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Saturday, January 2, 2016

Hello All,

Please see the attached January 2016 Calendars for both PRO-ACT Philly locations. Please note: we will be CLOSED on Monday, January 18^th in observance of MLK Jr. Day. However, if you would like to get involved in a community service activity for that day please contact John Carlson at 215-923-1661 or myself.

Happy Holidays!

JodyAnn Newell

Volunteer Coordinator

PRO-ACT/Philadelphia Recovery Community Center

1701 W. Lehigh Ave., #6

Philadelphia, PA 19132

Phone: (215) 223-7700 x 106

Fax: (215) 223-7707

Email: jnewell@councilsepa.org

www.councilsepa.org

www.proact.org

PRO-ACT Philadelphia

PRO-ACT… Ambassadors for Recovery!

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Meet Our Staff: Clinical Director - KLEAN Treatment Centers

Dear Joseph,

My two sons Jason and Jared were polite, popular, multi-sport, all-star athletes. They had a wide network of friends, good morals and values, and good grades in school.

Then, my older son Jason suffered a sports injury and was prescribed painkillers. Seemingly overnight, he became one of the hundreds of thousands of teens in our country addicted to prescription (Rx) painkillers. So many people are addicted to prescription painkillers that drug overdoses are now the leading cause of accidental death in America, surpassing car crashes. And Rx painkiller abuse has led to an increased use of an even more deadly, accessible, and cheaper opiate: heroin.

Please make a tax-deductible gift to the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids today, so that we can put an end to the epidemic of prescription drug abuse and heroin addiction that is gripping our nation.

Jared, my youngest, always admired his older brother. It was not long before he started to use opiates too.

And that’s what happened with my boys – once great students and outstanding athletes, my sons eventually moved from prescription painkillers to heroin use.

That’s why the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids’ work in educating and preventing prescription drug abuse is so very important, because it provides families with concrete and actionable steps and, of equal importance, provides support if a child is misusing medicine.

The Partnership works on behalf of parents! They listen to and communicate with parents like no other organization and I’m so glad to be a small part of the great work they do for families in need.

I’m happy to say both my kids are now adults in recovery - and we are all finally in a good place. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today, so others can find the same help we have found at the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids.

Sincerely,

Paul Kusiak
Parent Volunteer

P.S. Your donation will go even farther today! Thanks to one of our generous board members; any gift you make by year-end will be matched, dollar-for-dollar. That means your donation will have twice the impact!

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Dear Joseph,

A few years ago, I noticed a dangerous trend happening at my local high school. My classmates were popping pills - mostly prescription drugs - and nobody was talking about it. At the time, kids didn’t think it was a big deal. Now we know differently.

When I was a senior, the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids gave me an opportunity to explore this epidemic further by partnering with a professional director to create a short documentary, titled "Out of Reach," as part of its Medicine Abuse Project.

Please donate to the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids today to help end teen medicine abuse.

During the film I was able to see why prescription drug abuse is a big problem amongst teens. Kids are trying to relieve their daily stress and anxiety with prescription drugs and often secretly reach for the pills in their parents’ medicine cabinet.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids is working to prevent teen prescription drug abuse. They are teaching parents how to safeguard their medicines and communicate better with their kids. They are showing teens how to better manage their stress and rise above the daily negative influences and pressures to use drugs and alcohol. And they are helping millions of families every year.

Thanks to the Partnership, I was able to take my experience creating "Out of Reach" to pursue film production and acting in college. Support the Partnership today, so that millions of teens out there can also get a chance to reach their full potential.

Sincerely,

Cyrus Stowe

P.S. Donate today and double your impact! Thanks to a generous board member, any gift you make by year-end will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $25,000.

We're here to help.
Call our Toll-Free Helpline
1-855-DRUGFREE (1-855-378-4373)

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