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Kalamazoo Kings Disability Network Event
Disability Network is selling tickets to any Kalamazoo Kings' regular season home game for
only $5. The Kings will donate $2.50 from each ticket to Disability Network to support our
cause.
NAMI Annual Picnic Announcement (August 11 Save the Date!)
For consumers, families, and friends and peers.
NAMI will furnish brats, hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, drinks, and some salads.
Metro transit bus #12
will take you right to the park!
Recovery Institute attends Walk-A-Mile Rally in the Rain! (Photos)
Photographs of the Recovery Insitute representing Kalamazoo County in the capitol
during the "Walk a Mile" rally.
Read the Recovery Institute Spring 2010 Newsletter!
IN THIS ISSUE
* Access & Outreach News * Creative Angles * Employee Chronicles
* Executive Director Named * International Recovery * Living in Recovery
* Member Highlights * Principles of Peer Support * Transformation Leadership Award
* Veteran’s Group * Words of Wisdom.
Recovery Stories
We've added a new "Recovery Stories" section to the Center For EBP web site.
We invite and encourage you to share these stories in your organizations,
classrooms, and communities.
For more information look at the flyer link above, or
visit the website at:
Power Branch Membership Meetings Are Back!
Join a Peer Run Grassroots Community Building Organization!
All Who Support Recovery are Welcome!
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Change
Many folks have a difficult time getting to the DBSA Kalamazoo group that
meets in Portage. Therefore, it’s time to form a group in downtown Kalamazoo.
Ministry with Community Newsletter
"Redemption ...where would any of us be without it?"
Also, "A young man’s journey to give back." A party to benefit the homeless.
See the people and read the stories that make Ministry with Community what it is.
More....
Keystone Community Newsletter
May 4th- Sweetwater Donuts donated 2 dozen donuts! Work
on the creek wall has begun.
Kevin Munn comes in once a month to prepare a nutritious meal for everyone at Keystone. We are in the process of planning some fun upcoming events! Please look for flyers announcing out activities for summer!!! Read more!
Kevin Munn comes in once a month to prepare a nutritious meal for everyone at Keystone. We are in the process of planning some fun upcoming events! Please look for flyers announcing out activities for summer!!! Read more!
Job Announcements
Peer Support Specialist Position & Peer Companion Position.
All resumes must be submitted by August 4th, 2010.
Kalamazoo Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is seeking
a diversity-minded
individual to work as a full time Recipient Rights Officer.
Candidate must be willing to become certified within three months.
Looking to hire ASAP.
Conferences
Coping Skills for Stress and Trauma Workshops
This workshop will give you skills to deal
with the day-to-day stress from trauma and mental illness in
our lives. Everyone is
invited; consumers, staff and the community.
Webinars for Peer-run Organizations: Fundraising, Financial Self-Defense
On August 17, non-profit consultant Amy Forsyth-Stephens will explain
how small organizations can get started in fundraising. On September 14, tax consultant Michael J. Wood will
focus on how to safeguard your organization from costly financial errors
National Association of Peer Specialists Conference
The 4th annual national peer specialist conference
is planned for August 23-25, 2010 at the Westin Hotel
in Lombard, Illinois. Plan now for another exciting conference where peer specialists
from across the country gather to share knowledge, experiences and fun. More information
about the conference will appear on the NAPS website,
as it becomes available.
Relapse Prevention for Early Recovery
Patients
Learn tools to establish trust of resistant
substance abuse clients. Learn how to help clients build sober supports in
the community and at home. Revisit the concepts of empathy and
empowerment of the substance abuse client. More....
Seminar for Employment of People with Disabilities
The Walgreens Company commits to having one third of the workforce consist of
qualified individuals with disabilities. More Presenters. August 30, 2010,
East Lansing, Michigan.
The National Mental Health Conference
The conference will be held Wednesday, September 29 - Sunday, October 3, 2010
at the Hyatt Anaheim, California. For more information look at the flyer link above, or
visit the website at:
Increasing Choice & Control for Older
Adults through Person-Directed Planning....
Training Topics Include:
• Practical Tools for Implementing Self-Determination
• Advocacy
• Disability Pride
• Agency with Choice
• Effective Budgeting & the Role of the Fiscal Intermediary
• Person-Directed Training in Long-Term Care
• Nursing facility transitions and Hospital Discharge Planning
• Systems Transformation in the 21st Century
Continuing education credits will be available throughout the conference!
• Practical Tools for Implementing Self-Determination
• Advocacy
• Disability Pride
• Agency with Choice
• Effective Budgeting & the Role of the Fiscal Intermediary
• Person-Directed Training in Long-Term Care
• Nursing facility transitions and Hospital Discharge Planning
• Systems Transformation in the 21st Century
Continuing education credits will be available throughout the conference!
Peer Collaborative News and Meeting Minutes
Please attend a Peer Collaborative meeting! If you are in recovery
we need you.
Peer Support Collaborative Meeting Minutes.
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Archived Recovery Newsletters
Use the Recovery Newsletter as a source of reference information, or just
find out what you've been missing.
Use the Recovery Newsletter as a source of reference information, or just
find out what you've been missing.
Use the Recovery Newsletter as a source of reference information, or just
find out what you've been missing.