PRCC Maine Recovery Hub Newsletter: September 2021
Greetings from PRCC, Maine's Recovery Hub! This month's newsletter features a spotlight on Lakes Region Recovery Community Center (LRRC) in Bridgton, ME, reminders about Recovery Month (so many events this weekend!), recovery coach training information, and more.
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Spotlight: Lakes Region Recovery Community Center (LRRC) |
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Lakes Region Recovery Center (LRRC) celebrates its three-year anniversary this month! Learn about how LRRC is providing support for the Bridgton recovery community.
Founded in 2018 and opened shortly after by Catherine Clough-Bell and Tracey Martin, LRRC is a small but mighty recovery community center located in Bridgton, Maine on the Bridgton Hospital campus.
The original vision for the center was a community space for people in and seeking recovery to hangout, find support, and enjoy LRRC’s beautiful outdoor and garden spaces. However, LRRC’s close proximity to the hospital has led the center to develop innovative and vital services in seamless integration with the recovery community space.
In addition to coordinating daily meetings, volunteers, recovery coaching, and telephone recovery support, LRRC’s three staff members—Tracey Martin, Candy Greenberg, and Christine Wight—are on call every day to provide peer recovery support in the hospital’s Emergency Department (ED). Thanks to LRRC’s help, patients in the ED are provided recovery supports beyond their immediate needs, including a Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) provider, a counselor, Narcan training, and a packet of recovery resources prior to discharge.
“Our mission has always been to go where the need is,” says Tracey Martin, LRRC’s Executive Director. “If our people are coming here to feel safe, they should be able to feel safe on the whole campus. We have worked super hard to build a relationship with the hospital to make this campus safe, and the hospital has listened to us. Now we work together to meet our community’s needs.”
“It’s all about showing up,” added Candy Greenberg, LRRC’s Communications Specialist. “Day to day, we have no idea what will happen, but the nurses in the ED are great—they always ask patients now ‘Would you like to speak to someone in recovery?’ And we show up for the most important part: one-on-one connection.”
On September 18, 2021, LRRC is hosting a Recovery Remembrance Walk to honor the late Dr. Peter Leighton, one of LRRC’s founders who passed away this summer from brain cancer. As Dr. Leighton was an important voice in the recovery community, the walk serves as a remembrance as well as a celebration of National Recovery Month. Learn more about the event here.
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Recovery Month Events in the State of Maine |
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Did you know that recovery community centers all over Maine are celebrating National Recovery Month?
If you're looking for more information, below are the events we've included in the flyer with links to websites and Facebook pages.
COVID-19 Note: Maine CDC is currently recommending masks and social distancing at large outdoor gatherings. Please bring a mask if you plan on attending any of the rallies/events!
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2022 Trainings Calendar Now Available |
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Are you interested in becoming a recovery coach, or learning more about recovery as a community member or ally?
PRCC offers CCAR (Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery) certified Recovery Coach Academy classes throughout the state of Maine for Maine residents. PRCC Recovery Coaches honor multiple pathways, meet and support each individual on their recovery journey. Learn about recovery coaching here.
Please note: registration for Fall 2021 Recovery Coach Academies, as well as Ethical Considerations, is now full. We do, however, still have space for Recovery Coaching Basics!
Recovery Coaching Basics: For community members and allies.
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Did you know that PRCC hosts statewide Learning Collaboratives? |
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As Maine's Recovery Hub, PRCC brings together recovery community centers across the state of Maine for quarterly Learning Collaboratives. These meetings are for statewide relationship building and shared learning opportunities to incorporate into local centers and communities. Maine's network of recovery community centers is continuously growing and evolving, thanks to everyone's commitment to peer recovery support services in our state.
The most recent Learning Collaborative featured a presentation by Maine Resilience Building Network (MRBN), who has been contracted by ME CDC Prevention Services and University of New England's Substance Use Prevention Services (SUPS) to provide statewide trainings on fostering wellness and resilience in recovery .
These Learning Collaboratives serve as a wonderful reminder that none of us has to do this alone, recovery is happening in communities all over the state, and we are stronger together!
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"What Does Recovery Mean to You?": Maine Responds |
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In celebration of National Recovery Month, we asked recovery community centers around Maine to send in a few words for what recovery means to them.
Thank you to all staff, members, friends, and family who participated--we love seeing all of these empowering and impactful words put together.
Happy Recovery Month!
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Building Recovery Community Throughout the State of Maine
This newsletter allows us to connect with you, our Maine recovery community. Whether you're a person in recovery, family member, or ally, you are part of the solution to addiction. Published on a regular basis and sent via email, this newsletter provides updates and gives you an opportunity to help support recovery and spread the message of hope throughout the state of Maine. To learn more about PRCC, whose programs are funded in part by the Maine Department of Health & Human Services, visit our website. Please send any feedback or information you'd like us to include to newsletter@portlandrecovery.org.
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PORTLAND RECOVERY COMMUNITY CENTER portlandrecovery.org |
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