Recovery Day 2023!

VERMONT IS RECOVERY STRONG

Recovery Vermont invites you to join us for Recovery Day, an annual advocacy celebration to honor the power of substance use disorder recovery. This year’s Recovery Day will be held on Wednesday, February 15th; additional details will be added soon!

Recovery Day 2023 is a celebration of recovery and the many pathways of the recovery journey, where we can listen to one another’s experiences and honor powerful individual transformations.

Recovery Day is also an opportunity to learn about the strengths and challenges of the many organizations that offer recovery support in our communities, and to envision what “recovery-friendly communities” could look like across Vermont.

Keep Scrolling for the Full Recovery Day 2023 Agenda

Would you like to share art, poetry, or words and photos for recognition or in memory of someone during Recovery Day?

We warmly invite and welcome your participation!

Keep reading for sharing details

During Recovery Day we will display a slideshow of art, poetry, or words and photos recognizing individual contributions to the recovery community or in memory of those we have lost. Please send us your submissions.

All submissions will be displayed in a slideshow during the Recovery Day event, and the slideshow will be available on our website following the event. We will credit you for your submission, including your name on the slide, unless you tell us that you would like to remain anonymous.

Details for how to share below:

Art: Have you created art that you would like us to share an image of?

Instructions:

- Here is a sample submission.
- Create a Google Doc or Word Document that includes:
  - The image of your art you would like us to display, and a title if you want to
  - Your name as you would like us to display it
    - If you do not wish us to display your name, please write that you wish to remain anonymous
  - Your email and phone number so Recovery Vermont can contact you if needed. (This will NOT be displayed or posted.
- Upload the Google Doc or Word Document to the “Art Submissions” Google Drive folder.

Poetry: Have you written a poem, or do you have a favorite poem, that you would like us to share?

Instructions:

- Here is a Sample submission
- Create a Google Doc or Word Document that includes:
  - Your poem as you would like us to display it
  - Your name as you would like us to display it
    - If you do not wish us to display your name, please write that you wish to remain anonymous
    - Your email and phone number so Recovery Vermont can contact you if needed. (This will NOT be displayed or posted.)
- Upload the Google Doc or Word Document to the “Poetry Submissions” Google Drive folder.

Recognition: Is there someone in your life, organization, or community you would like to recognize for their contribution with a photograph and a few words?

Instructions:
- Here is a Sample Submission
- Create a Google Doc or Word Document that includes:
  - A photograph of the person you would like to recognize that you would like us to display
  - The name of the person you would like to recognize
  - A message you would like us to display with their name and photograph
  - Your name as you would like us to display it
    - If you do not wish us to display your name, please write that you wish to remain anonymous
  - Your email and phone number so Recovery Vermont can contact you if needed. (This will NOT be displayed or posted.)
- Upload the Google Doc or Word Document to the “People to Recognize” Google Drive folder.

In Memory of: Is there someone who you have lost that you would like to honor with a photograph and message?

Instructions:
- Here is a Sample Submission
- Create a Google Doc or Word Document that includes:
  - If you would like, a photograph of the person whose memory you would like to honor
  - The text that you would like to appear in honor of their life and memory
  - Your name as you would like us to display it
    - If you do not wish us to display your name, please write that you wish to remain anonymous
  - Your email and phone number so Recovery Vermont can contact you if needed. (This will NOT be displayed or posted.)
- Upload the Google Doc or Word Document to the “People to Honor in Memoriam” Google Drive folder.

Recovery Day ’23 Agenda

8:55 Webinar Opens

9:00 Welcome Remarks

9:15 Opening Remarks: Congresswoman Becca Balint

9:24 Recovery Story: Justin Johnston

9:30 Participant Reflection: What Does Recovery Mean to You?

9:37 Celebrating Recovery Coaches: Dr. Rick Marasa, MD

9:45 The Power of Recovery Organizations Panel

Panel Moderator

Astrid Bradish-Hoyt, CRC, Assistant Director of the Turning Point Recovery Center of Springfield

Panel Members

Lila Benett, CRC, Director, Journey to Recovery Community Center, Newport

Margae Diamond, Director, Turning Point Center of Bennington

Michael Johnson, CRC, Director, Turning Point Recovery Center of Springfield

Bob Purvis, CRC, Director, Turning Point Center of Central Vermont

10:24 Recovery Story: Ryleigh Bruno

10:30 Break (10 min)

10:40 Welcome Back from Break

10:41 Remarks: Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont Department of Health Commissioner

10:47 Legislative Priorities: Gary De Carolis, Recovery Partners of VT

10:54 Legislative Advocates: Priorities, Perspectives, Insights

Panel Moderator

Gary De Carolis

Panel Members

Representative Kathleen James

Representative Dane Whitman

Senator Becca White

11:17 Recovery Story: Crystal Bolio, “It takes a village….”!

11:23 Participant Reflection

11:27 Awards Ceremony

Gary De Carolis presents the Lifetime Achievement Award to . . .

Daniel Franklin and Gregory Tatro present the Legislative Champion Award to . . .

Ed Baker presents the Jack Barry Communications Award to . . .

Tammy Bushell presents the Tammy Bushell Recovery-Friendly Workplaces Award to . . .

11:43 Creating Recovery-Friendly Workplaces: Mickey Wiles

11:49 Break (10 min)

11:59 Welcome Back from Break

12:03 Poetry Reading: Allie Mullin

12:07 Remarks by Senator Ginny Lyons, Chair of Senate Health & Welfare

12:13 Remarks by Jenney Samuelson, Secretary of the Agency of Human Services

12:19 Recovery Day Proclamation & Remarks by Monica Hutt, Chief Prevention Officer

12:25 Remarks by Dawn Tatro

12:35 Moment of Silence

12:36 Participant Reflection

12:37 Participant Reflection: Envisioning Recovery-Friendly Communities

Closing Remarks

Recovery Day is brought to you by Recovery Vermont thanks to the Vermont Department of Health, Division of Substance Use Programs (DSU), the Recovery Day Leadership Planning Team, and the recovery community of Vermont.