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Bringing attention to the fight against the Opioid and Fentanyl Epidemic, Societal Stigma on Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health Issues, and our unconditional Love for each other and our pets! Sunday, May 05, 2024 12 Noon to 4 pm Washington Park, Albany, NY Contact: Jihad El-Amin 518-487-4617 jelamin@capitaldistrictrecoverycenter.org Share the flyer

Healthy Capital District is offering courses for provisional certification for the role of Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA)! We support you through the entire process and are dedicated to your success!! Unlike other programs, we provide THREE MONTHS of support after course completion! This month, we're holding the program at Capital District Recovery Center - CDRC and there's still time to join! To learn more and to register, visit https://buff.ly/3vaC7ym

When: Every Saturday 8:00 PM – 12 MIDNIGHT Where: 45 COLVIN AVE, ALBANY, NY 12206 - WHERE RECOVERY HAPPENS! Call (518) 487-4617 if you have questions FELLOWSHIP, MUSIC, CHESS, CARDS, SNACKS, LAUGHTER, ETC....

“GRIEF - IT’S AN INSIDE OUT THANG!” February 10th, 2024 PLACE: 45 COLVIN AVE, 2nd floor, ALBANY, NY 1:00 – 3:00pm Snacks and beverage included Free of charge RSVP or questions to: Jihad El-Amin jelamin1924@gmail.com 518-487-4617 Hosted by: CDRC and Community Fathers

JANUARY 22 – FEBRUARY 3 2024 (Mon-Fri 4:30 pm – 9 pm,) REQUIREMENTS: Experience with a substance use disorder Willingness to share your recovery journey to help others. High school diploma or equivalent. Contact: Jihad El-Amin Cell: 518-429-5034 45 Colvin Ave 2 nd floor Albany, New York 12206

This is the first class that Healthy Capital. District hosted with SUNY Schenectady Office of Workforce Development and Community Education and with the support of Schenectady College and Career Outreach Center. Find out About CRPA Would you like to organize or attend a similar class? Contact us.

Congratulations to the Working Group on Girls of Schenectady on winning Women United's Perfect Pitch tonight at Brown's Revolution Hall! Women United's signature event, Perfect Pitch is a "Shark Tank-style" competition at which four local nonprofits "pitched" an idea for an innovative program that supports Women United's mission of advancing women’s rights and health, and educational and economic equity for all women in the Greater Capital Region. Visit their Website Delivered by Board Co-Presidents Chinira Lovick and Monique Wade, the Working Group on Girls of Schenectady pitched an original program called FRESH (Food, Resiliency, Education, Socialization, and Health). The main benefits of FRESH are to educate, empower, mentor, and provide sustainable life skills to young women in the Schenectady community. FRESH will be a holistic program including several components: mentorship, leadership, gardening, farm-to-table, health and wellness, entrepreneurship, social-emotional learning, and community service. FAN FAVORITE AWARD WINNER: Congratulations to the Capital District Recovery Center (CDRC), which was chosen by tonight's audience to receive the Sunmark Charitable Community Foundation Fan Favorite Award! CDRC will receive a $2,500 grant, courtesy of our partners at Sunm Visit their Website Delivered by Board President Deborah Eley, CDRC pitched an idea to expand its Trauma Workshop for Women and the Social Determinants of Health program. This initiative grew out of the recognition that men and women need separate supports that recognize the specifics of women’s diverse experiences and needs. The proposed workshop focuses exclusively on women participants and centers the ways in which gender impacts health inequities and social determinants of health. Being trauma-informed helps those in recovery to understand themselves and why they began using, their need for emotional safety, the universal need for healthy coping skills and connections, and their right to feel calm and good about themselves. THANK YOU TO OUR SHARKS! The toughest job in the building went to our Sharks, who were tasked with picking a winner after hearing four amazing pitches last night. In addition to being business leaders in the Capital Region, each of these women has prioritized giving back to the community. Immediately prior to the night's winner's being announced, our Sharks surprised the audience by combining to donate an additional $3,500 to the contestants! We can't thank them enough for their generosity and support of Women United and its partners. Thank you: Cinnamon Carlarne, President & Dean, Albany Law School Vera Cohen, President & CEO & Broker, Vera Cohen Realty Leola Edelin, General Manager, Renaissance Albany Hotel Carrie Hillenbrandt, Senior Vice President, BBL Hospitality Jennifer Keida, President & CEO, Standard, Heating, Cooling & Insulating Georgia Kelly, Senior VP, Senior Financial Advisor & Portfolio Manager, Merrill Lynch THANK YOU TO OUR EMCEE, TRISHNA BEGAM FROM NEWS10 ABC Back for the third consecutive year, News10 ABC's Trishna Begam did an amazing job as our mistress of ceremonies. We appreciate Trishna's continued support and the enthusiasm she brings to make Perfect Pitch an annual night to remember! Women United is a group of energetic, passionate, and philanthropic women empowered by United Way of the Greater Capital Region to mobilize change by inve

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We asked more than a dozen addiction experts, sobriety counselors, podcasters and people in recovery to share the books they found most helpful. From the NY Times ‘We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life,’ by Laura McKowen ‘Dry: A Memoir,’ by Augusten Burroughs ‘Stash: My Life in Hiding,’ by Laura Cathcart Robbins ‘This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life,’ by Annie Grace ‘The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober,’ by Catherine Gray ‘Alcoholics Anonymous: The Big Book,’ by William G. Wilson (Bill W.) ‘Sober Curious: The Blissful Sleep, Greater Focus, Deep Connection, and Limitless Presence Awaiting Us All on the Other Side of Alcohol,’ by Ruby Warrington ‘Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol,’ by Holly Whitaker Read the full NY Times article to find out more about these books.

On August 22, Healthy Capital District hosted an inspiring and informative event that focused on collaborative efforts to transform the lives of community members reintegrating into society after incarceration. The event sold out with 95 attendees from 54 organizations packing the rooms of the Capital District Recovery Center to listen to engaging presenters and an expert panel. Participants contributed to interactive workshops and had opportunities to network. Thank you to Arkview Recovery Center, Legal Action Center, and Fusion Recovery for their support. Darby Larkin with the Legal Action Center has created a website of Reentry Tools and Resources. Whether or not you attended, they invite you to complete a survey regarding future events, training, advocacy, and opportunities to get involved to support our community! Find more photos of the event on the Healthy Capital District’s Linkedin Page!

CDRC supports the work, advocacy and diversity of "In Our Own Voices". Join us at their sober and clean cookout event in Central Park, Schenectady on Thursday, June 1st from 4pm-8pm.

“....so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's house. Inside the house was Eeyore. "Hello Eeyore," said Pooh. "Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet" said Eeyore, in a glum sounding voice. "We just thought we'd check on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay." Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know, to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather sad, and alone, and not much fun to be around at all. Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time with someone who is sad, and alone, and not much fun to be around at all, would you now." Pooh looked and Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house. Eeyore looked at them in surprise. "What are you doing?" "We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling sad, or alone, or not much fun to be around at all. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are." "Oh," said Eeyore. "Oh." And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better. Because Pooh and Piglet were there. No more; no less.” - AA Milne