres.com</a>.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thank you for continuing to give #HopeInTheLand</span></p> Bronze Key: Win a Windians experience! http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=8047 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT The Indians are in the World Series! Whoot! Whoot! <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Indians are in the World Series! Whoot! Whoot! And we have just the right <strong>LIVE</strong> auction item guests at this year&rsquo;s Bronze Key Gala for guests to bid on. Be the highest bidder and win the &ldquo;Windians&rdquo; package! </span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://youtu.be/0_Ef2u2w7Ss"><img src="/ManagedFiles/windians.jpg" alt="" width="469" height="265" /></a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thank you for continuing to give #HopeInTheLand.</span></div> Honoring Bill Denihan: Rev. Benjamin Gohlstin http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=8048 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT “He is a fair man, a just man”…these are a few words Rev. Benjamin F. Gohlstin says describes this year’s Bronze Key recipient, Chief Bill Denihan, who he has known for 20 years. <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">&ldquo;He is a fair man, a just man&rdquo;&hellip;these are a few words Rev. Benjamin F. Gohlstin says describes this year&rsquo;s Bronze Key recipient, Chief Bill Denihan, who he has known for 20 years.&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://youtu.be/Fk2maWuyPNs"><img src="/ManagedFiles/rev.Golstin.jpg" alt="" width="484" height="273" /></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you would like to share a congratulatory message with Bill Denihan send it to acampisi@recres.com. Thank you for continuing to give #HopeInTheLand.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Heroin Hits Home http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=8045 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT We need to understand this epidemic affecting our community. Join us for a panel discussion. <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://youtu.be/h1xJLx-RCtE"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Heroin9.jpg" alt="" width="506" height="282" /></a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">We need to understand this epidemic affecting our community.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Monday, October 24th</span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">7:00 - 8:30 p.m.</span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">West Shore Unitarian</span></strong></div> </div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Join us for a panel discussion with these experts:</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Dr. Jason Jerry, M.D., Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center, Cleveland Clinic</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Judge David Matia Cuyahoga County Drug Court</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Nicole Reed, Program Administrater,Edna House sober living facility</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Ayme McCain, Assistant Director for Prevention Services, Recovery Resources.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>LOCATION:</strong>&nbsp;</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Universalist Church</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">2401 Hillard Blvd.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Rocky River</span></div> </div> House Passes Mental Health First Aid Act http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=8044 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT <div>Early this month the House chamber unanimously approved the Mental Health First Aid Act of 2015. This legislation authorizes grants for mental health and substance use awareness training to law enforcement, first responders, teachers, and other individuals that work with youth.</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/mentalhealthfirstaidpost.jpg" alt="" width="414" height="237" /></div> <div>Early this month the House chamber unanimously approved the Mental Health First Aid Act of 2015. This legislation authorizes grants for mental health and substance use awareness training to law enforcement, first responders, teachers, and other individuals that work with youth.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Read full article click on link: <a href="http://ow.ly/yRLE305kzB0">http://ow.ly/yRLE305kzB0</a></div> <div><br />If you or someone you know may benefit from our treatment and education services please call 216-431-4131. Recovery Resources offers a robust training catalog offering Mental Health First Aid, Addiction warning signs, Gambling prevention, Suicide Prevention and more. To learn more about these services click on the link below.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.recres.org/Trainings">http://www.recres.org/Trainings</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> ACTING OUT! Three-Day Arts Fest for Mental Health http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=8040 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT Cleveland, September 14, 2016 – Artist Derek Hess is proud to announce, ACTING OUT!, a three day arts fest for mental health awareness happening in the Gordon Square Arts District of Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday, October 19, 2016 through Friday, October 21, 2016. <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Acting out.jpg" alt="" width="331" height="87" /></div> <div>Artist, Derek Hess announces<strong> ACTING OUT!</strong> Three-Day Arts Fest for Mental Health&nbsp;Awareness, to benefit NAMI Greater Cleveland. Oct. 19th &ndash; 21st in Gordon Square Arts&nbsp;District.</div> <div><br /><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></div> <div><br />Title: ACTING OUT! - 3 Day Arts Fest For Mental Health Fest: Comedy, Talk, Film, Art, Music<br />Wed, Oct 19 &ndash; Comedy - Happy Dog, 8pm &ndash; 11pm<br />Thur, Oct 20 &ndash; Talk - Happy Dog, 7pm &ndash; 8pm<br />Thur, Oct 20 &ndash; Film - Capitol Theatre, 8:30pm &ndash; 11pm<br />Fri, Oct 21 &ndash; Art - Derek Hess Gallery &ndash; 78 th St Studios, 5pm &ndash; 9pm<br />Fri, Oct 21 &ndash; Music - Happy Dog, 9pm &ndash; 2am</div> <div><br />Contact: For additional information or imagery please contact Angela<br />Hetrick angelachetrick@gmail.com 216.773.0210 -or- Martin<br />Geramita marty@strhess.com | 216.288.4868<br />Website: www.actingoutcle.com | Facebook: facebook.com/actingoutfest</div> <div><br />Artist Derek Hess is proud to announce, ACTING OUT!, a&nbsp;three day arts fest for mental health awareness happening in the Gordon Square Arts District of&nbsp;Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday, October 19, 2016 through Friday, October 21, 2016.</div> <div><br /><strong>ACTING OUT!</strong> is the brainchild of Hess and Martin Geramita. The mission of the fest is to help&nbsp;remove the stigmas surrounding mental illness, dual diagnosis and addiction through a special&nbsp;series of art, comedy, film, panel discussion, and music events.</div> <div><br />This is a subject matter that&rsquo;s especially important to Hess, whose struggles with bipolar&nbsp;disorder and substance abuse and are not only well known, they are the integral subjects of his&nbsp;emotionally charged artwork.</div> <div><br />&ldquo; ACTING OUT! is a unique event that will provide a light to shine on previously preceded dark&nbsp;issues. Our goal is to remove the stigma attached to people with mental illness, addiction and&nbsp;dual diagnosis.My hope is folks will walk away with a new understanding of the issues that a&nbsp;fairly large segment of our population deals with.&rdquo; says Hess.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The five-event series is spon sored in part by ADAMHS Board ( The Alcohol, Drug Addiction and&nbsp;Mental Health Se rvices Board of Cuyahoga County) with a portion of the proceed to benefit&nbsp;NAMI Greater Cleveland, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering persons affected&nbsp;by mental illness and their families.</div> <div><br /><strong>SCHEDULE OF ACTING OUT! FEST EVENTS</strong><br /><strong>ACTING OUT! COMEDY</strong><br />Weds. Oct. 19th, 2016 - Happy Dog (5800 Detroit Road &ndash; Cleveland)<br />Doors: 8 PM | Show: 9 PM | $5<br />In partnership with Accidental Comedy , Wednesday features performances by comedians<br />diagnosed with mental health and/or addiction issues who use stand-up comedy to break down<br />stigma surrounding mental health.</div> <div><br />Participating Comedians: Marty DeRosa (Wrestling with Depression Podcast / Chicago) +&nbsp;Cleveland comedy favorites, Jeremy Sheer, Mandi Leigh, Mark Collella, and more to be&nbsp;announced.</div> <div>Tix available - Eventbrite or at the Happy Dog door starting at 9 pm the day of the event.</div> <div><br /><strong>ACTING OUT! TALK</strong><br />Thurs. Oct. 20th, 2016 - Happy Dog (5800 Detroit Road &ndash; Cleveland)<br />Doors: 6 PM | Discussion: 7 PM | Free<br />A panel of mental health and addiction professionals, along with creative professionals discuss&nbsp;mental health, the creative process and how the arts provide a healthy outlet for those suffering&nbsp;with mental health issues and addiction. Participating panelists to be announced soon.</div> <div><br /><strong>ACTING OUT! FILM</strong><br />Thurs. Oct. 20th, 2016 - Capitol Theatre (1390 W 65th St. &ndash; Cleveland)<br />Movie: 8:30 PM | $10<br />Special screening of the award winning documentary, &ldquo;Forced Perspective&rdquo; at the CapitolTheatre. &ldquo;Forced Perspective&rdquo; is an intimate character portrait of iconic Cleveland artist, Derek&nbsp;Hess, by filmmaker, Nick Cavalier. From Derek&rsquo;s early Euclid Tavern concert posters to his&nbsp;expressive fine art pieces, the film is a journey through Derek&rsquo;s struggle with alcoholism and&nbsp;bipolar disorder and how these demons have influenced his artwork. Following the film will be&nbsp;an intimate audience Q&amp;A with artist Derek Hess, artist manager &amp; producer, Martin Geramita,&nbsp;and director Nick Cavalier, along with a meet-and-greet / book signing.<br />Tickets available - Eventbrite &amp; Cleveland Cinemas</div> <div><br /><strong>ACTING OUT! ART</strong><br />Fri. Oct. 21st, 2016 - Derek Hess Gallery (78th Street Studios, 1300 W 78th St. &ndash; Cleveland)<br />|5p &ndash; 9p | Third Friday Gallery Open House<br />The ACTING OUT! art exhibit opening in the Derek Hess Gallery will spotlight the creative&nbsp;response to mental illness and addiction through the works of artists who have been diagnosed&nbsp;with or personally affected by mental illness and/or addiction. The opening reception will be&nbsp;hosted in the Derek Hess Gallery, during the popular Third Friday open house in 78th Street&nbsp;Studios. Participating Artists: Jason Byers, Angela Oster, Ben Haehn, Raymundo Reynoso,&nbsp;Corey Wallace, Brett Crawford, Steve Nunez, Michael Arsenault, Bob Walls, Chuck Taylor, Bryn&nbsp;Adams, Lizz Brady, Jamie Cain, Mary Williams, Daryl Musick, Perry Barbarino, Shawny&nbsp;Walthaw, Elisabeth Wingerter, Ashley Ribblett, Jared Gepperth, Rich Cihlar, Hadley Conner,&nbsp;Zachary Clement, Brian Asquith, Meredith Haen, Hege Lien.</div> <div><br /><strong>ACTING OUT! MUSIC</strong><br />Fri. Oct. 21st, 2016 - Happy Dog (5800 Detroit Road &ndash; Cleveland)<br />Doors: 8 PM | Show: 9 PM | $5<br />The closing party for ACTING OUT! will feature live music from popular Cleveland bands&nbsp;performing original music, along with a special tribute set, dedicated to musicians who battled&nbsp;with mental health or addiction. Silent auction during the event of Derek Hess original art.&nbsp;Proceeds from the silent auction will be donated to NAMI Greater Cleveland. Participating&nbsp;Musicians / (Tribute set dedicated to): Murderedman (Joy Division), Mourning A BLKstar&nbsp;(Gil Scott-Heron), New Lou Reeds (Roky Erickson)<br />Tix available - Eventbrite or at the Happy Dog door starting at 9 pm the day of the event.<br />For more information, please visit:&nbsp;Website: www.actingoutcle.com | Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ActingOutFest">www.facebook.com/ActingOutFest</a></div> <div><br /><strong>About Derek Hess</strong><br />From concert posters to politically charged fine art pieces, Cleveland-based artist, Derek Hess has&nbsp;tested the waters of the music and art worlds for over 25 years.&nbsp;Always a fan of music, Hess began booking shows at the Euclid Tavern, at the time frequent haunt&nbsp;for cover bands and Cleveland&rsquo;s blues scene. Hess soon began to exert influence over the format of&nbsp;the bands being brought to the Tavern, booking bands and musicians that spoke more directly to&nbsp;him and his generation. He also started creating the promotional flyers for the shows using his own<br />unique artistic vision.</div> <div><br />In 1993, while still booking bands at the Euclid Tavern, Hess&rsquo; flyers caught the eye of Martin&nbsp;Geramita, who suggested that Hess put his flyers onto a larger stage. Working together, with&nbsp;Geramita as his manager, Hess began exhibiting his work as full-color art and became the&nbsp;pre-eminent concert poster artist in Cleveland, a happenstance that coincided with an international&nbsp;revival in concert posters, launching Hess from Cleveland to the world.</div> <div><br />His completely unique and inimitable style, garnered the attention of countless venues and touring&nbsp;bands, as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the GRAMMY Museum and the&nbsp;Louvre in Paris&mdash;all of whom have Hess&rsquo; art in their permanent collections.&nbsp;About ADAMHS Board (The Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of&nbsp;Cuyahoga County).</div> <div><br />Mission: Promote and enhance the quality of life for residents of our community through a&nbsp;commitment to excellence in mental health, alcohol, drug, and other addiction&nbsp;services. Vision: Mental health, alcohol, drug, and other addiction services will be available and&nbsp;accessible for every county resident in need and the ADAMHS Board will provide a preeminent,&nbsp;seamless and integrated system of care.</div> Board Member, Brian Kaufman shares his journey : 10 years of Sobriety! http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=7040 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT <div>This Monday, October 10<sup>th</sup>,I will be celebrating 10 years of sobriety; a lot has changed over that ten years.&nbsp;</div> <p>This Monday, October 10<sup>th</sup>,I will be celebrating 10 years of sobriety; a lot has changed over that ten years.</p> <p>In May 2006 I graduated from the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University, one of the most prestigious performing arts colleges in the world. My professors, family, and friends all had high expectations for me; they assured me that great things were ahead of me. Yet I found myself in a confusing, depressed, and all around sad disposition.</p> <p>My life was secretly in shambles - addicted to pharmaceutical drugs and drinking whiskey nightly.</p> <p>I still don&rsquo;t remember much of 2006, truth be told, I don&rsquo;t even remember the graduation ceremony.&nbsp; I hit my bottom in early October 2006 on a bender between Las Vegas and Florida.&nbsp; With the help of friends and family, I was able to get checked into a rehab facility and I haven&rsquo;t had a drink or a drug since.</p> <p><img style="float: right;" src="/ManagedFiles/brianKaufman.jpg" alt="" width="291" height="345" />Since being sober I have started my own company which is now successfully doing business in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, and began my Master&rsquo;s degree at Harvard. On October 22<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;I will be married to my beautiful fianc&eacute;e,&nbsp;Carrie. I am blessed and extremely lucky.</p> <p>Unfortunately, not everyone is as lucky as me.&nbsp; When I got sober I had a loving family, supportive friends, and terrific insurance&hellip;I still do. Not everyone is as lucky as me, in fact most aren&rsquo;t. I have been involved with Recovery Resources for over 5 year and, as a Board member, I am honored to be involved with this organization&rsquo;s mission and values, most notably their desire to help people triumph over&nbsp;mental illness, alcoholism, drugs and other addictions.</p> <p>When walking up and down the halls at the main office you see happiness, joy, education, and most importantly, hope. The clients at Recovery Resources have hope in tomorrow, hope in their recovery, and, most importantly, hope in themselves. But Recovery Resources needs us, the community, to help them achieve their mission so that people that may not have the support system that I did can have hope as well.&nbsp;Please take a moment to donate to this wonderful organization.</p> <p>Thank you for offering hope to someone who needs it.</p> <p>Brian R. Kaufman</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Congratulations Karen Hutchings! Awarded LPCC License http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=7039 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT Recovery Resources is pleased to inform everyone that Karen Hutchings, Team Leader at the Lakewood office, has been awarded her independent counseling license (LPCC), effective September 14th! <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/KarenH.jpg" alt="" width="301" height="375" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Recovery Resources is pleased to inform everyone that Karen Hutchings, Team Leader at the Lakewood office, has been awarded her independent counseling license (LPCC), effective September 14th! Karen is truly a Recovery Resources success story, as she started with the agency in her counseling internship several years ago.Please extend congratulations and encouragement to Karen!</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m moving towards being able to serve not only our clients but to also serve our staff in a way that increases support for our clients,&rdquo; Said Hutchings.</p> </div> Bronze Key: A community embracing recovery http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6041 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/BronzeKeyHOPEINTHELAND.jpg" alt="" width="526" height="376" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The work done at Recovery Resources has never been more crucial. The importance of a community embracing recovery and hope cannot be overstated.</div> <div> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/mom taking selfie with baby.jpg" alt="" width="516" height="343" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Chelsea Coleman with Daughter Evelyn</strong></p> <p>This year&rsquo;s Bronze Key is especially meaningful to me because 2016 is the most significant year of my life. I had my first child, my daughter Evelyn, in January. I&rsquo;ll turn 30 this October. And this November will be the 10 year anniversary of my father&rsquo;s death. One third of my entire life up to this point- my college graduation, my wedding, my daughter&rsquo;s birth- all missing 1 incredibly important person. Over the years my grief has turned to gratitude for the time we did have together, and how blessed we were to have him sober and happy in his last 8 years on earth. [Ironically, the day before this year&rsquo;s Bronze Key is the 18 year anniversary of my dad giving his life to Christ and becoming sober. 