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This Week at the Latah Recovery Community Center

April 15, 2019 by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

Please RSVP for Suicide Prevention: Question, Persuade and Refer on May 6, 4pm at the LRCC. Contact LatahRecoveryCenter@gmail.com to register.

Have you heard Recovery Radio? Thursdays, 1pm on KRFP. Or get the podcast!

One of the trainings we try to have all of our volunteers take is Mental Health First Aid. It is a great training. We’re pleased to see that Empower Idaho and U of I have teamed up to bring this to town on May 1. There is usually a cost, but this appears to be free. We encourage everyone reading this to register. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-health-first-aid-tickets-59125977390

The latest writing prompt from Write for You is here: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2019/04/08/write-for-you-the-first-chapter/

We are filling an AmeriCorps/VISTA position. Application is currently up.
https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do;jsessionid=lZTFdf-nIfSYDjp17xNICaWngeQW1bb_xU8n6mKs8Px8Au-eXgoB!-1941309053?id=87113&fromSearch=true
Pertinent details: 12 month term, can be renewed up to 5 times. Vacation leave is 10 personal days and 10 sick per year. 40 hours per week. Living allowance of $1026/month. $12312/year gross. $6k student loan/very flexible education benefit per year served. End of service stipend of $1800. Also gives you advantage in federal hiring via noncompetitive eligibility for a year after service. Already receiving federal benefits? Get income disregard so you continue to receive them while serving.
We plan our VISTA to focus on outreach to rural and veteran populations; and marketing.
Starts May 13. Must enroll by April 22.
Here’s our April calendar.

Click to access april-2019-at-the-latah-recovery-center.pdf

Write for You: The Summer Ahead

April 15, 2019 by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized, Write for You Blog

by Nancy Casey

When a cold wet spring rides into town on the heels of a long snowy winter, the whole idea of summer can seem really far away.

Imagine summer for a moment. How air on your skin can make you warm instead of making you shiver. The long evenings with heat radiating up from the sidewalk. People’s yards, bursting with shrubbery and flowers.

Once the summer is actually upon us, plans, obligations and routines put limitations on our time and energy. While the season is still mostly imaginary, anything can happen. Or might.

Today, write about what the summer might bring. Begin with the phrase, “Summer might bring _______.” Write about some of the different things that could happen this summer. If you feel stuck, write out the phrase, “Summer might bring ______.” That might bring you an idea. You can also draw or doodle on the page and wait for ideas to come to you that way.

The nice thing about the word “might” is that it allows you to think freely and gently about the future.

You might already have some plans, perhaps a lot of them. Plans can go awry. Life is always intervening in one thing or another. If you use the word “might” when you write about your plans, you’ll put a little less pressure on your future self.

If you use the word “might” to write about all your hopes and dreams and aspirations, you don’t have to worry about being greedy and putting in too many. You can ignore the reality that every possible good thing that can happen to you isn’t going to fit in one summer. Even though lot of them might.

The word “might” also comes in handy for discussing miracles. Are there things that one part of your mind says are impossible, while another part of you thinks they would be a good idea anyway? They might happen.

Another thing you can do with the word “might” is worry. When you start to think about what might happen, your mind doesn’t limit itself to events that are joyous. Dreadful things can float into the imagination, too. Fortunately the word “might” always walks with its friend “might not.” When you reread the page, you can squeeze in the word “not” anyplace you like.

Launch yourself into the summer in your writing today. All of its ups and downs, thrills and challenges.

What might the summer bring? More than you can imagine.

When you have filled a page, give your work a title. Make sure the date is on it somewhere, too. Add further decoration and color to the page as needed. Here is an example of what a person could write.

You can share what you have written by posting it as a comment below. You can type in your work. Or post a picture of it.

Nancy Casey has lived in Latah County for many years. You can find more of her work here. She offers (free!) writing help to anyone in recovery. This can be for any kind of writing project—resumes, letters, stories, novels, homework, etc. She will be offering writing classes at the Recovery Center starting the second week in May. Email latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com for more information.

This Week at the Latah Recovery Community Center

April 8, 2019 by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

Have you heard Recovery Radio? Thursdays, 1pm on KRFP. Or get the podcast!

