"DOG DAYS" OF SUMMER
Classical mythology has it that the heliacal appearance of the star Sirius--rising just before the dawning of the sun--signals the arrival of a period of
"heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad
dogs
, and bad luck." The very name, 'Sirius', means "scorcher"and placed, as it is, in the nose of the constellation
Canis Major
, it was seen as partnering up with the sun in producing the unhappy results. These would be the "days of the dog star."
Happily we are free of the Roman take on these matters even if we are not free of the days of the lingering heat we associate with them. The fact is, we of Road2RecoveryCNY must hold ourselves immune to the effects of these days and their lethargic ways. The word 'lethargy' is rooted in "forgetting" (Greek,
'lēthē'
). It means to be suffering from the torpor of forgetfulness. The mission of R2RCNY reminds us that there can be no forgetting--ever. The distinguishing mark of addiction is that it is insidious. It "lies in wait" for the unwitting, the moment of inattention--the forgetfulness that entraps. The mission of Road2RecoveryCNY is to be "un-forgetting"--to be
"a-lēthic".
The word means, truth (
alēthēia
). Our very reason lies in bringing persons to live in the mindful light of the truth. As Thoreau says, "
Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me."
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I just want to say thanks to all of you for sharing my passion
and working to help people with addiction in ways big and small. From posting a positive comment on Facebook to chairing a fundraising event, every contribution is
important and valuable. With several events coming up, we need our volunteers and supporters now more than ever. I appreciate your dedication and commitment to our community. See you at the rummage sale, Family Recovery Program, bike ride, golf tournament, and
Rent
event!!
Darlene
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
(
Check Your Calendars!)
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- AUGUST VOLUNTEER MEETING
- AUGUST 14, 2019
- 6:30p.m.
- FLEET FEET (on Bridge Street)
- CONTACT COLLEEN
- R2RCNY'S FIRST ANNUAL GARAGE SALE
- AUGUST 24, 2019
- 7:30a.m.-1:00p.m.
- PLEASE SEE BELOW (VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!)
- CONTACT BARB
- ONONDAGA CYCLING CLUB CHARITY RIDE: R2RCNY will be the event's "Chosen Charity"
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2019
- 8:00a.m.
- FROM CARPENTER'S BROOK (MARCELLUS) TO RUDY'S (OSWEGO) 50 MILE RIDE
- CONTACT DARLENE
- R2RCNY'S THIRD FAMILY RECOVERY PROGRAM
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
- 6:30p.m.-8:30p.m.
- CENTER OF GRACE WELLNESS CENTER, 8219 MARKET PLACE (Building #10), MANLIUS, NY
- SHOW MAP
- TICKETS BY EVENTBRITE
- CONTACT DARLENE
- CELESTE WELLS MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2019
- 9:00a.m.
- STONE CREEK GOLD CLUB, 229 State Route 104A, Oswego, NY
- SHOW MAP
- NEXT BOARD MEETING
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
- 5:00pm
- CNYFUND MARCELLUS ROOM
- SETTING THE STAGE
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2019, 6:30pm-10:00pm
- RED HOUSE ARTS CENTER, 400 S. Salina St., Syracuse, NY
- PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR NOTE FROM SUE!
- CONTACT SUE
- R2RCNY'S SECOND ANNUAL BENEFIT CONCERT
- NOVEMBER 22, 2019
- MAY MEMORIAL UNITARIAN CHURCH, 3800 E Genesee St, Syracuse, NY
- DETAILS FORTHCOMING
- CONTACT TERRY OR ROB
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Important Note from our Committee Chairperson
ON
SETTING THE STAGE
"We are down to crunch time now. All hands on deck! It is very important that we aggressively start selling tickets for this event as well as soliciting sponsors, advertisements and getting vendors for food. Even more importantly is that we communicate with one another as to what we are doing by using the spreadsheet that was sent to you via google docs. Please put what sponsors/vendors etc. you have solicited and who you plan on soliciting on the spreadsheet with your name. Also please put how many tickets you have sold along with how many tickets you would like to receive to sell. Even if you don't have the physical tickets, don't let this be a barrier, I or Caroline will get you the tickets you need. If there is no place for your information to be put on the spreadsheet, just put it out there. We will ask Deanna to review the information and update the spreadsheet so that it makes sense. It's important that this spreadsheet is up to date at all times. Thank you all for all your efforts and participation. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. I am attaching the revised Sponsor Packet. Your help truly makes a difference. Enjoy the hot weather!"
Regards,
Sue
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PLEASE FIND THE SPONSOR PACKAGE
HERE
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REMEMBER:
TICKET SALES MUST BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST 15!!
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DETAILS ON AUGUST GARAGE SALE
EVENT:
Road2RecoveryCNY First Annual Garage Sale
Bake Sale too!
