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Meet LifeRing’s new Executive Director, Kathleen Gargan
The recently concluded LifeRing Annual Meeting saw the Board of Directors electing a new Executive Director for our organization. Kathleen Gargan, the driving force behind LifeRing Colorado’s rapid growth in recent years, takes over the top spot from Craig Whalley, … Continue reading
Full Coverage of the 2011 LifeRing Annual Meeting
As mentioned previously, the 2011 LifeRing Annual Meeting was held on June 3, 4 and 5 in Oakland, CA. For a bare-bones recap click here. This report will be more comprehensive and will try to give the flavor of … Continue reading
2011 LifeRing Annual Meeting A Great Success
LifeRing’s Annual Meeting was held June 3, 4 and 5 in Oakland, CA., ten years after the organization was formed at its first gathering in Florida in 2001. The event expanded to 3 days for the first time with a … Continue reading
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National Alcohol Screening Day
Today, April 7, 2011, is National Alcohol Screening Day in the United States. The event encourages people who use alcohol to consider their personal drinking patterns to determine if they have an alcohol use problem. The National Survey on Drug … Continue reading
LifeRing Advances in Sweden
Lars B. reports from Sweden that there has been steady progress in the growth of LifeRing there. There are now 5 3 meetings in Sweden, split between Stockholm and Malmo. Delegates from the meetings recently met in the first national … Continue reading
LifeRing Canada’s Leader, Michael Walsh, Speaks at IdeaWave Conference
LifeRing Canada’s Executive Director Michael Walsh was a speaker yesterday, Feb. 25, at Victoria’s innovative IdeaWave Conference, a five day gathering in which dozens of speakers give ten minute presentations on a wide variety of topics, from Mideast peace to … Continue reading
Report on CAADAC
Ed D. has submitted a report to the LifeRing Board of Directors about his recent experience heading LifeRing’s participation as an exhibitor at the CAADAC conference in Southern California. Here’s his report (slightly edited): CAADAC Annual Conference, 2010 (Marriott Hotel, … Continue reading
LifeRing to Participate in National Recovery Month
September 2010 will be the 21st annual Recovery Month (www.recoverymonth.gov) observance by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). Recovery Month serves to educate … Continue reading
LifeRing Training in Honolulu
From Eddie Merseraux, Case Facilitator of North Shore Access to Recovery (ATR) and Together — Strengthening Our Community Services (T-SOCS) in Honolulu: Date: July 15, 2010 Time: 8am to 4:30pm Place: Hilo Hatties Conference Room (on Nimitz) T-SOCS and Hawaii … Continue reading
LifeRing celebrates Pride!
For the first time, LifeRing will have a booth at the San Francisco Pride celebration in Civic Center this Sunday, June 27, 2010. Look for us at Location S-14 in Civic Center on Sunday! If you would like to help, … Continue reading