The latest writing prompt from Write for You is here: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2019/04/08/write-for-you-the-first-chapter/

Click to access april-2019-at-the-latah-recovery-center.pdf

April at the Latah Recovery Community Center

April 1, 2019 by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

We had a little excitement last week at the legislature. THe Joint Finance Committee approved a plan to fund the states 9 Recovery Community Centers to do some rural outreach. Governor still needs to sign, before official. In our case, this funding will be used to outreach our recovery programs to either the Potlatch or Troy areas. If you’d like to know more, contact Darrell at latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com.

The latest writing prompt from Write for You: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2019/04/01/write-for-you-one-thing-now-another/

Check out Recovery Radio! Thursdays at 1pm on KRFP, or get the podcast!!!

Here’s our April calendar.

April 2019 at the Latah Recovery Center

Americorps/VISTA opening at LRCC

March 28, 2019 by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

We are filling an AmeriCorps/VISTA position. Application is currently up.

https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do;jsessionid=lZTFdf-nIfSYDjp17xNICaWngeQW1bb_xU8n6mKs8Px8Au-eXgoB!-1941309053?id=87113&fromSearch=true

Pertinent details: 12 month term, can be renewed up to 5 times. Vacation leave is 10 personal days and 10 sick per year. 40 hours per week. Living allowance of $1026/month. $12312/year gross. $6k student loan/very flexible education benefit per year served. End of service stipend of $1800. Also gives you advantage in federal hiring via noncompetitive eligibility for a year after service. Already receiving federal benefits? Get income disregard so you continue to receive them while serving.

We plan our VISTA to focus on outreach to rural and veteran populations; and marketing.

Starts May 13. Must enroll by April 22.

This Week at the Latah Recovery Community Center

March 18, 2019 by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

This weeks announcements and calendar.
Write for You’s latest writing exercise: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2019/03/18/write-for-you-many-travels/
Our first Veterans Coffee and Bitch Session held on 3/13 at 5:30pm at the American Legion Cabin on Howard St. was a success. Contact us if you’d like to know when the next is scheduled.
Don’t miss Recovery Radio on KRFP Thursdays, 1pm.
Two DON’T MISS trainings are coming to Lewiston:
1. MOAB Training is Saturday from 8-5pm. MOAB® presents principles, techniques, and skills for recognizing, reducing, and managing violent and aggressive behavior. The program also provides humane and compassionate methods of dealing with aggressive people. Contact volunteer.latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com to register ASAP.
2. Peer Support Training is coming April 1-5, 8:30am to 5:30pm. We have been told this training will be free for LRCC volunteers. Details: https://secure.latest.facebook.com/events/201459060738140/
Here’s our March calendar: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/march-2019-at-the-latah-recovery-center.docx.pdf

Write for You: Many Travels

March 18, 2019 by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized, Write for You Blog

by Nancy Casey

We travel a lot. Across the world, across the room, across time. On foot. In memory. In empathy.

Is some part of us always traveling?

Today, write about your travels.

First, set up your page. Leave space at the top where you can put the title after you have finished writing. Mark off a space that you will use to draw or doodle while you are thinking up things to write.

Begin with a sentence that uses this form:

When ______________ , I travel______________

(You might prefer to say traveled or will travel, might travel, wish I could travel, etc.)

The part of the sentence that says when will tell something about the beginning of the travel. Was it started by a life event? A thought? The weather? Some part of your routine, such as eating or brushing your teeth?

Think about the travel in terms of who, what, where, why, how. Think about all the different kinds of traveling you can or might do.

After you have written that first sentence, add a little bit more. Make some kind of a comment on what you’ve already written.

You can fill the page by writing about one thing, one single bit of traveling. Or you can write many different travels.

Use the doodling space to let your pen and your mind travel aimlessly while you are thinking and deciding what to write.

At the very end of the page, wish yourself safe and happy travels.

When you have finished, give your work a title. Make sure the date is on it somewhere, too. Add further decoration and color to the page as needed. Here is an example of what a person could write.

You can share what you have written by posting it as a comment below. You can type in your work. Or post a picture of it.

Nancy Casey has lived in Latah County for many years. You can find more of her work here. She offers (free!) writing help to anyone in recovery. This can be for any kind of writing project—resumes, letters, stories, novels, homework, etc. She will be teaching writing classes at the Recovery Center in the spring. Email latahrecoverycenter@gmail.com for more information.

Several Important Announcements from Latah Recovery Community Center, Inc.