DATE:
Saturday, AUGUST 24th, 2019 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
LOCATION:
First Baptist Church, 408 Pleasant Street, Manlius.
COST:
Free to attend. All proceeds from items purchased will go to Road2RecoveryCNY. Come help support a good cause that helps our local communities.
TO DONATE ITEMS
Call Barbara Brace at 315-345-4937 or Darlene Endy at 315-395-6412 to arrange a delivery time on Friday, August 23 between 9 and noon, or to arrange for delivery or pick up at a different day or time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Contact: Darlene Endy
Phone: (315) 692-4391
The sale will take place indoors, in the church gym. There is plenty of free parking, and food and beverages will be available. A Bake Sale is also planned--sponsored by members of First Baptist’s congregation.
If you have clean, good condition items to donate, you may deliver them to the First Baptist Church in Manlius at 408 Pleasant Street on Friday, August 23 between 9 and noon. If you need to make other arrangements to get your items to the church, please contact Darlene Endy at 315-395-6412, or leave a message for Barbara Brace at 315-395-4937. We will do our best to schedule a pick up for you.
Leftover items will be donated to other local charities, including Syracuse’s Last House on the Block and the First Baptist’s free clothing store, Grace Abounds.
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DON'T FORGET!!
OUR NEXT VOLUNTEER MEETING
AUGUST 14, 2019, 6:30pm
FLEET FEET
PLEASE COME!
Colleen has sent out her Volunteer Meeting Minutes for the month of June. In case you were unable to see her notes or would like to revisit them you can access this report
HERE.
GARAGE SALE VOLUNTEER ALERT!
From NOW till August 24
- Some church volunteers are planning a benefit bake sale for R2RCNY - could some of you bake something for that, and bring it either Friday or Saturday, ready to place on the table?
- Week of August 12:
- 2 or 3 people to make at least 12 large garage sale signs, may be hand done or printed. CLEAR, LARGE PRINT, EASY TO SEE DIRECTIONS. Call Darlene or Barbara for some of the supplies like poster board. Figure out how to rain-proof them and attach them at street corners in easily seen positions.
- 1 person to put the info on the church's sandwich board and put it on the church lawn. (Ask Barbara)
- 1 person to print 10 flyers, post them in strategic places of business around town (YMCA, TOPS, etc)
- Week of August 20:
- 2 or 3 people to place signs securely at intersections around Manlius (and Fayetteville?)
- Someone to post ads on social media like FB Garage Sale and Craig's List. (May have 1 volunteer already.) Maybe post photos of different items each day.
- 1 or 2 people to make 8 x 11 inch signs that say $1, $2, $3, $4, $5 and Make An Offer - 3 of each sign. Make 1 large "Parking for Garage Sale Here" sign. Get them to Barbara or Darlene by Friday.
- August 23: approximately 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, at First Baptist Church, 408 Pleasant St., Manlius:
- People to sort out the items, set up tables in the gym, place items according to type and price, make decisions about pricing, unload deliveries of items,
- August 24: 7:30 AM till 3:00 PM
- 10 - 12 volunteers to man the tables and help customers keep track of what they want to purchase, answer questions, etc. Help wherever they are needed.
- 8 volunteers to take down and put away tables, clean up, remove leftover items, take down all signs in and around the church.
- August 24: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
- 1 person to cook hotdogs on the church stove and sell them, along with chips and drinks leftover from the Sober Event.
- 1 person to help clean up the food.
- August 24, anytime between 1:00 PM - August 25,
- 1-2 people to remove all signs on street corners. Discard any that cannot be used again.
There will probably be other tasks you can volunteer for, too. PLEASE HELP OUT!
THANKS!! ( BARBARA BRACE)
PLEASE
TEXT
COLLEEN AT 315-450-8720 OR
EMAIL
COLLEEN AT
COLLEENCKC@HOTMAIL.COM
to let her know where you can help.
We need MANY volunteers.
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ALSO!!
- We need volunteers to staff "water stations" at the Onondaga Race for Charity and to help out on the BBQ that follows. It is such an honor to be chosen as the charity recipient and we are most grateful to Alex for spearheading this possibility. Is anyone interested in starting up our own "team entry"?
- A MOST PRESSING NEED!! SELL TICKETS AND SPONSORSHIPS for SETTING THE STAGE! This event is extremely important to our cause and the challenge to sell these tickets is very real. Please contact SUE if you have any questions. REMEMBER PLEASE: WE MUST SELL OUR TICKETS BEFORE AUGUST 15, 2019!!!
- And remember, please! We ALWAYS need new volunteers. One of the ways people can support R2RCNY is to bring new people on board! Any friends or family you can think of??
