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| News from the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD) |
September 27, 2010 |
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Good morning!
Our golf outing is today and by all accounts, it will be be our most successful ever! Yes, I know, it's probably going to rain later, but we're ready for it. The stormy battle against addiction and the current relentless heroin crisis puts a little rain in its proper context.
If you aren't joining us for golf, you can also still join us for dinner at The Creek in Locust Valley at 5:30PM. WABC-TV's Scott Clark emcees and Nassa County Executive Ed Mangano receives our Humanitarian Award. There will be great food, a jazz band and an exciting live auction featuring playing opportunities at some of America's best golf courses. We've also got a great opportunity available to play golf a The Creek with America's Mayor, Rudy Giuliani.
Dinner tickets are just $200 and you can pay at the door. Directions are here. Stay tuned for a a full wrap-up next week.
Jeffrey L. Reynolds, Ph.D
Executive Director
PS: We thank newsletter sponsor Paul Botticelli and the Setauket Consultation Center. They provide counseling, psychotherapy, stress management, marriage counseling, biofeedback and neurofeedback services for all ages. Check out their new parenting classes and meditation workshops. |
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LICADD Debuts New Heroin Brochure | |
LICADD is proud to announce the publication of a new brochure specifically focused on young people and heroin on Long Island. Funded by the NYS Department of Health's AIDS Institute, the brochure provides comprehensive info about heroin and other opiates, overdose prevention and a linkage to services. If you'd like some or can help us get them into communities, schools and other settings, please call us at 516-747-2606 or 631-979-1700. We'll mail them to you or you can stop by in Nassau or Suffolk to pick them up. Don't be shy...we've got 63,000 brochures that we need to get into the hands of those who need this life-saving information. |
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Public Hearings on Heroin: Speak out! | |
The Suffolk County Heroin & Opiate Advisory Panel
wants to hear from you!
The Advisory Panel, comprised of treatment professionals, prevention experts, school officials, health care professionals and others is charged with making recommendations to the Legislature about ways in which we can improve prevention, treatment and recovery support for young people.
We are holding two Public Hearings to gather community input about strategies for addressing Suffolk's heroin and opiate crisis:
Thursday, October 14, 2010
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Hauppauge Legislative Auditorium
725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Riverhead Legislative Auditorium
300 Center Drive, Riverhead
To accommodate as many speakers as possible, testimony will be strictly limited to three minutes per person and we encourage the submission of written comments. Speaker sign-up commences onsite at 4:30PM and speakers will be called in the order requests are received.
You may testify without disclosing your full name or you may submit testimony anonymously to the panel via email to jreynolds@licadd.org. |
| Celebrity DJ Jenny Costa Spins for
Saturday Night's Sober Dance |
 Join us on Saturday (10/2) for our monthly Step-N-Out Sober Dance at Bet U Can Dance Studio. As we put a wrap on Recovery Month, we are pleased to welcome WKTU's DJ Jenny Costa as our Guest Celebrity DJ. Jenny is one of the most highly respected DJ's in the dance/club community and she is thrilled to be able to give her time to one of the most worthy causes affecting so many families. The event is for people in recovery and those that love and support them. It all gets underway at 8:00PM and wraps up at midnight. Bet U Can Dance is located at 3032 Jericho Turnpike in East Northport. Directions are here. |
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21st Annual Peter Sweisgood Breakfast
Sunday, November 14th
Melville Marriott
Honoring:
Treatment Champion
Thomas MacGilvray, LCSW, CASAC
Recently Retired Director of Community Mental Hygiene Services for Suffolk County
Media Champion
Angela Anton, Publisher Anton Publications
Community Champion
The Students of Kellenberg Memorial High School
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