March 11, 2019 by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

5 BIG announcements below:

1. A BIG Thank You!
Frequent readers will know that last week was our annual fundraiser breakfast at the Best Western University Inn. We raised $38000 to support the local recovery community. Can you believe it? THANK YOU for supporting our efforts. We’d especially like to thank the 40 table captains that made it possible. We also thank Gritman Medical Center and Washington Mutual for sponsoring the breakfast, and Flowers by Roxanne for the beautiful decorations. Finally, a BIG thanks to the 265 attendees that gave so generously.

At the breakfast we announced:
2. A BIG new partnership and expansion of services: We are ramping up to provide some crisis services. This is due to our partnership with the Crisis Response Network being developed amongst the 5 hospitals in central Idaho. We expect this service will start by June.

3. A BIG name change: As part of the above partnership we have changed our name to better reflect what we do. We are now Latah Recovery Community Center, Inc. (Okay, maybe this one’s only biggish.)

4. A BIG outreach effort to vets: We are pleased to have received funding from both the Idaho Division of Veterans Services and the Veterans of Foreign Wars to develop veterans support services. The first Veterans Coffee and Bitch Session is on 3/13 at 5:30pm at the American Legion Cabin on Howard St.

5. A BIG outreach to our rural communities. The State of Idaho has funded us to do recovery outreach in a couple of Latah county communities. Look for more news later this spring. (This wasn’t announced at the breakfast. It was in the newspaper last week).

See all the BIG news you miss when you sleep in? 😉

Now, onto our regularly scheduled programming-this weeks announcements and calendar.
Write for You’s latest writing exercise: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2019/03/11/write-for-you-doodles-of-kindness/

New support group this week: Veterans Coffee and Bitch Session is being held on 3/13 at 5:30pm at the American Legion Cabin on Howard St.

Don’t miss Recovery Radio on KRFP Thursdays, 1pm.

Here’s our March calendar: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/march-2019-at-the-latah-recovery-center.docx.pdf

This Month at the Latah Recovery Center

March 5, 2019 by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

BOY DO WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING STUFF GOING ON!

Tomorrow, 7am, is our annual fundraising breakfast. It’s at the Best Western. Looks like record attendance. GIANT thank you to all helping and/or attending.

Check out this great opportunity to see an internationally recognized speaker and get 6 CEs right here in the LC valley!
Sally Spencer-Thomas, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist, inspirational international speaker and an impact entrepreneur. She was moved to work in suicide prevention after her younger brother died by suicide. She is a nationally and internationally known innovator in social change and has helped start up multiple large-scale, gap filling efforts in mental health including the award-winning campaign Man Therapy and the nation’s first initiative for suicide prevention in the workplace. In this presentation, Dr. Spencer-Thomas will prepare clinicians to feel confident and capable to work with suicidal clients and guide them out of the darkness and back into the light.
Register by March 31 to receive the early bird discount!

Our friends at ATVP have their 40 hour volunteer training this March. Click here for the schedule: http://atvp.org/volunteer.shtml

Can you believe that we have now had 24000 client contacts since Sept. 2015? WOWZERS!

The latest writing prompt: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2019/03/05/write-for-you-when-you-dont-want-to/

Click here for our March calendar: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/march-2019-at-the-latah-recovery-center.docx.pdf

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This Week at the Latah Recovery Center

February 26, 2019 by latahrecoverycenter, posted in Uncategorized

Mark your calendars for our March 6, 7am fundraising breakfast! RSVPs required. Call 208-883-1045 or email this address to RSVP. Last years event was very full, with 250 attendees. Support the center, and have an inspiring breakfast learning about local recovery efforts. You can’t beat that! Contact us today!
Are you a vet? Help us reach out to area veterans! We’re trying to start some veteran specific coaching programs, and support groups. If you can help, plan to attend our informational meeting on 2/27 at either 11 or noon in the Clearwater Rm of the UI Commons. See you there!
Have you heard Recovery Radio on KRFP FM? Thursdays, 1pm. Or podcast on your favorite service anytime.
The latest from Write for You’s series of recovery writing prompts: https://latahrecoverycenter.org/2019/02/26/write-for-you-mighty-winter/
Here’s our February calendar. https://latahrecoverycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/february-2019-at-the-latah-recovery-center.pdf