11/11/1998]</p> <p>Unfortunately, so many families in Northeast Ohio will experience their first Christmases, Thanksgivings, births, and weddings without the presence of a family member due to the effects of addiction- specifically the area&rsquo;s heroin epidemic, which has caused a record number of overdose deaths this year.</p> <p>The work done at Recovery Resources has never been more crucial. The importance of a community embracing recovery and hope cannot be overstated.</p> <p>Recovery transforms a person, and transcends a generation. My daughter will never know her grandfather, but she will know his example through my words and actions, and hopefully, through a community of individuals in pursuit of delivering #HopeInTheLand.</p> <p>&nbsp;<img src="/ManagedFiles/Chelsea Coleman signature.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="102" /></p> </div> 4th Annual Run for Recovery photos & videos http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6037 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT It was a bright, sunny, humid morning at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. The sound of women, men and children talking, and laughing could be heard echoing throughout the Zoo. Volunteers and staff from Recovery Resources were gearing up for the 4th Annual Run for Recovery activities. <div>It was a bright, sunny, humid morning at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. The sound of women, men and children talking, and laughing could be heard echoing throughout the Zoo. Volunteers and staff from Recovery Resources were gearing up for the 4th Annual Run for Recovery activities. Pam Gill, President and CEO of Recovery Resources welcomed everyone and Brittnie Price sang an impressive National Anthem to kick off the event. Eighteen cute, energetic kids lined up at the start line for the Kids fun run. 3&hellip;2&hellip;1&hellip;and they were off! They made a mad dash to the finish line. Each winner was awarded with a medal - medal Then it was time for the 5K run. 173 enthusiastic runners gathered at the start line. Once they heard the word GO, they were off! As they raced through the Zoo, 137 walkers joined them on the course. Very quickly, runners and walkers crossed the finish line as friends and family cheered them on. Medals were given to the top female and male runners, and the top three male and female runners in seven age groups. The 4th Annual Run for Recovery was an incredible success and demonstrated our commitment to our community. An impressive $58,577 was raised to support Recovery Resources programs and clients! Thank you for your support. Run for Recovery by the numbers: 173 Runners 137 Walkers 18 Kid Fun Runners 116 Volunteers $30, 838 raised by teams $5,174 Participation fee $565 Day of donation $4,000 event sponsorship $18,000 Annual Sponsors.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><a style="background-color: #ffff00;" href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154414824833523.1073741850.78907533522&amp;type=3">CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS</a></strong></span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154414824833523.1073741850.78907533522&amp;type=3"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Runners running from start line.jpg" alt="" width="546" height="303" /></a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g91ciWjRyDA" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><iframe style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aBPmVaYE2Go" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> Run for Recovery Race Results http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6035 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT <div>The race results for the 4th Annual Run for Recovery are now available.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Finish Line1.jpg" alt="" width="593" height="444" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <h1>2016 Run for Recovery 5K</h1> <h1>Overall Finish List</h1> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <table class="racetable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">&nbsp;</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">&nbsp;Age</td> <td class="h11">&nbsp;Gender</td> <td class="h11">&nbsp;Age Group</td> <td class="h11">&nbsp;Total Time</td> <td class="h11">&nbsp;Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Justin Gravert</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1175</td> <td class="d01">24</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">1 Top Fin</td> <td class="d01">15:57.3</td> <td class="d01">5:09/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">Adam Rosen</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1122</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">1 30-39</td> <td class="d01">17:09.8</td> <td class="d01">5:32/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">Steve Mosher</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1103</td> <td class="d01">39</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">2 30-39</td> <td class="d01">18:23.1</td> <td class="d01">5:56/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">4</td> <td class="d02">Brian Giovinazzi</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">455</td> <td class="d01">36</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">3 30-39</td> <td class="d01">18:40.4</td> <td class="d01">6:01/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">5</td> <td class="d02">Cody Englander</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1181</td> <td class="d01">12</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">1 0-14</td> <td class="d01">19:17.6</td> <td class="d01">6:13/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">6</td> <td class="d02">Colin Ray</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1117</td> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">1 20-29</td> <td class="d01">19:21.3</td> <td class="d01">6:15/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">7</td> <td class="d02">Kyle Hayes</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">466</td> <td class="d01">25</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">2 20-29</td> <td class="d01">19:29.3</td> <td class="d01">6:17/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">8</td> <td class="d02">Jeffrey Krause</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">482</td> <td class="d01">31</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">4 30-39</td> <td class="d01">19:45.4</td> <td class="d01">6:22/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">9</td> <td class="d02">Jason Seek</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1186</td> <td class="d01">43</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">1 40-49</td> <td class="d01">20:03.9</td> <td class="d01">6:28/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">10</td> <td class="d02">Dan Riley</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1118</td> <td class="d01">55</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">1 50-59</td> <td class="d01">20:06.2</td> <td class="d01">6:29/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">11</td> <td class="d02">Marc Toth</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1152</td> <td class="d01">38</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">5 30-39</td> <td class="d01">20:10.7</td> <td class="d01">6:30/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">12</td> <td class="d02">DAN MCGREEVY</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">497</td> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">3 20-29</td> <td class="d01">20:10.8</td> <td class="d01">6:30/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">13</td> <td class="d02">Chris Arpajian</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">416</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">6 30-39</td> <td class="d01">20:34.8</td> <td class="d01">6:38/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">14</td> <td class="d02">Bill Robb</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">315</td> <td class="d01">52</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">2 50-59</td> <td class="d01">20:39.6</td> <td class="d01">6:40/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">15</td> <td class="d02">Sam Saracina</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">312</td> <td class="d01">13</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">2 0-14</td> <td class="d01">20:47.4</td> <td class="d01">6:42/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">16</td> <td class="d02">Curtis Grube</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">460</td> <td class="d01">39</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">7 30-39</td> <td class="d01">22:09.7</td> <td class="d01">7:09/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">17</td> <td class="d02">Jenna Englander</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1180</td> <td class="d01">9</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">1 Top Fin</td> <td class="d01">22:24.6</td> <td class="d01">7:14/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">18</td> <td class="d02">Daniel O'Connor</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1106</td> <td class="d01">26</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">4 20-29</td> <td class="d01">22:34.1</td> <td class="d01">7:17/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">19</td> <td class="d02">Natalie Harper</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">462</td> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">1 20-29</td> <td class="d01">23:16.0</td> <td class="d01">7:30/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">20</td> <td class="d02">Lauren Selzer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1134</td> <td class="d01">32</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">1 30-39</td> <td class="d01">23:24.3</td> <td class="d01">7:33/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">21</td> <td class="d02">Lauren Rawlings</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1116</td> <td class="d01">27</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">2 20-29</td> <td class="d01">23:30.1</td> <td class="d01">7:35/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">22</td> <td class="d02">Michelle Tomallo</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1146</td> <td class="d01">48</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">1 40-49</td> <td class="d01">24:09.1</td> <td class="d01">7:47/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">23</td> <td class="d02">Laurel Wick</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1162</td> <td class="d01">53</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">1 50-59</td> <td class="d01">24:18.2</td> <td class="d01">7:50/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">24</td> <td class="d02">Jim Plikerd</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1109</td> <td class="d01">43</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">2 40-49</td> <td class="d01">24:18.7</td> <td class="d01">7:50/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">25</td> <td class="d02">Matt Drowlette</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">444</td> <td class="d01">35</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">8 30-39</td> <td class="d01">24:21.1</td> <td class="d01">7:51/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">26</td> <td class="d02">Sam Poole</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1110</td> <td class="d01">9</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">3 0-14</td> <td class="d01">24:30.2</td> <td class="d01">7:54/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">27</td> <td class="d02">Tim Linville</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1177</td> <td class="d01">39</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">9 30-39</td> <td class="d01">24:53.0</td> <td class="d01">8:02/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d02">Ben Krampitz</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">480</td> <td class="d01">16</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">1 15-19</td> <td class="d01">25:05.8</td> <td class="d01">8:05/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d02">SHERRI Johnson</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">473</td> <td class="d01">46</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">2 40-49</td> <td class="d01">25:15.7</td> <td class="d01">8:09/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d02">Effie Henry</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">468</td> <td class="d01">20</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">3 20-29</td> <td class="d01">25:17.9</td> <td class="d01">8:09/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">31</td> <td class="d02">Mike Keele</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1183</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">10 30-39</td> <td class="d01">25:30.0</td> <td class="d01">8:14/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">32</td> <td class="d02">Megan Wolansky</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1182</td> <td class="d01">26</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">4 20-29</td> <td class="d01">25:30.6</td> <td class="d01">8:14/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d02">Sheena Montanaro</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1176</td> <td class="d01">31</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">2 30-39</td> <td class="d01">25:38.4</td> <td class="d01">8:16/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d02">Brian Demeter</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">440</td> <td class="d01">31</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">11 30-39</td> <td class="d01">25:38.7</td> <td class="d01">8:16/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">35</td> <td class="d02">Sara Drowlette</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">443</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">3 30-39</td> <td class="d01">25:59.4</td> <td class="d01">8:23/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">36</td> <td class="d02">Kenneth Holt</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">470</td> <td class="d01">24</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">5 20-29</td> <td class="d01">26:13.7</td> <td class="d01">8:27/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">37</td> <td class="d02">Sarah Cate</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">425</td> <td class="d01">26</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">5 20-29</td> <td class="d01">26:18.0</td> <td class="d01">8:29/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">38</td> <td class="d02">Reuben Nodal</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1105</td> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">12 30-39</td> <td class="d01">26:18.8</td> <td class="d01">8:29/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">39</td> <td class="d02">Ali Tubbs</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1155</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">4 30-39</td> <td class="d01">26:34.8</td> <td class="d01">8:34/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">40</td> <td class="d02">James Ankeny</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1170</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">13 30-39</td> <td class="d01">26:35.5</td> <td class="d01">8:35/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">41</td> <td class="d02">Aaron Lane</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1171</td> <td class="d01">25</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">6 20-29</td> <td class="d01">26:35.8</td> <td class="d01">8:35/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">42</td> <td class="d02">Claire Saavedra</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1126</td> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">6 20-29</td> <td class="d01">26:42.7</td> <td class="d01">8:37/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">43</td> <td class="d02">Brittnie Price</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1113</td> <td class="d01">24</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">7 20-29</td> <td class="d01">26:54.9</td> <td class="d01">8:41/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">44</td> <td class="d02">Molly Drake</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">442</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">5 30-39</td> <td class="d01">26:58.8</td> <td class="d01">8:42/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">45</td> <td class="d02">Courtney Batt</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">417</td> <td class="d01">32</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">6 30-39</td> <td class="d01">27:00.4</td> <td class="d01">8:43/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">46</td> <td class="d02">Unknown Partic. 