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NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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- Volunteer Navigators
- We are starting a new program to better support people who come to R2RCNY for help as well as our alumni. Volunteer navigators are volunteers who have experience with addiction in their family, and have proven to be people of integrity and compassion. They are Ed Gabriel, Anne Glenny, Laurie Glather, Melissa Weigelt, and Caroline Desocio. These navigators will help people find help locally, walk qualified ones through the application process for R2RCNY, and continue in relationship with recipients and their families throughout their treatment time and afterwards. We welcome these important members to the R2RCNY team!
- SoberSyracuse.com
- Ed Gabriel is spearheading a new website for the community that will provide information about sober events, sober housing,treatment options, and more. This website will be the “go to” spot for anyone who wants recovery. Currently we are in the planning stages, but hope to have it up and running before the end of the year. (Our thanks to Ed on this!!)
Anyone who has information about resources that we might want to include is encouraged to send an email to Darlene at
r2rcnyde@gmail.com
.
- We are pleased to report that our funding efforts through our Facebook page have been remarkably successful. People have used all sorts of reasons for setting up funding events on our page and we are most grateful! Perhaps you too might wish to set up a birthday celebration or some other event as a reason to fundraise on our behalf!
- Everyone is encouraged to sign on to their Amazon accounts using AMAZON SMILE. If you have not done so it is so easy to do so--and an easy way to support the cause!
- It is impossible to overstate the funding needs we face--both immediate and long-term. We are SORRY to be continually knocking on people's doors and appreciate that it is often the same folks who are always being asked. As you read through this newsletter PLEASE give a special thought to how you might be able to step up and help in our efforts. We are so grateful to so many for so much and yet the need grows with each moment of our success!
- Again, our most enthusiastic welcome to our interns--Montana and Mike! We are so very grateful for having them with us and look forward to their contributions to our work going forward.
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- The meeting was held on July 16, 2019, in the Marcellus Room at CNYFund
- Minutes (submitted by Terry Flower) approved
- Financial Report (Karen Ayoub)
- Discussion of present fiscal profile
- Discussion of the need for/nature of operating budget determining the balance between recipient readiness and financial means
- Event Review and Update
- Discussion
- Revisited Strategic Plan
- Discussion of need for peer counseling
- Darlene plans to train certain alumni parents
- Discussion of revised Honor Agreement
- Expanding Board membership
- Karen Ayoub and Terry Flower were elected as our two new Board member-officers. Karen will serve as our Board Treasurer and Terry will serve as our Board Secretary. Congratulations to both--with our deepest gratitude for their willingness to serve!
- Tim Endy was elected to the Board as a Founding Member. Congratulations to Tim--again with our deepest gratitudes for all he continues to do on behalf of R2RCNY
- Further Board membership expansion
- Nominating Committee formed: Alex, Barry, Darlene, Tim
- Discussion of strategic plan for nominating and selecting new members.
- Further action tabled until the next meeting.
- Next meeting scheduled with adjournment following.
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CONGRATULATIONS!
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO
AMANDA, COLLEEN, ROBIN
for
OUR FIRST SOBER EVENT!
As you all know, one of the best ways for us to offer continuing support to our "recovery community" is by putting together SOBER EVENTS where we can all meet and enjoy our lives in the company of persons who share in our challenges. We shall continue in these efforts into the future. And, by the way, anyone who has an idea about putting together our next event should feel free to step up and get it moving!!
This first event took place at Maxwell park, with grilled food, games, and,(Believe it!) live music!
(Our thanks to Nadine Prince and Connor Campbell
for their delightful musical contribution to this affair!)
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Living in a sober home-Austin.
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Considering job opportunities outside of Austin
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Living in Syracuse, working full-time
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W
orking full-time and continues strong in recovery
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W
orking full-time at Infinite Recovery
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Working two jobs and preparing for a long trip home
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Living in Fayetteville and working at Twin trees pizza
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In an outpatient program - Syracuse
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Ended his job at BRC to begin working part-time at a restaurant and go to cosmetology school
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Completing rehab near Austin
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Congratulations Michael P.
Word is you're doing great!
(No picture yet!)
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GoFundMe campaign (Don't forget!)
Now it's even easier to donate to help save lives. Just click on the Go Fund Me words below. Be sure to share the link with all your friends and contacts! Our goal is to raise $25,000, enough to pay for 90 days of
treatment, 90 days of sober living, and 90 days of sober coaching, plus airfare, prescriptions, etc. for each person we are fortunate enough to send down to treatment. That's six months of care, after which recipients are working and self-supporting. It is an amazing amount of money but so very worth it!
"One life at a Time"!
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Donate Your Bottles & Cans
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Be sure to remember to drop off your bags of deposit bottles/cans (with Road2RecoveryCNY written on the side) at:
F-M Returnables at 202 West Seneca Street in Manlius.
315-682-4830
or
Central City Bottle Redemption, 224 Chapel Drive, Syracuse (Fairmount), NY 13219
Every dollar helps us send people to lifesaving treatment!
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