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Phoenix House’s 7th Annual Triumph for Teens Gala, April 20th

batkins — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:44:34 +0000

We are excited to announce this year’s honorees Zev Yaroslavsky, LA County Supervisor, 3rd District, and the cast and producers of Fox’s “Bones,” for the upcoming Triumph For Teens Awards Gala on April 20th.

Our annual event celebrates the victories of young people over substance abuse and honors entertainment and business leaders for inspiring them to make positive life decisions. Join us as we recognize these teens who have learned the lessons of honesty, responsibility, and concern for others on their road to recovery.

Proceeds will benefit our residential treatment centers, family therapy, and prevention programs in California. To purchase tickets to the event and for more information about our special sponsorship packages, click here or contact Stephanie Horsley at 310-880-0270 or t4t@phoenixhouse.org.

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Good News for Kids Gala Benefits Phoenix House

batkins — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:10:58 +0000

On Thursday, November 19, 2009, Phoenix Academy Orange County was one of the beneficiaries of the Good News for Kids Gala, an inspirational and entertaining evening of music, dance, and celebration held each year in Anaheim, CA Becky Baeling, Billboard recording artist with a passion for those less fortunate and a dear friend of Phoenix House, was the featured honoree. The benefit supported Phoenix House and other worthy causes in Southern California.

The event included a silent auction and a reception. Sponsors included: Golden State Foods, Grubb & Ellis, Property Solutions Worldwide, Merrill Lynch, The Orange County Register and United Stationers.

http://goodnewsforkids.org/gala/index.htm

Michelle Huneven reads from “Blame”; Co-Presented by Phoenix House and Skylight Books

batkins — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:09:09 +0000

Skylight will donate 10% of the sales of “Blame” from this event to support Phoenix House’s treatment programs in Los Angeles, which every day help hundreds of youth and adults in our community overcome the trauma of addiction and its related problems.

Sunday, November 22
Start: 4:00 PM
Location: Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont, Los Angeles, CA

Phoenix House is delighted to co-present a reading with Michelle Huneven of her new book, “Blame,” with Skylight

Blame (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Books located at 1818 North Vermont Avenue.By mentioning Phoenix House when purchasing the book from Skylight, 10% of the sale will be donated to support Phoenix House’s programs, which helps individuals, families, and communities rise above addiction.

In this gripping tale, Huneven charts the parameters of guilt and how a young, wisecracking intellectual becomes a shadow of her former self. Patsy MacLemoore, a boozy history professor, is helping her boyfriend, Brice, take care of his niece, Joey, whose mother is undergoing cancer treatment. But when Patsy goes on a bender and emerges from a drunken blackout in jail, she learns she’s accused of having run down a mother and daughter in her driveway. After her conviction, Patsy transforms from free spirit into a convict, and Huneven deftly underscores the bizarre trajectory Patsy’s life has taken. Huneven’s exploration of misdeeds real and imagined is humane, insightful and beautiful.

Michelle Huneven is the author of two previous novels, Round Rock and Jamesland. She has received a General Electric Foundation Award for Younger Writers and a Whiting Writers’ Award for fiction. She lives in Altadena, California.

Grace Napolitano at our Completion Ceremony for Women in California

alindsay — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:37:41 +0000

What a wonderful day! On Saturday, October 24, 2009, at the Faith Community Church in Whittier, CA, 61 women celebrated their successful completion of Phoenix House treatment programs at Santa Fe Springs and Monrovia in the presence of their families, friends, our staff, and distinguished guests, including U.S. Congresswoman Grace Napolitano of the 38th Congressional District of California, Stephen Goya, Assistant Regional Administrator for Parole Region III (keynote speaker), and Yvonne Ali from SASCA Region III (guest speaker).

Rep. Grace Napolitano gave each program graduate an individual Congressional Recognition Certificate and expressed heartfelt wishes for their successful and lifelong recovery. Among those honored by Phoenix House and Congresswoman Napolitano was Suzanne Ostermann who played a special role in establishing the Santa Fe Springs and Monrovia programs 11 years ago.

Many thanks to the numerous supporters of our Women and Children’s Services in Los Angeles who were honored during the ceremony with certificates and plaques: Agent Steve Bartholomy, Parole, Pasadena; Dr. Elyse Eskridge, M.D.; Stephen Goya, Administrator for Parole Region III; Agent Dominique Hughes, Parole Pasadena; Shelly Pollard, Santa Fe Springs Parole; Monrovia Fire Department; Monrovia Library Literacy Program, Parole Region III, Pasadena; A & D Transportation; Norwalk Department of Juvenile Justice; Agent Dan Mendez, OSATS; Daniel Ramirez, OSATS; and, last but not least, U.S. Congresswoman, Grace Napolitano, who helped fund our new outpatient program for women at Santa Fe Springs.

Big Sunday adds a Serenity Garden for Women at Phoenix House Santa Fe Springs

batkins — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:59:45 +0000

For the past two years, Phoenix House has partnered with Big Sunday, a community outreach program in Southern California which coordinates volunteer events on first Sunday in May each year . This year, staff and residents at our women’s programs in Santa Fe Springs and Monrovia were joined by community volunteers to work on special projects at each of our facilities. In our Santa Fe Springs program for women and children, staff and residents and members from the community joined together to create a serenity garden. In Monrovia, everyone helped with painting some rooms in the facility and building a new fence. Funding and in-kind donations were coordinated by Big Sunday.

Big Sunday allows those in our care to work on projects that have a lasting, positive impact on their physical environment and that engender pride. The Serenity Garden provides our residents with a calm, safe place in which they can experience ordered beauty and gather their thoughts. The garden has two abundant flower beds and a small fountain. Women visit the serenity garden when they want a moment of tranquility, want to practice “grounding” strategies to deal with trauma, or need to think about a personal challenge.