Mental health experts in Texas worry that “Drank,” a new relexation beverage, may be a gateway drug to the illegal cough syrup concoction “purple drank.” The Dallas Morning News interviews two young Phoenix House clients. read more
We were honored when our friend Kara DioGuardi selected our Austin Academy as the site of the third music studio she’s created for Phoenix House teens. Construction is now complete—and the recording equipment is on its way! read more
Hats off to our Phoenix House Houston programs, a 2009 recipient of the Community Stars award! This distinction is granted to Houston and Harris county organizations that are making great strides to reduce crime and drug use in the area. read more
Currently underway at our residential treatment facility in Dallas, TX is a book drive to stock the bookshelves of the Phoenix House Hill A. Feinberg Academy with age appropriate classic and popular literature. read more
The Dallas Associates group hosted a beautiful Thanksgiving lunch for the clients and staff at the Hill A. Feinberg Academy. The delicious feast Andrew Savoie, Associates member and Chef Instructor at the International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Dallas, cooked up made for a very memorable Thanksgiving Day. read more
Academy Clients Explore Potential Career Paths
In August, the Phoenix House Dallas Associates kicked off a new Mentoring Program at the Hill A. Feinberg Academy in Dallas. Associates members Dale Scofield and Steve Wolff have enlisted the help and expertise of several local businessmen and women. These industry leaders work in fields that the clients… read more
We are thrilled to enjoy a new relationship with the brothers in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, who have been generously donating their time and resources on the adolescents at the Phoenix House Feinberg Academy. These young men have taken the clients to a Dallas Stars game, Texas Rangers game… read more
The Crystal Charity Ball Committee this week announced the seven children’s programs chosen as 2009 beneficiaries of this prestigious award. Phoenix House of Texas is slated to receive $420,000 for its Phoenix House Resource Center. For more than 50 years the Crystal Charity Ball has raised monies for Dallas County’s children in need… read more
Phoenix House of Texas launches IMPACT After School Program in Dallas this fall. IMPACT provides a safe, supervised after-school environment. Participants include students from Cary Middle School and/or Thomas Jefferson High School in grades 7, 8, and 9. The program will be housed at the Walnut Hill Recreation Center, within walking distance from the above mentioned schools. read more
The holiday spirit was alive and well at the Phoenix House Austin Academy on Thursday, December 18, 2008. Boulder Creek neighbors, staff and friends gathered for the First Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and Words That Free Us: Voices of Recovery book reading. The evening’s main attraction was a perfectly shaped oak tree with signs placed… read more