1184</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1184</td> <td class="d01">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">4 0-14</td> <td class="d01">27:10.3</td> <td class="d01">8:46/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">47</td> <td class="d02">Holly Krampitz</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">481</td> <td class="d01">20</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">8 20-29</td> <td class="d01">27:18.3</td> <td class="d01">8:48/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">48</td> <td class="d02">Raymond Coatoam</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">429</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">14 30-39</td> <td class="d01">27:31.5</td> <td class="d01">8:53/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">49</td> <td class="d02">Cody Metro</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">499</td> <td class="d01">26</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">7 20-29</td> <td class="d01">27:36.9</td> <td class="d01">8:54/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">50</td> <td class="d02">Katie McCullough</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">495</td> <td class="d01">25</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">9 20-29</td> <td class="d01">27:37.1</td> <td class="d01">8:55/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">51</td> <td class="d02">Andrew Tomer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1147</td> <td class="d01">17</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">2 15-19</td> <td class="d01">27:40.4</td> <td class="d01">8:55/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">52</td> <td class="d02">Sarah Weyer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1161</td> <td class="d01">22</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">10 20-29</td> <td class="d01">27:46.8</td> <td class="d01">8:57/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">53</td> <td class="d02">charles royer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1123</td> <td class="d01">55</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">3 50-59</td> <td class="d01">27:48.1</td> <td class="d01">8:58/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">54</td> <td class="d02">Ben Hatch</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">465</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">15 30-39</td> <td class="d01">27:54.8</td> <td class="d01">9:00/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">55</td> <td class="d02">Alison Moran</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1102</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">7 30-39</td> <td class="d01">27:54.9</td> <td class="d01">9:00/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">56</td> <td class="d02">Joe Marita</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">492</td> <td class="d01">24</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">8 20-29</td> <td class="d01">28:17.9</td> <td class="d01">9:07/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">57</td> <td class="d02">Arthur Kurtz</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">484</td> <td class="d01">67</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">1 60-99</td> <td class="d01">28:24.0</td> <td class="d01">9:10/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">58</td> <td class="d02">Alysa Hellisz</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">467</td> <td class="d01">21</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">11 20-29</td> <td class="d01">28:28.5</td> <td class="d01">9:11/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">59</td> <td class="d02">Ron Traub</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1153</td> <td class="d01">65</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">2 60-99</td> <td class="d01">28:40.2</td> <td class="d01">9:15/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">60</td> <td class="d02">Michael Schaffer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1131</td> <td class="d01">54</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">4 50-59</td> <td class="d01">28:46.2</td> <td class="d01">9:17/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">61</td> <td class="d02">mary schaffer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1132</td> <td class="d01">56</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">2 50-59</td> <td class="d01">28:55.7</td> <td class="d01">9:20/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">62</td> <td class="d02">Jordan Chaitoff</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">426</td> <td class="d01">11</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">5 0-14</td> <td class="d01">28:58.0</td> <td class="d01">9:21/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">63</td> <td class="d02">Sheryl Chaitoff</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">427</td> <td class="d01">47</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">3 40-49</td> <td class="d01">28:58.4</td> <td class="d01">9:21/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">64</td> <td class="d02">Andrew Powers</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1111</td> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">16 30-39</td> <td class="d01">29:06.9</td> <td class="d01">9:23/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">65</td> <td class="d02">Benjamin Pruett</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1114</td> <td class="d01">31</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">17 30-39</td> <td class="d01">29:07.0</td> <td class="d01">9:24/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">66</td> <td class="d02">Shawna Kovach</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">477</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">8 30-39</td> <td class="d01">29:07.9</td> <td class="d01">9:24/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">67</td> <td class="d02">Robby Tomer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1148</td> <td class="d01">19</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">3 15-19</td> <td class="d01">29:14.1</td> <td class="d01">9:26/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">68</td> <td class="d02">Elliott Cook</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">430</td> <td class="d01">11</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">6 0-14</td> <td class="d01">29:24.1</td> <td class="d01">9:29/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">69</td> <td class="d02">Carol Sievers</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1136</td> <td class="d01">43</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">4 40-49</td> <td class="d01">29:42.0</td> <td class="d01">9:35/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">70</td> <td class="d02">Claire Corcoran</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">433</td> <td class="d01">22</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">12 20-29</td> <td class="d01">29:45.2</td> <td class="d01">9:36/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">71</td> <td class="d02">Samantha Seislove</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1133</td> <td class="d01">25</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">13 20-29</td> <td class="d01">29:45.4</td> <td class="d01">9:36/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">72</td> <td class="d02">Kurt Kleidon</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">476</td> <td class="d01">38</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">18 30-39</td> <td class="d01">30:11.3</td> <td class="d01">9:44/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">73</td> <td class="d02">Michael Campisi</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">424</td> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">19 30-39</td> <td class="d01">30:14.9</td> <td class="d01">9:45/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">74</td> <td class="d02">Kimberly Madjar</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">490</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">9 30-39</td> <td class="d01">30:19.6</td> <td class="d01">9:47/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">75</td> <td class="d02">David Snyder</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1139</td> <td class="d01">59</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">5 50-59</td> <td class="d01">30:28.4</td> <td class="d01">9:50/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">76</td> <td class="d02">Seth Tilton</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1168</td> <td class="d01">11</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">7 0-14</td> <td class="d01">30:38.0</td> <td class="d01">9:53/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">77</td> <td class="d02">Kristin Englander</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1179</td> <td class="d01">44</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">5 40-49</td> <td class="d01">30:40.1</td> <td class="d01">9:54/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">78</td> <td class="d02">Wendy Long</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">488</td> <td class="d01">60</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">1 60-99</td> <td class="d01">30:41.6</td> <td class="d01">9:54/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">79</td> <td class="d02">Bethany Ensinger</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">448</td> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">14 20-29</td> <td class="d01">30:49.5</td> <td class="d01">9:56/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">80</td> <td class="d02">Robin Story</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1167</td> <td class="d01">52</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">3 50-59</td> <td class="d01">31:04.6</td> <td class="d01">10:01/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">81</td> <td class="d02">Beth Gee</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">453</td> <td class="d01">46</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">6 40-49</td> <td class="d01">31:08.0</td> <td class="d01">10:03/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">82</td> <td class="d02">ALlan Divis</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1185</td> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">20 30-39</td> <td class="d01">31:10.6</td> <td class="d01">10:03/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">83</td> <td class="d02">Nicole Jira</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">471</td> <td class="d01">32</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">10 30-39</td> <td class="d01">31:11.9</td> <td class="d01">10:04/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">84</td> <td class="d02">Daniel Mosher</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1174</td> <td class="d01">62</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">3 60-99</td> <td class="d01">31:20.3</td> <td class="d01">10:06/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">85</td> <td class="d02">Tamara Tilton</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1169</td> <td class="d01">42</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">7 40-49</td> <td class="d01">31:30.1</td> <td class="d01">10:10/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">86</td> <td class="d02">Jenna Snyder</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1140</td> <td class="d01">63</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">2 60-99</td> <td class="d01">31:44.5</td> <td class="d01">10:14/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">87</td> <td class="d02">Cassandra Crudele</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">434</td> <td class="d01">40</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">8 40-49</td> <td class="d01">31:50.8</td> <td class="d01">10:16/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">88</td> <td class="d02">Elizabeth Dodson</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">441</td> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">11 30-39</td> <td class="d01">31:51.5</td> <td class="d01">10:16/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">89</td> <td class="d02">Julie Wiseman</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1165</td> <td class="d01">13</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">1 0-14</td> <td class="d01">31:59.2</td> <td class="d01">10:19/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">90</td> <td class="d02">Rebecca Maxhimer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">494</td> <td class="d01">38</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">12 30-39</td> <td class="d01">32:31.3</td> <td class="d01">10:29/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">91</td> <td class="d02">Martin Saavedra</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1127</td> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">9 20-29</td> <td class="d01">32:37.8</td> <td class="d01">10:31/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">92</td> <td class="d02">Jim Mcknight</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1172</td> <td class="d01">59</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">6 50-59</td> <td class="d01">33:10.8</td> <td class="d01">10:42/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">93</td> <td class="d02">Ashley Arpajian</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">415</td> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">15 20-29</td> <td class="d01">33:36.4</td> <td class="d01">10:50/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">94</td> <td class="d02">Lynne Green</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">459</td> <td class="d01">54</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">4 50-59</td> <td class="d01">33:50.3</td> <td class="d01">10:55/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">95</td> <td class="d02">Veronica Sauer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1129</td> <td class="d01">27</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">16 20-29</td> <td class="d01">33:53.8</td> <td class="d01">10:56/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">96</td> <td class="d02">Michelle Gruscinski</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">461</td> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">17 20-29</td> <td class="d01">34:08.6</td> <td class="d01">11:01/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">97</td> <td class="d02">Anna Winfield</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1163</td> <td class="d01">44</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">9 40-49</td> <td class="d01">34:14.4</td> <td class="d01">11:03/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">98</td> <td class="d02">Angela Dubik</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">445</td> <td class="d01">40</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">10 40-49</td> <td class="d01">34:41.5</td> <td class="d01">11:11/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">99</td> <td class="d02">Kristin Arko</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">414</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">13 30-39</td> <td class="d01">34:43.6</td> <td class="d01">11:12/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">100</td> <td class="d02">Brittany Bica</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">419</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">14 30-39</td> <td class="d01">34:44.8</td> <td class="d01">11:12/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01" colspan="9">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">&nbsp;</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Gender</td> <td class="h11">Age Group</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">101</td> <td class="d02">Lauren Coatoam</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">428</td> <td class="d01">99</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">3 60-99</td> <td class="d01">34:50.0</td> <td class="d01">11:14/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">102</td> <td class="d02">Katie OToole Smith</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1107</td> <td class="d01">45</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">11 40-49</td> <td class="d01">34:54.6</td> <td class="d01">11:15/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">103</td> <td class="d02">Airport MINI</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">500</td> <td class="d01">40</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">3 40-49</td> <td class="d01">34:54.7</td> <td class="d01">11:15/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">104</td> <td class="d02">Melissa Krause</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">483</td> <td class="d01">31</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">15 30-39</td> <td class="d01">35:01.3</td> <td class="d01">11:18/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">105</td> <td class="d02">Christa Cook</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">432</td> <td class="d01">39</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">16 30-39</td> <td class="d01">35:08.8</td> <td class="d01">11:20/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">106</td> <td class="d02">Matt Loudon</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1178</td> <td class="d01">32</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">21 30-39</td> <td class="d01">35:25.0</td> <td class="d01">11:25/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">107</td> <td class="d02">Roberto Gonzalez</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">456</td> <td class="d01">43</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">4 40-49</td> <td class="d01">36:22.3</td> <td class="d01">11:44/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">108</td> <td class="d02">Helen McKeon</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">498</td> <td class="d01">21</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">18 20-29</td> <td class="d01">36:23.3</td> <td class="d01">11:44/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">109</td> <td class="d02">Chery Short</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1135</td> <td class="d01">52</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">5 50-59</td> <td class="d01">36:30.1</td> <td class="d01">11:46/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">110</td> <td class="d02">Erin Tilbert</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1143</td> <td class="d01">39</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">17 30-39</td> <td class="d01">36:32.7</td> <td class="d01">11:47/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">111</td> <td class="d02">Sofie Krampitz</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">479</td> <td class="d01">12</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">2 0-14</td> <td class="d01">36:58.5</td> <td class="d01">11:55/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">112</td> <td class="d02">Allison Rafferty</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1115</td> <td class="d01">13</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">3 0-14</td> <td class="d01">36:58.7</td> <td class="d01">11:55/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">113</td> <td class="d02">Margaret Montano</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1101</td> <td class="d01">51</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">6 50-59</td> <td class="d01">37:12.7</td> <td class="d01">12:00/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">114</td> <td class="d02">Elle Kovacik</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">478</td> <td class="d01">26</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">19 20-29</td> <td class="d01">37:23.9</td> <td class="d01">12:04/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">115</td> <td class="d02">Eden LaLonde</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">485</td> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">20 20-29</td> <td class="d01">37:24.2</td> <td class="d01">12:04/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">116</td> <td class="d02">Jennifer Rome</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1120</td> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">18 30-39</td> <td class="d01">38:01.5</td> <td class="d01">12:16/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">117</td> <td class="d02">Matthew Rome</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1119</td> <td class="d01">0</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">8 0-14</td> <td class="d01">38:04.6</td> <td class="d01">12:17/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">118</td> <td class="d02">Dan Mosher</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1173</td> <td class="d01">62</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">4 60-99</td> <td class="d01">38:07.4</td> <td class="d01">12:18/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">119</td> <td class="d02">Michelle Braz</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">422</td> <td class="d01">40</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">12 40-49</td> <td class="d01">38:16.3</td> <td class="d01">12:21/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">120</td> <td class="d02">Stephanie Uhl</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1156</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">19 30-39</td> <td class="d01">38:16.3</td> <td class="d01">12:21/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">121</td> <td class="d02">Kevin Hartman</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">464</td> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">10 20-29</td> <td class="d01">41:55.4</td> <td class="d01">13:31/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">122</td> <td class="d02">Jennifer Johns</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">472</td> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">21 20-29</td> <td class="d01">41:57.8</td> <td class="d01">13:32/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">123</td> <td class="d02">Ashley Hartman</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">463</td> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">22 20-29</td> <td class="d01">41:58.0</td> <td class="d01">13:32/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">124</td> <td class="d02">Kelly Berry</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">418</td> <td class="d01">36</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">20 30-39</td> <td class="d01">42:36.6</td> <td class="d01">13:45/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">125</td> <td class="d02">Amanda Stevenson</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1141</td> <td class="d01">36</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">21 30-39</td> <td class="d01">42:38.0</td> <td class="d01">13:45/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">126</td> <td class="d02">Hailey Tallaksen</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1142</td> <td class="d01">21</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">23 20-29</td> <td class="d01">42:50.2</td> <td class="d01">13:49/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">127</td> <td class="d02">Ricky Tomer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1149</td> <td class="d01">22</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">11 20-29</td> <td class="d01">42:50.9</td> <td class="d01">13:49/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">128</td> <td class="d02">venus powers</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1112</td> <td class="d01">51</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">7 50-59</td> <td class="d01">50:06.5</td> <td class="d01">16:10/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">129</td> <td class="d02">Sheneka McGee Fears</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">496</td> <td class="d01">38</td> <td class="d01">F</td> <td class="d01">22 30-39</td> <td class="d01">50:27.9</td> <td class="d01">16:16/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">130</td> <td class="d02">Marc Fears</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">449</td> <td class="d01">47</td> <td class="d01">M</td> <td class="d01">5 40-49</td> <td class="d01">50:33.2</td> <td class="d01">16:18/M</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Finish line14.