January 9th, 2016      Start your week off with The Council!  Events happening TODAY! Upper Bucks Advocacy Leadership Program TODAY January 9th, 2017 6:00pm-7:30pm 4459 W. Swamp Road, Doylestown, 18902 Register online HERE or by calling 215-345-6644 What is the Advocacy Leadership Program?  The Advocacy Leadership Program fosters, supports and promotes generations of leaders around your most passionate issues. The program is a grassroots effort of citizen advocates who will 1) Develop solutions to community issues surrounding addiction 2) Train in advocacy leadership 3) Build relationships with decision makers 4) Advocate for public policy 5) Fight Stigma and discrimination  Recovery Walks! 2017 is Saturday September 23rd! The first planning meeting takes place TODAY! Located at the PTRC:  444 N 3rd Street, Suite 307 Philadelphia PA 19123 6:00pm-7:00pm  Contact Fred Martin for any questions or for more information at 215-923-1661,or by email at FMartin@councilsepa.org Additional Advocacy Leadership Program dates:   Philadelphia Advocacy Leadership Program January 11th, 2017  Philadelphia Recovery Training Center  444 N. 3rd Street, Ste 307, Philadelphia 19123 Register online HERE or by calling 215-345-6644 Lower Bucks Advocacy Leadership Program January 14th, 2017  Southern Bucks Recovery Community Center 1286 Veterans Highway, Ste D6, Bristol 19007 Register online HERE or by calling 215-345-6644 Forward this email STAY CONNECTED

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January 2017 | eNews Self-Care in the New Year Is your child struggling with substance use? Taking care of yourself is critically important to helping your son or daughter. This New Year, resolve to take better care of yourself so that you can be more balanced, resilient and the most effective helper to your child. Learn more » Help Us Continue to Empower Families: Thank You! With your support and donations to close out 2016, there’s even more we can do for families in the coming year. This includes expanding our helplinehours to evenings and weekends to provide help and support to more families, introducing an “Ask a Coach” feature where parents can pose questions to our national network of trained parent coaches, and much, much more. Read what's in store for 2017 » #WeGotYou Campaign Wins Two Clio Health Awards The Partnership’s memorable #WeGotYou campaign has been recognized with two Clio Health Awards. The campaign was awarded Gold in the 2016 Clio Health Awards in the Integrated Campaign category and also received a Bronze in the Digital/Mobile category. Learn more » Support National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week is January 23-29 and we’re collaborating with NIDA to help shatter the myths about substance use by kids. Communities around the country organize events and activities to get teens involved in learning about the science behind the effects of drug and alcohol use and addiction on their brain, body, and behavior. Get involved »

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