The June edition of the Rosecrance electronic newsletter has published. This month, we’re highlighting the story of Patrick Garcia, an alum of Rosecrance’s Homeless Veterans Program who found stability and success in recovery. Read his story here. The newsletter also includes Rosecrance Chaplain William Lenters’ Michael Q. Ford Journalism Award, the launching of youth recovery … Continued
Note: This article appears in the Spring/Summer 2012 edition of Reach, which publishes later this week. Download a PDF version of this article (1.1 mb). At a recent conference, a long-time colleague in the addiction treatment field asked to have dinner with me, and his opening question took me aback: “Where are you going with … Continued
Note: This article appears in the Spring/Summer 2012 edition of Reach, which publishes later this week. Download a PDF version of this article (0.9 mb). Patrick Garcia issues orders into a walkie talkie. A worker he supervises at the Millennium Center in Rockford applied the wrong kind of spackle to repair a hole in the … Continued
John Griffin, Chairman of the Rosecrance Board of Directors, thanked the community for their generous support in a letter to editor in the May 12, 2012, edition of the Rockford Register Star. Griffin wrote: On behalf of The Rosecrance Foundation board of directors, I wish to express appreciation to everyone who helped make our annual … Continued
WREX-13 published an article over the weekend about a Rosecrance-affiliated recovery court for juvenile offenders with mental health or substance abuse issues. The court system is designed to provide an alternative to jail and is presided by Judge Janet Holmgren, presiding judge of the Juvenile and Specialty Courts Division of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court. … Continued
Four Rosecrance managers fielded almost three dozen on-the-air telephone calls from area residents over a 90-minute period April 30, 2012, on WTVO-17. Anchor Mimi Murphy interviewed Mary Ann Abate, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Mental Health Services, during the 5 p.m. news show. Murphy interviewed Joan Lodge, Director of Emergency Services at the … Continued
There were several articles in the news this week about Rosecrance Flower Day 2012. WREX-13 posted a piece about the event here. Samantha Jeffrey’s writes: Shoppers raised funds for mental health and substance abuse treatment programs and services just by buying flowers on Thursday. Both Gensler Gardens locations in New Milford and Loves Park celebrated … Continued
The 2012 Castle Award was presented to a former Board chairman with nearly 20 years experience at Rosecrance. Jerry Paris, who joined the Rosecrance Board of Directors in 1993 and was chairman in 2002, is the recipient of the award, which was announced at the 2012 Rosecrance Foundation Benefit on April 14. Presenting the award … Continued
The May edition of the Rosecrance electronic newsletter is now available. This month, we’re highlighting Michael Cavanaugh’s return to the Rosecrance Benefit. The newsletter also includes information on Rosecrance Flower Day, giving opportunities, upcoming trainings, news and more! Click here to read the newsletter. Click here to subscribe by email.
Frank Ware Award of Excellence named for former Janet Wattles Center President/CEO Sherry Fink, a clinical supervisor at the Rosecrance Ware Center, received the 2012 Frank Ware Award of Excellence on Tuesday, April 17, at the annual United Way of Rock River Valley Volunteer Recognition event at Giovanni’s. Fink, who has worked with the organization … Continued