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="446" />&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <h1>Run for Recovery 5K</h1> <h1>Age Group Results</h1> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div> <table class="racetable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Female Overall Winners</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td class="h12">Name &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td class="h12">City &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</td> <td class="h11">Bib No &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</td> <td class="h11">Age &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td class="h11">Overall &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</td> <td class="h11">Total Time &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</td> <td class="h11">&nbsp;Pace &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Jenna Englander</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1180</td> <td class="d01">9</td> <td class="d01">&nbsp;17</td> <td class="d01">22:24.6</td> <td class="d01">7:14/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name=" M"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Male Overall Winners</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td class="h11">Age &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td class="h11">Overal &nbsp;</td> <td class="h11">Total Time &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td class="d02">Justin Gravert</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1175</td> <td class="d01">24</td> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d01">15:57.3</td> <td class="d01">5:09/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name=" 8"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Female 14 and Under</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Overall</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Julie Wiseman</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1165</td> <td class="d01">13</td> <td class="d01">89</td> <td class="d01">31:59.2</td> <td class="d01">10:19/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">Sofie Krampitz</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">479</td> <td class="d01">12</td> <td class="d01">111</td> <td class="d01">36:58.5</td> <td class="d01">11:55/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">Allison Rafferty</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1115</td> <td class="d01">13</td> <td class="d01">112</td> <td class="d01">36:58.7</td> <td class="d01">11:55/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name=" 1"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Male 14 and Under</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Overall</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Cody Englander</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1181</td> <td class="d01">12</td> <td class="d01">5</td> <td class="d01">19:17.6</td> <td class="d01">6:13/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">Sam Saracina</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">312</td> <td class="d01">13</td> <td class="d01">15</td> <td class="d01">20:47.4</td> <td class="d01">6:42/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">Sam Poole</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1110</td> <td class="d01">9</td> <td class="d01">26</td> <td class="d01">24:30.2</td> <td class="d01">7:54/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">4</td> <td class="d02">Unknown Partic. 1184</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1184</td> <td class="d01">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">46</td> <td class="d01">27:10.3</td> <td class="d01">8:46/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">5</td> <td class="d02">Jordan Chaitoff</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">426</td> <td class="d01">11</td> <td class="d01">62</td> <td class="d01">28:58.0</td> <td class="d01">9:21/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">6</td> <td class="d02">Elliott Cook</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">430</td> <td class="d01">11</td> <td class="d01">68</td> <td class="d01">29:24.1</td> <td class="d01">9:29/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">7</td> <td class="d02">Seth Tilton</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1168</td> <td class="d01">11</td> <td class="d01">76</td> <td class="d01">30:38.0</td> <td class="d01">9:53/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">8</td> <td class="d02">Matthew Rome</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1119</td> <td class="d01">0</td> <td class="d01">117</td> <td class="d01">38:04.6</td> <td class="d01">12:17/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name=" 2"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Male 15 to 19</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Overall</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Ben Krampitz</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">480</td> <td class="d01">16</td> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d01">25:05.8</td> <td class="d01">8:05/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">Andrew Tomer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1147</td> <td class="d01">17</td> <td class="d01">51</td> <td class="d01">27:40.4</td> <td class="d01">8:55/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">Robby Tomer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1148</td> <td class="d01">19</td> <td class="d01">67</td> <td class="d01">29:14.1</td> <td class="d01">9:26/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name="10"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Female 20 to 29</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Overall</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Natalie Harper</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">462</td> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d01">19</td> <td class="d01">23:16.0</td> <td class="d01">7:30/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">Lauren Rawlings</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1116</td> <td class="d01">27</td> <td class="d01">21</td> <td class="d01">23:30.1</td> <td class="d01">7:35/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">Effie Henry</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">468</td> <td class="d01">20</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">25:17.9</td> <td class="d01">8:09/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">4</td> <td class="d02">Megan Wolansky</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1182</td> <td class="d01">26</td> <td class="d01">32</td> <td class="d01">25:30.6</td> <td class="d01">8:14/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">5</td> <td class="d02">Sarah Cate</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">425</td> <td class="d01">26</td> <td class="d01">37</td> <td class="d01">26:18.0</td> <td class="d01">8:29/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">6</td> <td class="d02">Claire Saavedra</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1126</td> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d01">42</td> <td class="d01">26:42.7</td> <td class="d01">8:37/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">7</td> <td class="d02">Brittnie Price</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1113</td> <td class="d01">24</td> <td class="d01">43</td> <td class="d01">26:54.9</td> <td class="d01">8:41/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">8</td> <td class="d02">Holly Krampitz</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">481</td> <td class="d01">20</td> <td class="d01">47</td> <td class="d01">27:18.3</td> <td class="d01">8:48/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">9</td> <td class="d02">Katie McCullough</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">495</td> <td class="d01">25</td> <td class="d01">50</td> <td class="d01">27:37.1</td> <td class="d01">8:55/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">10</td> <td class="d02">Sarah Weyer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1161</td> <td class="d01">22</td> <td class="d01">52</td> <td class="d01">27:46.8</td> <td class="d01">8:57/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">11</td> <td class="d02">Alysa Hellisz</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">467</td> <td class="d01">21</td> <td class="d01">58</td> <td class="d01">28:28.5</td> <td class="d01">9:11/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">12</td> <td class="d02">Claire Corcoran</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">433</td> <td class="d01">22</td> <td class="d01">70</td> <td class="d01">29:45.2</td> <td class="d01">9:36/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">13</td> <td class="d02">Samantha Seislove</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1133</td> <td class="d01">25</td> <td class="d01">71</td> <td class="d01">29:45.4</td> <td class="d01">9:36/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">14</td> <td class="d02">Bethany Ensinger</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">448</td> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d01">79</td> <td class="d01">30:49.5</td> <td class="d01">9:56/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">15</td> <td class="d02">Ashley Arpajian</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">415</td> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d01">93</td> <td class="d01">33:36.4</td> <td class="d01">10:50/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">16</td> <td class="d02">Veronica Sauer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1129</td> <td class="d01">27</td> <td class="d01">95</td> <td class="d01">33:53.8</td> <td class="d01">10:56/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">17</td> <td class="d02">Michelle Gruscinski</td> <td class="d02">North Olmsted OH</td> <td class="d01">461</td> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d01">96</td> <td class="d01">34:08.6</td> <td class="d01">11:01/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">18</td> <td class="d02">Helen McKeon</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">498</td> <td class="d01">21</td> <td class="d01">108</td> <td class="d01">36:23.3</td> <td class="d01">11:44/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">19</td> <td class="d02">Elle Kovacik</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">478</td> <td class="d01">26</td> <td class="d01">114</td> <td class="d01">37:23.9</td> <td class="d01">12:04/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">20</td> <td class="d02">Eden LaLonde</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">485</td> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d01">115</td> <td class="d01">37:24.2</td> <td class="d01">12:04/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">21</td> <td class="d02">Jennifer Johns</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">472</td> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d01">122</td> <td class="d01">41:57.8</td> <td class="d01">13:32/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">22</td> <td class="d02">Ashley Hartman</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">463</td> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d01">123</td> <td class="d01">41:58.0</td> <td class="d01">13:32/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">23</td> <td class="d02">Hailey Tallaksen</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1142</td> <td class="d01">21</td> <td class="d01">126</td> <td class="d01">42:50.2</td> <td class="d01">13:49/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name=" 3"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Male 20 to 29</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Overall</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Colin Ray</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1117</td> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d01">6</td> <td class="d01">19:21.3</td> <td class="d01">6:15/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">Kyle Hayes</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">466</td> <td class="d01">25</td> <td class="d01">7</td> <td class="d01">19:29.3</td> <td class="d01">6:17/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">DAN MCGREEVY</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">497</td> <td class="d01">28</td> <td class="d01">12</td> <td class="d01">20:10.8</td> <td class="d01">6:30/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">4</td> <td class="d02">Daniel O'Connor</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1106</td> <td class="d01">26</td> <td class="d01">18</td> <td class="d01">22:34.1</td> <td class="d01">7:17/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">5</td> <td class="d02">Kenneth Holt</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">470</td> <td class="d01">24</td> <td class="d01">36</td> <td class="d01">26:13.7</td> <td class="d01">8:27/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">6</td> <td class="d02">Aaron Lane</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1171</td> <td class="d01">25</td> <td class="d01">41</td> <td class="d01">26:35.8</td> <td class="d01">8:35/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">7</td> <td class="d02">Cody Metro</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">499</td> <td class="d01">26</td> <td class="d01">49</td> <td class="d01">27:36.9</td> <td class="d01">8:54/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">8</td> <td class="d02">Joe Marita</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">492</td> <td class="d01">24</td> <td class="d01">56</td> <td class="d01">28:17.9</td> <td class="d01">9:07/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">9</td> <td class="d02">Martin Saavedra</td> <td class="d02">North Olmsted OH</td> <td class="d01">1127</td> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d01">91</td> <td class="d01">32:37.8</td> <td class="d01">10:31/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">10</td> <td class="d02">Kevin Hartman</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">464</td> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d01">121</td> <td class="d01">41:55.4</td> <td class="d01">13:31/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">11</td> <td class="d02">Ricky Tomer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1149</td> <td class="d01">22</td> <td class="d01">127</td> <td class="d01">42:50.9</td> <td class="d01">13:49/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name="11"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Female 30 to 39</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Overall</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Lauren Selzer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1134</td> <td class="d01">32</td> <td class="d01">20</td> <td class="d01">23:24.3</td> <td class="d01">7:33/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">Sheena Montanaro</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1176</td> <td class="d01">31</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">25:38.4</td> <td class="d01">8:16/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">Sara Drowlette</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">443</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">35</td> <td class="d01">25:59.4</td> <td class="d01">8:23/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">4</td> <td class="d02">Ali Tubbs</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1155</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">39</td> <td class="d01">26:34.8</td> <td class="d01">8:34/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">5</td> <td class="d02">Molly Drake</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">442</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">44</td> <td class="d01">26:58.8</td> <td class="d01">8:42/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">6</td> <td class="d02">Courtney Batt</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">417</td> <td class="d01">32</td> <td class="d01">45</td> <td class="d01">27:00.4</td> <td class="d01">8:43/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">7</td> <td class="d02">Alison Moran</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1102</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">55</td> <td class="d01">27:54.9</td> <td class="d01">9:00/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">8</td> <td class="d02">Shawna Kovach</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">477</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">66</td> <td class="d01">29:07.9</td> <td class="d01">9:24/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">9</td> <td class="d02">Kimberly Madjar</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">490</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">74</td> <td class="d01">30:19.6</td> <td class="d01">9:47/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">10</td> <td class="d02">Nicole Jira</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">471</td> <td class="d01">32</td> <td class="d01">83</td> <td class="d01">31:11.9</td> <td class="d01">10:04/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">11</td> <td class="d02">Elizabeth Dodson</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">441</td> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d01">88</td> <td class="d01">31:51.5</td> <td class="d01">10:16/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">12</td> <td class="d02">Rebecca Maxhimer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">494</td> <td class="d01">38</td> <td class="d01">90</td> <td class="d01">32:31.3</td> <td class="d01">10:29/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">13</td> <td class="d02">Kristin Arko</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">414</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">99</td> <td class="d01">34:43.6</td> <td class="d01">11:12/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">14</td> <td class="d02">Brittany Bica</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">419</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">100</td> <td class="d01">34:44.8</td> <td class="d01">11:12/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">15</td> <td class="d02">Melissa Krause</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">483</td> <td class="d01">31</td> <td class="d01">104</td> <td class="d01">35:01.3</td> <td class="d01">11:18/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">16</td> <td class="d02">Christa Cook</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">432</td> <td class="d01">39</td> <td class="d01">105</td> <td class="d01">35:08.8</td> <td class="d01">11:20/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">17</td> <td class="d02">Erin Tilbert</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1143</td> <td class="d01">39</td> <td class="d01">110</td> <td class="d01">36:32.7</td> <td class="d01">11:47/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">18</td> <td class="d02">Jennifer Rome</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1120</td> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d01">116</td> <td class="d01">38:01.5</td> <td class="d01">12:16/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">19</td> <td class="d02">Stephanie Uhl</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1156</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">120</td> <td class="d01">38:16.3</td> <td class="d01">12:21/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">20</td> <td class="d02">Kelly Berry</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">418</td> <td class="d01">36</td> <td class="d01">124</td> <td class="d01">42:36.6</td> <td class="d01">13:45/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">21</td> <td class="d02">Amanda Stevenson</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1141</td> <td class="d01">36</td> <td class="d01">125</td> <td class="d01">42:38.0</td> <td class="d01">13:45/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">22</td> <td class="d02">Sheneka McGee Fears</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">496</td> <td class="d01">38</td> <td class="d01">129</td> <td class="d01">50:27.9</td> <td class="d01">16:16/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name=" 4"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Male 30 to 39</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Overall</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Adam Rosen</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1122</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d01">17:09.8</td> <td class="d01">5:32/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">Steve Mosher</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1103</td> <td class="d01">39</td> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d01">18:23.1</td> <td class="d01">5:56/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">Brian Giovinazzi</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">455</td> <td class="d01">36</td> <td class="d01">4</td> <td class="d01">18:40.4</td> <td class="d01">6:01/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">4</td> <td class="d02">Jeffrey Krause</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">482</td> <td class="d01">31</td> <td class="d01">8</td> <td class="d01">19:45.4</td> <td class="d01">6:22/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">5</td> <td class="d02">Marc Toth</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1152</td> <td class="d01">38</td> <td class="d01">11</td> <td class="d01">20:10.7</td> <td class="d01">6:30/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">6</td> <td class="d02">Chris Arpajian</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">416</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">13</td> <td class="d01">20:34.8</td> <td class="d01">6:38/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">7</td> <td class="d02">Curtis Grube</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">460</td> <td class="d01">39</td> <td class="d01">16</td> <td class="d01">22:09.7</td> <td class="d01">7:09/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">8</td> <td class="d02">Matt Drowlette</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">444</td> <td class="d01">35</td> <td class="d01">25</td> <td class="d01">24:21.1</td> <td class="d01">7:51/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">9</td> <td class="d02">Tim Linville</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1177</td> <td class="d01">39</td> <td class="d01">27</td> <td class="d01">24:53.0</td> <td class="d01">8:02/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">10</td> <td class="d02">Mike Keele</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1183</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">31</td> <td class="d01">25:30.0</td> <td class="d01">8:14/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">11</td> <td class="d02">Brian Demeter</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">440</td> <td class="d01">31</td> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d01">25:38.7</td> <td class="d01">8:16/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">12</td> <td class="d02">Reuben Nodal</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1105</td> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d01">38</td> <td class="d01">26:18.8</td> <td class="d01">8:29/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">13</td> <td class="d02">James Ankeny</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1170</td> <td class="d01">30</td> <td class="d01">40</td> <td class="d01">26:35.5</td> <td class="d01">8:35/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">14</td> <td class="d02">Raymond Coatoam</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">429</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">48</td> <td class="d01">27:31.5</td> <td class="d01">8:53/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">15</td> <td class="d02">Ben Hatch</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">465</td> <td class="d01">33</td> <td class="d01">54</td> <td class="d01">27:54.8</td> <td class="d01">9:00/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">16</td> <td class="d02">Andrew Powers</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1111</td> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d01">64</td> <td class="d01">29:06.9</td> <td class="d01">9:23/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">17</td> <td class="d02">Benjamin Pruett</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1114</td> <td class="d01">31</td> <td class="d01">65</td> <td class="d01">29:07.0</td> <td class="d01">9:24/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">18</td> <td class="d02">Kurt Kleidon</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">476</td> <td class="d01">38</td> <td class="d01">72</td> <td class="d01">30:11.3</td> <td class="d01">9:44/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">19</td> <td class="d02">Michael Campisi</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">424</td> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d01">73</td> <td class="d01">30:14.9</td> <td class="d01">9:45/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">20</td> <td class="d02">ALlan Divis</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1185</td> <td class="d01">34</td> <td class="d01">82</td> <td class="d01">31:10.6</td> <td class="d01">10:03/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">21</td> <td class="d02">Matt Loudon</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1178</td> <td class="d01">32</td> <td class="d01">106</td> <td class="d01">35:25.0</td> <td class="d01">11:25/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name="12"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Female 40 to 49</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Overall</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Michelle Tomallo</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1146</td> <td class="d01">48</td> <td class="d01">22</td> <td class="d01">24:09.1</td> <td class="d01">7:47/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">SHERRI Johnson</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">473</td> <td class="d01">46</td> <td class="d01">29</td> <td class="d01">25:15.7</td> <td class="d01">8:09/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">Sheryl Chaitoff</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">427</td> <td class="d01">47</td> <td class="d01">63</td> <td class="d01">28:58.4</td> <td class="d01">9:21/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">4</td> <td class="d02">Carol Sievers</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1136</td> <td class="d01">43</td> <td class="d01">69</td> <td class="d01">29:42.0</td> <td class="d01">9:35/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">5</td> <td class="d02">Kristin Englander</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1179</td> <td class="d01">44</td> <td class="d01">77</td> <td class="d01">30:40.1</td> <td class="d01">9:54/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">6</td> <td class="d02">Beth Gee</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">453</td> <td class="d01">46</td> <td class="d01">81</td> <td class="d01">31:08.0</td> <td class="d01">10:03/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">7</td> <td class="d02">Tamara Tilton</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1169</td> <td class="d01">42</td> <td class="d01">85</td> <td class="d01">31:30.1</td> <td class="d01">10:10/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">8</td> <td class="d02">Cassandra Crudele</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">434</td> <td class="d01">40</td> <td class="d01">87</td> <td class="d01">31:50.8</td> <td class="d01">10:16/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">9</td> <td class="d02">Anna Winfield</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1163</td> <td class="d01">44</td> <td class="d01">97</td> <td class="d01">34:14.4</td> <td class="d01">11:03/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">10</td> <td class="d02">Angela Dubik</td> <td class="d02">lakewood OH</td> <td class="d01">445</td> <td class="d01">40</td> <td class="d01">98</td> <td class="d01">34:41.5</td> <td class="d01">11:11/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">11</td> <td class="d02">Katie OToole Smith</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1107</td> <td class="d01">45</td> <td class="d01">102</td> <td class="d01">34:54.6</td> <td class="d01">11:15/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">12</td> <td class="d02">Michelle Braz</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">422</td> <td class="d01">40</td> <td class="d01">119</td> <td class="d01">38:16.3</td> <td class="d01">12:21/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name=" 5"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Male 40 to 49</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Overall</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Jason Seek</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1186</td> <td class="d01">43</td> <td class="d01">9</td> <td class="d01">20:03.9</td> <td class="d01">6:28/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">Jim Plikerd</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1109</td> <td class="d01">43</td> <td class="d01">24</td> <td class="d01">24:18.7</td> <td class="d01">7:50/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">Airport MINI</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">500</td> <td class="d01">40</td> <td class="d01">103</td> <td class="d01">34:54.7</td> <td class="d01">11:15/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">4</td> <td class="d02">Roberto Gonzalez</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">456</td> <td class="d01">43</td> <td class="d01">107</td> <td class="d01">36:22.3</td> <td class="d01">11:44/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">5</td> <td class="d02">Marc Fears</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">449</td> <td class="d01">47</td> <td class="d01">130</td> <td class="d01">50:33.2</td> <td class="d01">16:18/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name="13"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Female 50 to 59</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Overall</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Laurel Wick</td> <td class="d02">Rocky River OH</td> <td class="d01">1162</td> <td class="d01">53</td> <td class="d01">23</td> <td class="d01">24:18.2</td> <td class="d01">7:50/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">mary schaffer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1132</td> <td class="d01">56</td> <td class="d01">61</td> <td class="d01">28:55.7</td> <td class="d01">9:20/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">Robin Story</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1167</td> <td class="d01">52</td> <td class="d01">80</td> <td class="d01">31:04.6</td> <td class="d01">10:01/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">4</td> <td class="d02">Lynne Green</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">459</td> <td class="d01">54</td> <td class="d01">94</td> <td class="d01">33:50.3</td> <td class="d01">10:55/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">5</td> <td class="d02">Chery Short</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1135</td> <td class="d01">52</td> <td class="d01">109</td> <td class="d01">36:30.1</td> <td class="d01">11:46/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">6</td> <td class="d02">Margaret Montano</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1101</td> <td class="d01">51</td> <td class="d01">113</td> <td class="d01">37:12.7</td> <td class="d01">12:00/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">7</td> <td class="d02">venus powers</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1112</td> <td class="d01">51</td> <td class="d01">128</td> <td class="d01">50:06.5</td> <td class="d01">16:10/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name=" 6"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Male 50 to 59</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Overall</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Dan Riley</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1118</td> <td class="d01">55</td> <td class="d01">10</td> <td class="d01">20:06.2</td> <td class="d01">6:29/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">Bill Robb</td> <td class="d02">North Ridgeville OH</td> <td class="d01">315</td> <td class="d01">52</td> <td class="d01">14</td> <td class="d01">20:39.6</td> <td class="d01">6:40/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">charles royer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1123</td> <td class="d01">55</td> <td class="d01">53</td> <td class="d01">27:48.1</td> <td class="d01">8:58/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">4</td> <td class="d02">Michael Schaffer</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1131</td> <td class="d01">54</td> <td class="d01">60</td> <td class="d01">28:46.2</td> <td class="d01">9:17/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">5</td> <td class="d02">David Snyder</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1139</td> <td class="d01">59</td> <td class="d01">75</td> <td class="d01">30:28.4</td> <td class="d01">9:50/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">6</td> <td class="d02">Jim Mcknight</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1172</td> <td class="d01">59</td> <td class="d01">92</td> <td class="d01">33:10.8</td> <td class="d01">10:42/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name="14"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Female 60 and Over</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Overall</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Wendy Long</td> <td class="d02">OH</td> <td class="d01">488</td> <td class="d01">60</td> <td class="d01">78</td> <td class="d01">30:41.6</td> <td class="d01">9:54/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">Jenna Snyder</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1140</td> <td class="d01">63</td> <td class="d01">86</td> <td class="d01">31:44.5</td> <td class="d01">10:14/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">Lauren Coatoam</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">428</td> <td class="d01">99</td> <td class="d01">101</td> <td class="d01">34:50.0</td> <td class="d01">11:14/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d02" colspan="8"><a name=" 7"></a><a href="#Top">Top</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h01" colspan="8"> <h3>Male 60 and Over</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="h11">Place</td> <td class="h12">Name</td> <td class="h12">City</td> <td class="h11">Bib No</td> <td class="h11">Age</td> <td class="h11">Overall</td> <td class="h11">Total Time</td> <td class="h11">Pace</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">1</td> <td class="d02">Arthur Kurtz</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">484</td> <td class="d01">67</td> <td class="d01">57</td> <td class="d01">28:24.0</td> <td class="d01">9:10/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">2</td> <td class="d02">Ron Traub</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1153</td> <td class="d01">65</td> <td class="d01">59</td> <td class="d01">28:40.2</td> <td class="d01">9:15/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">3</td> <td class="d02">Daniel Mosher</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1174</td> <td class="d01">62</td> <td class="d01">84</td> <td class="d01">31:20.3</td> <td class="d01">10:06/M</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="d01">4</td> <td class="d02">Dan Mosher</td> <td class="d02">&nbsp;</td> <td class="d01">1173</td> <td class="d01">62</td> <td class="d01">118</td> <td class="d01">38:07.4</td> <td class="d01">12:18/M</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h1 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h1> </div> <div>&nbsp;</div> $58, 577 raised for Run for Recovery! http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6036 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT Pam Gill, President and CEO of Recovery Resources shares her thoughts on the success of this year’s 4th Annual Run for Recovery. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Pam with winners2.jpg" alt="" width="497" height="545" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Once again, I am truly humbled by the spirit of Recovery Resources. Our 4<sup>th</sup> Annual Run for Recovery was an incredible success and demonstrated our commitment to our community. It truly does take a village!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Thank you to all of you who ran, walked, volunteered and donated.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Thank you to our sponsors &ndash;&nbsp;Annual Sponsors:&nbsp;Gold- Cleveland Clinic, McDonald Hopkins,&nbsp;Silver- KeyBank, Wells Fargo Advisors,&nbsp;Bronze- Airport Mini, Stellar Benefits.&nbsp;Run Sponsors:Active Recovery Consulting, Fifth Third Bank, Hyland, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Swagelok,&nbsp;In-Kind- Bruegger&rsquo;s Bagels, The Children&rsquo;s Museum of Cleveland, Crain&rsquo;s Cleveland Business, Dave&rsquo;s Markets, Legacy Village, Rock + Recovery, Starbucks. Champion sponsor:&nbsp;Pacer- ADAMHS Board.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">And a special shout out to Molly Drake and our Associate Board who have spent the past year planning this event that celebrates recovery and brings #HopeInTheLand!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="background-color: #ffff00;"><a style="background-color: #ffff00;" href="http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6035">Race Results</a></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Run for Recovery by the numbers:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">173 Runners</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;"> 137 Walkers<br />18 Kid Fun Runners<br />116 Volunteers<br />$30, 838 raised by teams<br />$5,174 Participation fee<br />$565 Day of donation<br />$4,000 event sponsorship<br />$18,000 Annual Sponsors</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>Total Raised:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">An impressive <strong><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">$58,577</span></strong> was raised to support Recovery Resources programs and clients!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Thank you for your support.</span></p> </div> Heroin & Fentanyl Related Deaths in Cuyahoga County http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6034 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT In a recent report the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's office released the current number of Heroin & Fentanyl related deaths in Cuyahoga County. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Heroinand fentanylrelease1.jpg" alt="" width="353" height="225" /></div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/heroinfatalcases2.jpg" alt="" width="642" height="507" /></div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/deathchart3.jpg" alt="" width="688" height="506" /></div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/deathchart4.jpg" alt="" width="644" height="502" /></div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Deathchart5.jpg" alt="" width="690" height="505" /></div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Deathchart7.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="480" /></div> <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Deathchart8.jpg" alt="" width="647" height="484" /></div> Medical Examiner Public Health Warning http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6033 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT <div>According to a press release from the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner, Dr. Thomas Gilson, who issued a public health warning on August 19, 2016 indicated that the Regional Science Forensic Laboratory has detected carfentanil.</div> <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/medical.jpg" alt="" width="1966" height="1325" /></div> Employees get ready to Run for Recovery http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6030 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT Pam Gill shares a message to encourage our staff and others. <div>It's crunch time and our staff are getting pumped up for Run for Recovery. As they prepare for the big day, our President and CEO, Pam Gill shares a message to encourage our staff and others.</div> <div><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gbIhnbDDXF4" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> Social Enterprise team assembles Run for Recovery packets http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6031 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT It was all hands-on-deck as members from Recovery Resources’ Social Enterprise program worked together to assemble close to 400 packets. <div>It was all hands-on-deck as members from Recovery Resources&rsquo; Social Enterprise program worked together to assemble close to 400 packets. Each team member had a specific task, whether it was filling the bags with papers, water bottles or creating sponsor sign&rsquo;s, they did it with a smile. Check out what some had to say.</div> <div><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X36NWYApy6c" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> Recovery Wall of Hope http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6032 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT When friends and family arrive for the Run for Recovery, on Saturday, August 20th, at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, they will get an opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings on the Recovery Wall of Hope. <div>When friends and family arrive for the Run for Recovery, on Saturday, August 20th, at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, they will get an opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings on the Recovery Wall of Hope. The wall celebrates those in recovery, those working towards recovery, and to remember and celebrate the lives we have lost. Here is a sneak peek of the wall being constructed.</div> <div><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r_nJUV92Ago" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> How your support impacts our clients & programs http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6029 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT When it comes to volunteering, donating or sponsoring a Non-profit, like Recovery Resources, the number one thing you want to know is where your money, time and hard work is going. We, want to share that information. We broke it down, so you can see how each dollar you give, impacts the lives of the people we serve. Learn more. <p>When it comes to volunteering, donating or sponsoring a non-profit, like <a href="http://www.recres.org/">Recovery Resources</a>, the number one thing you want to know is how your money, time, and hard work is benefiting those in need. We want to share that information. We broke it down, so you can see how each dollar you give, impacts the lives of the people we serve.&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li> <h2>$10 Provides 4 all day bus passes so that a client can attend treatment.</h2> </li> <li> <h2>$20&nbsp;Provides a client with two weeks of bus transportation to attend our Intensive Outpatient Program (4 days/week for 2 weeks).</h2> </li> <li> <h2>$25&nbsp;Provides a Prime for Life Workbook for a client enrolled in our prevention program.&nbsp;</h2> </li> <li> <h2>$50&nbsp;Provides a client who otherwise could not afford treatment with 30 minutes of individual behavioral health counseling.</h2> </li> <li> <h2>$100-$150&nbsp;Provides a client with funds to purchase clothing, shoes, and accessories needed for their job interview.</h2> </li> <li> <h2>$250&nbsp;Provides maintenance of the HUGS (Help us Grow) garden project for one season so that the women and children in the Women and Families Program can grow and harvest garden vegetables and ensure fresh produce is part of their daily diets.</h2> </li> <li> <h2>$500&nbsp;Provides rent, food, and hygiene items for individuals with mental illness released from prison and re-entering the community.</h2> </li> <li> <h2>$1,000&nbsp;Provides a client with 10 weeks of behavioral health counseling at 1 hour/week.</h2> </li> <li> <h2>$2,500&nbsp;Provides a client with 6 weeks (4 groups/week) in the Intensive Outpatient Program.</h2> </li> <li> <h2>$3,000&nbsp;Provides 3 months of transitional assistance including shelter, food, clothing and partial medication needs for a client discharged from prison or the state hospital, until their benefits can be established.</h2> </li> <li> <h2>$4,000&nbsp;Provides for a community-based assessment of a client job seeker with a job coach.</h2> </li> <li> <h2>$5,000&nbsp;Provides the start up equipment and training to launch a new social enterprise caf&eacute; operated by consumers.&nbsp;&nbsp;</h2> </li> <li> <h2>$10,000&nbsp;Provides housing and support services for one year for an individual with a severe and persistent mental illness.</h2> </li> </ul> <p>Recovery Resource shares with you what #HopeInTheLand means to our clients and why your continued support is so important. With your support at events like <a href="https://www.wizathon.com/runforrecovery/" target="_blank">Run for Recovery</a>, it allows our clients an opportunity to get a second chance at life.</p> <h1><strong>&nbsp;To donate click <span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://www.recres.org/Donating">here</a></span>.</strong>&nbsp;</h1> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j-lxju014GQ" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> Run for Recovery helps Social Enterprises http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6027 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT <div>The Run for Recovery is vital to many services Recovery Resources provides. Watch and learn.</div> <div>The Run for Recovery is vital to many services Recovery Resources provides. Kevin Beaver, Manager of Social Enterprises shares his thoughts on why this event is so important and what it does for &nbsp;our clients. Watch and learn more about Social Enterprises.&nbsp;</div> <div><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/leenwXNBx0c" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> Run for Recovery Katie O'Toole Smith http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6028 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT Katie O'Toole Smith, Recovery Resources Circle of Strength Chair and Board of Directors shares her message. Watch and learn. <div>Katie O'Toole Smith, Recovery Resources Circle of Strength Chair and Board of Directors shares with us why it's so important to get involved with Run for Recovery. Check out her message.&nbsp;</div> <div><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tgXJ2CjkjBk" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> A Message from Chelsea Coleman Hussey, Associate Board Member http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6019 Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT Chelsea Coleman Hussey, Recovery Resource Associate Board Member shares her personal story of how she got inspired to join Recovery Resources and how it's changed her life. <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/CaseysdaughterwithbabyChelsea.jpg" alt="" width="221" height="332" /><img src="/ManagedFiles/Casay2.jpg" alt="" width="222" height="332" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>I Run for Recovery because I believe in legacy. In Northeast Ohio, we know all too well that addiction and mental illness aren&rsquo;t bound by time. The pain, the shame, the stigma, can transcend generations and affects new lives every day.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Fortunately, so can recovery.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>I was inspired to join<a href="http://www.recres.org/"> Recovery Resources</a> by my father, Casey Coleman, whose sobriety, personal growth, and contribution of his time and talent helped so many people in the greater Cleveland area to fight the battle against addiction. By witnessing his incredible transformation and his work with Recovery Resources, he enabled me to carry on his legacy of impact, long after his passing in 2006. Now, through his fund "Casey's Kids," a whole new generation can be helped through prevention programs targeted toward school aged children.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>I will be participating in the Run for Recovery in loving memory of my father, and because I want my daughter to grow up in a world free of the stigma of addiction and mental illness. A world where no problem is too big, too scary, too pervasive. Through an organization like Recovery Resources, and a group of committed, courageous, and caring people, anything is possible. ?#?HopeInTheLand?</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Please, dear friends and family, help me show Evelyn, and our community, what&rsquo;s possible, by joining me at the<a href="https://www.wizathon.com/runforrecovery/"> Run for Recovery</a>.&nbsp;</div> Run for Recovery. It is not a race to nowhere. It is a race to a solution. http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6020 Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT “There are so many who do not have those resources. Who suffer every day because there is no one to help them get off that self-destructive path. Recovery Resources helps people in need get the treatment necessary to overcome addiction and mental health issues. That is why this race is so important. It is not a race to nowhere. It is a race to a solution, “said Daniel Frech, Associate Board Member. <div><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/ManagedFiles/Frech3.jpg" alt="" width="526" height="526" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The <a href="http://www.recres.org/RunforRecovery">Run for Recovery</a>&nbsp;is a chance to pay money to run a course that doesn't really take you anywhere. In a zoo. For people with addiction and other mental health issues, this sounds all to familiar. Indeed, I myself ran that symbolic race to nowhere many times. Some who run that race end up locked in cages like the animals. Or sick. Or hungry. Or with no place to go. And some who run that race, like myself, have been lucky enough to have the necessary resources to get out of the race.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>But there are so many who do not have those resources. Who suffer everyday because there is no one to help them get off that self-destructive path. Recovery Resources helps people in need get the treatment necessary to overcome addiction and mental health issues.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>That is why this race is so important. It is not a race to nowhere. It is a race to a solution.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>But the mere fact of us running around the zoo is sadly insufficient to accomplish these lofty goals. Recovery requires hard work and commitment, but it also cost money. Please donate to the<a href="https://www.wizathon.com/runforrecovery/"> Run for Recovery</a>&nbsp;and help<a href="http://www.recres.org/"> Recovery Resources</a> provide people in our community who are struggling with addiction and mental health issues a chance to be the best version of themselves.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wizathon.com/runforrecovery/">Register&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</div> Run for Recovery: Celebrate Hope & Recovery http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6021 Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT Aaron Marks, Recovery Resource Associate Board Chair, shares his insight into National Recovery Month and why Run for Recovery is so important. <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Aaron Marks Associate Board Chair.jpg" alt="" width="488" height="471" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The <a href="https://www.wizathon.com/runforrecovery/">Run for Recovery</a>&nbsp;is special. It's special because we come together and celebrate hope and recovery as we kick of National Recovery Month. Now in its 27th year, Recovery Month highlights the achievements of individuals who have reclaimed their lives in long-term recovery and honors the treatment and recovery service providers who make recovery possible.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>It is no secret that we are facing serious challenges in the mental health and recovery communities. That's why it is more important than ever to recognize that people can are getting help. Treatment works and people do recover.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>I love the run because clients, friends, family members, activists, staff, and kids all come together to show their support for the work done by Recovery Resources.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>So please join me and let's all celebrate recovery together! <a href="https://www.wizathon.com/runforrecovery/">REGISTER</a>&nbsp;! ?#?R4R? ?#?HopeInTheLand?</div> “Addiction is not a spectator sport – eventually the whole family gets to play.” http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6022 Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT Stephanie Uhl, Recovery Resource Associate Board Member, recounts first hand growing up as the child of an alcoholic parent and why she got involved with Recovery Resources. <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/StephanieUHhl.jpg" alt="" width="506" height="505" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&ldquo;Addiction is not a spectator sport &ndash; eventually the whole family gets to play&rdquo;. As the child of an alcoholic parent I understand the impact that addiction and mental illness have on a family. I got involved with Recovery Resources to work with an agency that enables people to overcome addiction and mental illness so that families can mend. I got involved with Recovery Resources so that children can feel secure.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>I got involved with <a href="http://www.recres.org/">Recovery Resources</a>&nbsp;so that those in recovery can feel strong, valued and needed by their families. In fact, family support and involvement is what makes the <a href="http://www.recres.org/RunforRecovery">Run for Recovery</a>&nbsp;so remarkable. On August 20th while I run my very first 5K, my husband and daughters will be there to support me.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>So, while my girls will enjoy the day with music, face-painting and the Children&rsquo;s Museum, I will be celebrating those that have fought so hard to begin and continue their recovery.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Join us in celebrating those on their journey and promoting awareness and encouragement for those who aren&rsquo;t there yet. ?#?R4R? ?#?HopeInTheLand? <a href="http://www.wizathon.com/runforrecovery">REGISTER!</a>&nbsp;</div> Run for Recovery: Helps triumph addiction http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6023 Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT Bob Laughton, Recovery Resource Associate Board Member explains how money raised from Run for Recovery plays a vital role in Recovery Resource's mission to help people triumph over mental illness, alcoholism, drugs and other addictions. <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/BOB.jpg" alt="" width="526" height="627" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>I joined the Associate Board of <a href="http://www.recres.org/">Recovery Resources </a>about a year ago after researching multiple non-profit organizations in the area. I was searching for one that not only made a positive difference in the lives of others, but one that was also profoundly inspirational. I couldn't be happier with my decision.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Recovery Resources' mission of helping people triumph over mental illness, alcoholism, drugs and other addictions struck a personal chord with me. Having lost a few extremely close friends, I know all too well how addiction can destroy lives and devastate families.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>It seems as though each and every one of us know someone who has been impacted in one way or another by addiction. With this in mind, this time of year is special for us because of our collective fundraising efforts via our<a href="http://www.recres.org/RunforRecovery"> "Run for Recovery"</a>&nbsp;event. This remarkable event is located at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo on Saturday, August 20th. My son and I will be running to support those in recovery.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Let's continue to work together in promoting awareness for this great cause. If you'd like to join you still have time! Click the link below to <a href="https://www.wizathon.com/runforrecovery/">register!&nbsp;</a></div> 15 fatal overdoses due to heroin, fentanyl http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6024 Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT From Monday August 1st through Wednesday August 3rd Cuyahoga County experienced 15 fatal overdoses due to heroin, fentanyl, or a combination of both. <div>From Monday August 1st through Wednesday August 3rd Cuyahoga County experienced 15 fatal overdoses due to heroin, fentanyl, or a combination of both.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>In response to the statement (see link below) released from the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner&rsquo;s Office reporting 15 overdose deaths in the past 3 days, Channel 3 reached out to <a href="http://www.recres.org/">Recovery Resources</a>&nbsp;to interview Pam Gill.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Link to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wkyc.com/news/health/heroin/cuyahoga-county-me-15-heroin-ods-in-3-days/288333510">video/article&nbsp;</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>For additional information and to view the complete click <a href="http://medicalexaminer.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_medicalexaminer/en-US/080416-HeroinFentanylUpdate.pdf">here</a>.&nbsp;If you or know someone that needs help call 216-431-4131</div> Run for Recovery: Why I run http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6025 Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT Recovery Resources stopped by the Zoo to find out why people get involved with Run for Recovery. <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Rainforestatthezoo.jpg" alt="" width="505" height="379" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Each year,<a href="http://www.recres.org/"> Recovery Resources</a> strives to advance the cause of National Recovery Month. In 2013, we generated community support and awareness by hosting our first annual <a href="http://www.recres.org/RunforRecovery">Run for Recovery</a>. Since then, the<a href="http://www.recres.org/RunforRecovery"> Run for Recovery</a> has grown each year, turning into one of the best ways to celebrate recovery. Join us in 2016 for another fabulous, fun event in support of one of the most important causes in Greater Cleveland.&nbsp;#hopeintheland</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://www.recres.org/">Recovery Resources</a>&nbsp;stopped by the Zoo to find out why people get involved with <a href="http://www.recres.org/RunforRecovery">Run for Recovery</a>.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XqRpqh5Ugxk" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="https://www.wizathon.com/runforrecovery/">REGUSTER!</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Registration &amp; Packet pickup opens 7:30 a.m.</strong></div> <div><strong>Kid&rsquo;s Fun run 8:30 a.m. </strong></div> <div><strong>5k Run 8:45 a.m. </strong></div> <div><strong>1.5 Mile Walk 9:00a.m.</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Peggy Corbin: Wins Crains Archer award http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6026 Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT Congratulations Peggy Corbin! She was honored August 9th, 2016 at the Crains Archer Awards event for excellence in Innovation in Human Resources! <div><img src="/ManagedFiles/Peggy2.jpg" alt="" width="490" height="511" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Please join me in congratulating Peggy Corbin who was honored August 9, 2016 at the Crains Archer Awards event for excellence in Innovation in Human Resources! The Archer Awards honors talented NEO HR professionals who &ldquo;hit the mark.&rdquo; Peggy was nominated by our friends at Pradco for her efforts implementing programs typically unique to a NFP such as; &ldquo;Managing Successfully&rdquo;, Pay-4-Performance, and the Gallup survey to drive employee engagement through our agency wide &ldquo;Reward and Recognition Group.&rdquo;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The winners were announced at a ceremony last night with greater than 500 people in attendance. Peggy was amongst a stellar group of HR leaders, and it was truly a privilege to witness her receive this recognition. Peggy was gracious in her speech and recognized her HR team, RR, all of the staff at RR and those that support her in all avenues of her life; &ldquo;I have the privilege of doing something every day that I love at an organization I admire with great committed people&rdquo;. Congratulations Peggy!!</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>"I am so honored to be the recipient of the 2016 Archer Award for Innovation. Every day I have the opportunity to live my passion &amp; be in the people profession. I am thankful for my family, Pam Gill, the &nbsp;President, my HR team, and all the talented people at <a href="http://www.recres.org/">Recovery Resources</a>&nbsp;who help me accomplish my professional and personal goals on a daily basis. It&rsquo;s incredible to help people see the opportunity in the challenge, propel people to success, and cultivate people in creative ways because people are the content of our workplace and our lives!" said&nbsp;Peggy Corbin, Director of Human Resources.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p>"I will continue to be curious and attentive as it pertains to innovation in Human Resources and am thankful to be nominated by PRADCO and recognized for this award," said Corbin.</p> </div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Why I run, Molly Drake http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=5019 Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT <div>It is easy to read that mission statement and not fully grasp impact of<span class="text_exposed_show"> Recovery Resources in our community, but I have seen firsthand how the organization changes lives and it's what keeps me so involved.&nbsp;</span></div> <div> <div id="id_57a8c99b377d99e78873127" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Events/Molly Drake Associate Board Events Chair.jpg" alt="" width="435" height="653" /></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">&nbsp;</div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">It is that wonderful time of year again - the Recovery Resources' Run for Recovery! This year&rsquo;s run will take place on August 20th at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. As many of you may already know, Recovery Resources is a non-profit based in Cleveland, whose mission is to help people triumph over mental illness, alcoholism, drug and other add<span class="text_exposed_show">ictions. It is easy to read that mission statement and not fully grasp impact of Recovery Resources in our community, but I have seen firsthand how the organization changes lives and it's what keeps me so involved. I've been particularly happy to be involved with Monarch House, a sober living environment dedicated to women in recovery from addiction. What makes the Run for Recovery so special to me is that every dollar we raise goes directly back to the organization and to the actual programs residents of Northeast Ohio depend on. This means that we are making an immediate and substantial impact on real people&rsquo;s lives, and that&rsquo;s a heck of a feeling. <br /><br />Please join me in this amazing event by clicking the link below and registering for the <a href="http://www.wizathon.com/runforrecovery">Run for Recovery</a>!<br /></span></div> <span id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" tabindex="0" data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"></span></div> <div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</div> </div> A Message From Pam http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=5018 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT By: Pam Gill, RN, MA Dear Colleagues, Thank you everyone for your attendance and participation at our annual staff meeting. What a great reminder that despite the challenging work we do, we are also a supportive team. And, we clearly know how to have fun! Congratulations again to the Forensic team on winning the first annual video/dance contest- hopefully the trophy will be healed up in time for next year's event! And, speaking of Hope... we introduced our #HopeInTheLand theme, because, one of the most important impacts we have on our clients is providing them HOPE! At our annual meeting and every day, we hear stories of hope. I recently observed Judge Matia's drug court and witnessed many stories of hope. Twenty five individuals who would have otherwise gone to jail are successfully in treatment and feeling hopeful. As one young woman said "I learned to love myself." We know we have a lot of work in front of us and we are continuously grateful to you, our colleagues, for supporting the road to recovery and making these efforts possible. "Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope." -Hal Lindsey Thank you for continuing to bring hope to so many, Pam A Message From Pam http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=5017 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT by: Pam Gill, RN, MA Dear Colleagues, As I have mentioned, one of our top priorities is you, the people who make up Recovery Resources. Last year we rolled out our employee engagement survey, which is your opportunity to anonymously have your voice heard and to help you to be part of a team that rewards and recognizes the great work we do. Each team is working on their goals based on the survey feedback and the ideas are exciting. We also asked you to tell us "'what makes you feel rewarded, recognized and valued?" While feedback from supervisors is very important, you also told us that a compliment, thank you, or a pat on the back from your peers is equally important and frequently more meaningful. No one understands the amazing work you do as well as the person sitting next to you, across the hall, in another building, on the phone, in the parking lot, at the copy machine, or on the elevator. The power of thank you goes a long way; reach out to each other, introduce yourselves, send someone a note to support them during a tough client moment or praise them on a job well-done. It really makes a difference! The Rewards and Recognition Team has introduced a goal challenge to get out and meet people in other departments, "networking and synergy in the making". Inspired by Shanell Gist, further developed by the entire team, please participate; you never know who you will meet, what you might learn and you can put a face to a name in our RR family. On June 16th we will have our Annual Staff Meeting to celebrate your successes and recognize all you do to make RR a leading and highly respected provider in this area. I look forward to seeing you all there. We promise a few fun surprises! Thank you everyone for all you do every day and beyond to serve our community with grace and respect. It is my privilege to walk beside you. Stop by, my door is always open, Pam A Message From Pam http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=5016 Mon, 02 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT By: Pam Gill, RN, MA Dear Colleagues, Since 1949, advocates for mental health and wellness across the country have been celebrating May as Mental Health Month. As we know, each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental health condition. This year's theme for Mental Health Month is - Life with a Mental Illness - and will call on individuals to share what life with a mental illness feels like for them in words, pictures and video by tagging their social media posts with #mentalillnessfeelslike. Recovery Resources is helping to raise awareness by hosting a show featuring the art of several of our clients and staff members, all of whom have a mental health condition. It is running now through May 30th at the Justice Center at 1200 Ontario. Some facts we are sharing at the show include: • Mental health affects everyone- regardless of culture, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation. -NAMI • More than 2/3 of Americans who have a mental illness live in the community and lead productive lives. - dosomething.org • With proper treatment, 70% to 90% of people with mental illnesses will experience a significant reduction of symptoms and enjoy an improved quality of life. -dosomething.org • Mental illness is more common than cancer, diabetes, or heart disease. - US Surgeon General's Report We support NAMI in their belief that "these issues are important to address all year round, but highlighting these issues during May provides a time for people to come together and display the passion and strength of those working to improve the lives of all Americans whose lives are affected by mental health conditions." Thank you for all you do to make a difference in the lives of those we serve! My door is always open, Pam Devastating Impact of Disordered Gambling http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=4017 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT By: Ashley Hartman <div>One in five people in the United States will experience a mental illness in any given year. For families of people with mental illness, the recovery process can be painful. The difference between typical changes in mood and behavior compared to the early signs of an illness are difficult to discern, and treatment services can be intimidating and difficult to navigate. At Recovery Resources, I have had the privilege of working in partnership with families of people with disordered gambling. While I have attended trainings on the topic of disordered gambling, nothing has painted a more clear and heartbreaking picture of this illness than working in partnership with families. These are the top three points I have learned from families.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Gambling, compared to other addictions, has a unique financial impact</strong>. Disordered gamblers are addicted to the act of gambling, and therefore will engage in extreme measures to obtain the financial means to continue gambling. This behavior leaves families in difficult situations, such as parents wondering if they should file a police report against their own child, which could lead to a felony conviction.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Problem gambling impacts the whole family system</strong>. Disordered gamblers often engage in deceitful behavior. This not only causes conflict between the gambler and their families, but also between all members of the family. Each person might hold different beliefs on the gamblers illness, and how best to respond. As a person becomes more unwell and circumstances escalate, it can cause extreme distress between spouses, siblings and dear friends.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong> Disordered gambling can be incredibly disabling, even fatal</strong>. Mental illnesses are consistently ranked by health organizations as the most disabling health problems. This holds true for addiction, including disordered gambling. Preoccupation with gambling can overtake a person&rsquo;s life, impacting their relationships, work and ability to live independently. This is not a result of character &ndash; but the result of a progressing illness. The culminations of these factors can lead to a sense of hopelessness, and even suicide. While the impact of the disorder can be severe, because of shame, guilt and stigma, gamblers and their families often do not receive support from the community during this time of need. Luckily there are support groups such as GA &amp; GAM ANON to provide reassurance, information and support.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>While the impact of disordered gambling to families in Northeast Ohio weighs heavy on my heart, I am energized by the diverse group of community members that have come together through the Cuyahoga Problem Gambling Coalition (CPGC) to address this issue. For more information on meeting dates, events or becoming a member of CPGC please contact Ashley Hartman <a href="mailto:ahartman@recres.org">ahartman@recres.org</a>&nbsp;or Michael Buzzelli <a href="mailto:mbuzzelli@recres.org">mbuzzelli@recres.org</a>.</div> Partnering with the Gaming Industry to Promote Responsible Gambling http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=4016 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT By Michael Buzzelli & Ashley Hartman <div>As March comes to a close, Recovery Resources is putting the finishing touches on another successful and eventful National Problem Gambling Awareness Month. Throughout the month we disseminated over 2,000 pieces of literature in the community through 10 partner agencies concerning responsible gambling. Among these materials included literature from the <a href="http://www.recres.org/GamblingAddiction">Cuyahoga Problem Gambling Coalition</a>, <a href="http://www.the95percent.org/">Be the 95% Campaign</a>&nbsp;and the <a href="http://www.ncpgambling.org/programs-resources/programs/awareness-month/">National Council on Problem Gambling</a>.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>As we near the end of Problem Gambling Awareness Month, we would like to recognize our partners in the Gaming Industry. From an outside perspective it may seem these two parties &ndash; Responsible Gambling and the Gaming Industry &ndash; are opposing forces; this could not be more of a misnomer. The problem gambling treatment and prevention community continue to have respectful and fruitful relationships with the gaming industry.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><a href="http://casinocontrol.ohio.gov/ResponsibleGambling.aspx">The Ohio Casino Control Commission</a>, <a href="https://www.ohiolottery.com/Resources/Play-Responsibly.aspx">Ohio Lottery Commission</a>, Ohio Racing Commission and Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services collaborate to promote responsible gambling through an initiative called <a href="http://www.org.ohio.gov/index.html">Ohio For Responsible Gambling</a>. In addition, local gaming venues such as <a href="https://www.caesars.com/horseshoe-cleveland/hotel/responsible-gaming">Horseshoe Cleveland</a>, <a href="https://www.jackentertainment.com/thistledown/responsible-gaming/">Thistledown Racino</a>&nbsp;and the <a href="https://www.hrrocksinonorthfieldpark.com/responsible-gaming.htm">Hard Rock Rocksino</a>&nbsp;offer responsible gambling programs. These programs often include literature, posting of the problem gambling helpline through their sites (1-800-589-9966), individual conversations with patrons and self-exclusion programs. The Casino Control Commission has over <a href="http://casinocontrol.ohio.gov/ResponsibleGambling/VoluntaryExclusionProgram.aspx">1,000 individuals that have voluntarily and confidentially self-excluded</a>&nbsp;themselves from Ohio casinos.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>We are fortunate to have members of the gaming industry participate in the Cuyahoga Problem Gambling Coalition. Because of popular demand, we will again host a panel on responsible gambling practices with representatives from the gaming industry at our Cuyahoga Problem Gambling Symposium.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Save the date for this event on Friday, June 17 from 9:00 am &ndash; 3:30 pm at the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging in Cleveland, Ohio. For more information on this event please contact Ashley Hartman <a href="mailto:ahartman@recres.org">ahartman@recres.org</a>&nbsp;or Mike Buzzelli <a href="mailto:mbuzzelli@recres.org">mbuzzelli@recres.org</a>.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The Cuyahoga Problem Gambling Coalition envisions a community free of problem gambling. This goal could not be reached with our collaboration with our partners in the gaming industry.</div> Having the Conversation with Gambling Disorder Clinicians http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=4015 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT <div>By, Colleen Fitzgibbons</div> <p>With this year&rsquo;s theme of National Problem Gambling Awareness Month being &ldquo;Have the Conversation about Problem Gambling&rdquo; we thought we&rsquo;d get the conversation going with some professionals in the field of gambling disorder treatment.</p> <p>Dr. Heather Chapman was first introduced to the world of gambling disorder treatment in 1990 while working as a research assistant at the Cleveland VA.</p> <p>&ldquo;I bumped into it here at the national VA gambling treatment program,&rdquo; Dr. Chapman said. &ldquo;I worked with a few people and really found it compelling, as process addictions had a different feel than chemical addictions; did an internship with the program then later joined the team.&rdquo;</p> <p>Lisa Starek, a clinician at Recovery Resources, is entering the field of problem gambling treatment not only because she believed it would be a good career move for her but also because she knows people who gamble.</p> <p>&ldquo;I wanted to learn more about why and what leads to people being unable to gamble responsibly and how I could be of help&rdquo; Starek said.</p> <p>Recovery Resources is one of the few providers in Cuyahoga County to specialize in gambling services. Gambling assessments can help determine if you or another has a gambling problem. If help is needed, Recovery Resources&rsquo; certified gambling counselors are available to provide individual, couple, and/or family counseling, which can help problem gamblers and their loved ones learn the skills that are needed to address gambling addiction. These services are free for the gambler and family members.</p> <p>Recovery Resources is also a leading provider of state-wide gambling addiction providers in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Recovery Resources has trained over 40 clinicians around the state this year alone.</p> <p>Commonly-used treatment modalities used for by clinicians for gambling addiction include Motivational Interviewing, Harm-Reduction and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.</p> <p>Another option for people suffering from gambling addiction is to join the exclusion list. This program offers individuals the ability to ban themselves from a casino facility for one year, five years or their lifetime. There are over 1,000 people on the Ohio exclusion list. For more information, click <a href="http://casinocontrol.ohio.gov/ResponsibleGambling/VoluntaryExclusionProgram.aspx">here</a>!</p> <p>The National Council for Problem Gambling (NCPG) encourages everyone to Have the Conversation about Problem Gambling. Most adults gamble or know someone who gambles, and therefore could benefit from programs to prevent gambling addiction.</p> <p>The National Council believes many who suffer in silence do so because they don&rsquo;t know why they developed a problem, what gambling addiction is or where to get help. To learn more, check out the NCPG&rsquo;s website by clicking <a href="http://npgam.org/">here</a>&nbsp;or Ohio for Responsible Gambling by clicking <a href="http://www.org.ohio.gov/">here</a>!</p> Four Tips from the Cuyahoga Problem Gambling Coalition on How to be the 95% http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=3015 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT By Ashley Hartman & Michael Buzzelli <p>Did you know March is <a href="http://www.ncpgambling.org/programs-resources/programs/awareness-month/">Problem Gambling Awareness Month</a>&nbsp;(PGAM)? In honor of PGAM, we at the <a href="http://www.recres.org/GamblingAddiction">Cuyahoga Problem Gambling Coalition</a>&nbsp;(CPGC) are publishing the Problem Gambling Awareness Month Blog Series. Tune in each week for our latest post!</p> <p>For our first post in the series, we would like to invite you to learn some easy tips to help you be part of the 95% of people that are able to keep gambling safe and fun:</p> <ol> <li>Only bring what you can afford to lose</li> <li>Only gamble after bills and other responsibilities are taken care of</li> <li>Don&rsquo;t borrow money to gamble</li> <li>Don&rsquo;t replace hobbies/interests with gambling</li> </ol> <p><a href="http://www.the95percent.org/">In Ohio there are over 500,000 individuals with a gambling problem</a>. At the CPGC we strive to diminish this number and create a community free of problem gambling right here in Cuyahoga County. The coalition was established in May 2014, and implements programs to raise awareness, provide education and cultivate resources related to problem gambling. Our signature program is the Cuyahoga Problem Gambling Symposium. Save the date for the 2016 symposium on Friday June 17th at the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging. CPGC co-chair Ashley Hartman states &ldquo;our goal with the coalition is to create a space for diverse stakeholders to work in collaboration to address problem gambling. We know the power of our work is in the members of our coalition.&rdquo; Co-chair Michael Buzzelli adds &ldquo;generating awareness around a topic that has become so normalized and culturally appropriate can be a challenge; we always let the message be known we are not anti-gambling but pro responsible gambling.&rdquo; With a group made up of professionals and community members from all walks of life, we can spread the word of responsible gambling far and wide and start creating a problem gambling free Cuyahoga County.</p> <p>To learn more about the coalition and other problem gambling services at Recovery Resources, please contact Ashley Hartman at <a href="mailto:ahartman@recres.org">ahartman@recres.org</a>&nbsp;or (216) 431-4131 ext. 1108. For services across the state call the statewide problem gambling helpline at 1-800-589-9966. If you are concerned about your own gambling, use our <a href="http://www.recres.org/Screening/Gambling">online problem gambling screening tool</a>&nbsp;to determine your level of risk.</p> <p>Stay tuned for further blog posts during our Problem Gambling Awareness Month Blog Series!</p> Pamela Gill Named New President and Chief Executive Officer http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=1013 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT Recovery Resources, for 60 years a leading provider in Northeast Ohio helping people triumph over mental illness, alcoholism, drug and other addictions, has named Pamela Gill as its next president and chief executive officer. <div><img style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;" src="/ManagedFiles/gill_pam-4.jpg" alt="" width="336" height="420" /></div> <div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Recovery Resources, for 60 years a leading provider in Northeast Ohio helping people triumph over mental illness, alcoholism, drug and other addictions, has named Pamela Gill as its next president and chief executive officer.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </div> <div> <p>Ms. Gill brings deep healthcare expertise in organizational administration, strategic planning, change management, and systems change focused on improving patient care, employee engagement and business function. She succeeds Debbie Rodriguez, who stepped down in August of 2014.</p> <p>Most recently, Ms. Gill served as Senior Director of Medical Operations at the Cleveland Clinic. In this role she has led a 152-person staff and managed a $28-million budget. She also served as Senior Director for enterprise-wide ICU operations, coordinating and integrating operations across multiple hospitals.</p> <p>Earlier, she served as the first Executive Director of the Evergreen Neuroscience Institute in Kirtland, WA, a community-owned health care system with primary and specialty care, home health, hospice and community-based outreach programs. She managed operating and capital budgets of $83 million.</p> <p>A Cleveland native, she holds a nursing degree from Cuyahoga Community College, a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Health Care Administration from Lake Erie College, and a master&rsquo;s degree in biomedical ethics from Case Western Reserve University. She is a member of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities and the American College of Healthcare Executives. Among her many professional honors, she&rsquo;s the recipient of the Cleveland Clinic Innovation Award for Service.</p> <p>As President and Chief Executive Officer of Recovery Resources, , Ms. Gill will be charged with coordinating and executing a strategic plan, development and cultivation of key strategic partnerships, and analyzing new business opportunities.</p> <p>&ldquo;As Recovery Resources celebrates 60 years of vital service for the Cleveland community, we&rsquo;re excited to look ahead to our next 60 years, knowing that our path will be led by someone with Ms. Gill&rsquo;s extraordinary vision, deep knowledge of healthcare and sterling leadership qualities,&rdquo; said Vic Faris, chairman of the Recovery Resources board of directors.</p> </div> Lisa's Story http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=1012 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT <iframe width="250" height="141" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/IV9Ma4iCTrg?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> This video, titled “Lisa’s Story,” details the path through addiction of a Recovery Resource client. <p class="MsoNormal">This video, titled &ldquo;Lisa&rsquo;s Story,&rdquo; details the path through addiction of a Recovery Resource client.</p> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/IV9Ma4iCTrg?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p class="MsoNormal">At Recovery Resources we understand mental illness and addiction know no boundaries.&nbsp; They cross every age, gender, race and income.&nbsp; We provide care to children as young as 9 months and adults as old as 90.&nbsp; People at every economic level seek out our services.&nbsp; We provide support to families.&nbsp; We provide resources to communities.&nbsp; We give people hope.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://recres.org/Donating"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Blogs/Giving Tuesday.png" alt="" width="500" height="42" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Celebrate Recovery with us today, #GivingTuesday, with a gift of thanks to those who help those who cannot help themselves.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://recres.org/Donating"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Blogs/Donate button.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="70" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">&nbsp;</p> John's Journey http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=1011 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT This video, titled “John’s Journey,” details the path through addiction of a Recovery Resource client. <iframe width="250" height="141" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/T2bBFxNddxg?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/T2bBFxNddxg?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p class="MsoNormal">At Recovery Resources we understand mental illness and addiction know no boundaries.&nbsp; They cross every age, gender, race and income.&nbsp; We provide care to children as young as 9 months and adults as old as 90.&nbsp; People at every economic level seek out our services.&nbsp; We provide support to families.&nbsp; We provide resources to communities.&nbsp; We give people hope.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://recres.org/Donating"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Blogs/Giving Tuesday.png" alt="" width="500" height="42" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">Celebrate Recovery with us on Tuesday, December 2nd- &nbsp;#GivingTuesday - with a gift of thanks to those who help those who cannot help themselves.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://recres.org/Donating"><img src="/ManagedFiles/Blogs/Donate button.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="70" /></a></p> Recovery Resources Chosen to Host AIDS United AmeriCorps Service Member http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=1010 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT Recovery Resources selected as host for a national AmeriCorps program focused on filling gaps and building capacity in the HIV/AIDS service community. <p>At Recovery Resources we are committed to helping people triumph over mental illness, alcoholism, drug and other addictions. In addition to treatment services, this also includes comprehensive prevention, wellness and recovery services. As part of this work, we are an active member of the HIV/AIDS service community of Greater Cleveland.</p> <p>Our commitment to HIV/AIDS services is demonstrated in our participation in the AIDS United AmeriCorps program. This program, administered by the AIDS Funding Collaborative, focuses on filling gaps and building capacity in the HIV/AIDS service community.</p> <p>Recovery Resources has been selected as a host agency for the 2014-2015 service year. As part of this program, agencies host AmeriCorps service members for 11-month placements. Members will help the agencies enhance their current HIV programming or build new programs to meet community needs. Examples include providing mobile HIV testing to under-served and/or homeless adults, enrolling people living with HIV/AIDS in appropriate benefits programs, and creating routine HIV testing programs in clinical settings.</p> <p>Recovery Resources welcomes our 2014-2015 AmeriCorps service member, Estevan Yepez. Estevan comes to us all the way from Santa Ana, CA. He will be a crucial member of our team. We look forward to his contributions to our important work!&nbsp;</p> <p>Check out the full press release on this exciting news by <a href="http://www.communitysolutions.com/assets/docs/AFC/releaseamericorpshostagenciesmembersmarcus073014_embedded.pdf" target="_blank">clicking here!</a></p> Win a trip to the American Music Awards! http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=1009 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT <h1 class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: large;">American Music Awards</span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Los Angeles</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Winner gets</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">&middot;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]-->2 loge tickets to the 2014 American Music Awards Show at the Nokia Theater in November</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">&middot;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]-->2 passes to an exclusive 2014 American Music Awards After Party</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">&middot;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]-->3-night stay at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">&middot;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]-->Round-trip coach airfare for 2 to Los Angeles*</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">&middot;<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><!--[endif]-->Winspire booking &amp; concierge service</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Raffle drawing to be held at the Run for Recovery on August 30, 2014.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Raffle tickets available now!</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Online <a href="http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e99dkq8hcdf33d93&amp;llr=4p4dxkcab">here</a>.<br />Phone: 216-431-4131 x1303<br />Email: <a href="mailto:mkrampitz@recres.org">mkrampitz@recres.org</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">* From within the 48 contiguous U.S.&nbsp;</p> Welcome to the New Recovery Resources Website http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=6 Mon, 12 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT <p>We are excited to be rolling out the new and improved Recovery Resources website. Along with change in branding and communications comes a continual improvement in what we do. We&rsquo;ve been adding more ways to help Cleveland residents overcome mental illness and addiction and identifying more ways for individuals to become involved in our organization so that they can lend a hand as well!</p> <h2>New Website, cont'd</h2> <p>Our first goal was to make it easier to get the information you need faster. In addition to providing details on our services, the new <a href="/Events">events calendar</a>&nbsp;features everything that is happening at Recovery Resources. From <a href="/Trainings">educational events</a>&nbsp;to <a href="/CommunityEvents">fun events for the community</a>, Recovery Resources is happy to bring the community together for great causes.</p> <p>Another of our goals was to create an even more usable intranet, a private website for staff only. This lets all of us communicate more easily and make documents and other resources we need to share instantly available.&nbsp;</p> <p>We also wanted to make the website easier for interested <a href="/Volunteering">volunteers</a>, <a href="/BuyingService">professional clients</a> and <a href="/Partnership">business sponsors</a> by making sure all of our key information is readily available. Another improvement that you will notice is that <a href="/Donating">donations</a> of any amount can be made to specific funds. We hope that these improvements will allow more of an impact on what we as an organization can do.</p> <p>Please continue to browse our new website and take a look at what we have going on and how you can become involved.</p> Annual meeting a big success http://www.recres.org/BlogFeed?ID=4 Fri, 02 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT <p><img style="float: left; margin: 5px 20px 20px 0px; border: 0px;" src="/ManagedFiles/annual-meeting.jpg" alt="" /></p> <h2>It's important to have a strong annual meeting.&nbsp;</h2> <p>Maybe it's just me, but I felt that this year's annual meeting was very successful, maybe the best one ever. &nbsp;</p> <p>Our sponsors, Helen K. Jones honoree and guest speaker were outstanding, setting the tone for a great new year to come.&nbsp;</p> <p><img style="float: left; margin: 5px 20px 20px 0px; border: 0px;" src="/ManagedFiles/annual-meeting.jpg" alt="" /></p> <h2>Annual Meeting, cont'd</h2> <p>We were so happy to honor our board member and board officer, Renee Holcomb Hardwick, with the Helen K. Jones Woman of Strength Award.&nbsp;</p> <p>Our new logo and tagline brightened things up everything where they were used, and the digital-only annual report was a hit. No one seemed to miss the traditional printed version, and there was some real excitement when one of the board members pulled up the 2014 annual report on his phone! This conversion to digital should save us money every year, something we are always glad to do.&nbsp;</p>