New Directions for Women is proud to announce the 2010 Alumnae Reunion Harbor Cruise will take place on Saturday, October 16th. Celebrate your recovery with a day of pampering and fun as you feast on a gourmet lunch, receive a therapeutic massage, dance and sing to your favorite tunes, socialize and connect with other alumnae and women in recovery while you delight in the beautiful view.

Agenda: 10:30 am – Meet dockside at 3101 W. Coast Highway #209, Newport Beach CA 92663.

11:00 am – Board the Dream Maker Yacht

11:15 am – Welcome & Introductions

11:30 am – Lunch

12:00 pm – Sobriety Countdown (with prizes!)

12:15 pm – Celebration Dessert and 12 Step Meeting

1:15 pm – Karaoke and Dancing

2:45 pm – Dock and Disembark

For questions or additional information, please call Tania Bhattacharyya at 949.313.1192, extension 103 or email to tania@newdirectionsforwomen.org. Attendance is limited to women in recovery – alumnae: you may invite your sponsor, sponsee, or a friend in recovery to join us!

New Directions for Women hosted the 5th Annual Community Open House on August 11th on our beautiful three acre campus. Almost two hundred guests joined us, including staff and residents from local treatment centers, alumni, fans of Repeat Boutique, and neighbors. Everybody enjoyed free chair massages from One Source Wellness, fabulous tunes from Celebrations in Sound, as well as informational tours of our chemical dependency treatment facility given by our patients. We had a caricature artist and photographer to ensure that memories of the afternoon will last. Children were welcome at the Open House, and they had tons of fun getting their faces painted by Joyla the Clown, and planting mini-flower pots with guests from a local Girl Scout Troop. Through our opportunity drawings and Repeat Boutique sales, we earned almost $1,400 for partial scholarships for the women that we serve.

Congratulations to the following guests for winning our opportunity drawings!
Brand new HP Netbook – Darlene Quinn
Pass for two on a Hornblower Cruise – Mary Duffy
Dinner for two at the Five Crowns Restaurant – Laura Gatlin
An hour massage from Dynamic Touch Massage Therapy – Doreen Garcia
10 Class Series of Yoga at Soul at Home – Geraldine Schlutz
A Del Taco Gift Pack – Sally Frei

In these challenging economic times, New Directions for Women realizes it is more important than ever to continue the fight against addiction. The loss of a job can often trigger a need to escape reality through alcohol and other drugs. The 4th Annual Addiction Treatment Centers & Professionals Consortium of California (ATCPCC), which occurred in Santa Barbara, California from July 28 – 30, 2010, was meant to create a forum in which addiction experts could share resources and knowledge at a time when it’s needed most. This event gave addiction experts from about 50 premier addiction treatment centers throughout the U.S. an opportunity to meet established practitioners, discuss trends in the industry, and to network and better serve clients through best practices with an emphasis on excellence. ATCPCC allowed those in the addiction treatment field to gather and discuss their trade in a forum that allows for networking, learning and improving the addiction treatment profession. Many pertinent and upcoming issues were discussed, and we believe everyone returned home with wonderful memories of summer relaxation, as well as many new relationships! New Directions for Women is strongly committed to the mission of treating chemically dependent women and is a proud host of ATCPCC. We thank the almost one hundred attendees who shared their time and talent with us, and look forward to releasing information about ATCPCC 2011 shortly.

Volunteers gather for a group photo after a hard day's work!

On Wednesday July 28, 2010, New Directions for Women was honored to host 20 volunteers from PIMCO Partners. PIMCO employees contributed their time and energy in an important beautification project. They expertly painted all the fences on our three acre campus, making our facility even more cheerful and bright.

“We thoroughly enjoyed volunteering at New Directions for Women and we appreciated working to beautify the campus. Volunteering gives us an opportunity to make an impact in our very own community. We look forward to returning as volunteers to NDFW in the near future.” Says Sarah Middleton, Manager of Employee Activities and Community Outreach for PIMCO.

Many of our patients worked alongside volunteers at the event, which is particularly rewarding. The 12^th step of Alcoholics Anonymous teaches us to give back, and this is a prime example of the 12^th step at work. For our women to stand beside volunteers and improve the facility that has become like a second home to them and so many other women in our four decades of existence is a wonderful lesson in giving back. We are so grateful to all the volunteers who took time out of their busy schedules to visit our campus and beautify our facility.

Last week Becky Flood, New Directions for Women’s Executive Director and CEO, was in New York City with Interventionist Brad Lamm, taping an episode of the Dr. Oz television show.

On this episode, Brad performs an intervention with a female patient with young children and New Directions for Women is offered for treatment services.

We’re proud the  Dr. Oz show recognizes New Directions as a leader in the addiction industry, particularly as a leading facility for helping women with children.  Because of our expertise in gender specific treatment and our unique ability to have a patient’s children live on our peaceful campus during treatment, New Directions is an excellent choice for women with children.

You can watch the video here.

A Circle of Thanks

We are happy to announce that it is time for our 15^th Annual Golf Tournament. This year’s tournament will be held on Halloween, as a Ghost Tournament! This allows all participants the opportunity to contribute to the Pamela Wilder Scholarship Fund as they have in the fourteen previous years, while reducing the stress of taking time away from work and family during these global unknown and uncertain times. In addition, this type of tournament will maximize the amount of scholarship funds and resources we can direct towards our patients’ recovery. Although there will be no live tournament, you are encouraged to participate for the chance to win fabulous prizes and of course, give women with addictions a gift she and her family will cherish – a gift of recovery!

This year, New Directions for Women has seen a significant reduction in the level of treatment costs individual patients can afford, and the level of reimbursement from insurance policies. With jobs lost, and credit very tight, families who seek treatment for their loved ones have fewer options available to pay for treatment. It’s affecting all of us. We need to raise $500,000 for the Pamela Wilder scholarship fund every year, or we may have to eliminate treatment for women whose very lives are at risk. Cuts to these programs would put more lives of women at risk, and have a devastating impact on their families, our community, and our nation. Your participation will help us continue to transform women, families, and their children, one day at a time.

Please visit our Ghost Golf Tournament page to learn more. Prize winners will be notified in mid-November. Don’t hesitate to call our Events Coordinator, Tania Bhattacharyya, at (949) 313-1192, with any questions. We look forward to our continued relationship into the future, as we are blessed by your generosity and support!

The New Directions for Women Annual Open House was held on August 26th from 5:00-7:30pm on our campus. Over one hundred guests joined us for a fun few hours of good company, give-aways, and freshly grilled food by our Executive Chef Eyal. This was the perfect event for some summer fun! While the adults shopped, children cooled down with Sno-Cones, and had a blast in the Bounce House! They also got to know Joyla the Clown, who loves to face-paint and make balloon animals. Guests won gift cards to In-N-Out, Boston Market, Costco, and other popular establishments, and one guest even left with a brand new Toshiba laptop! Repeat Boutique, New Direction’s upscale used clothing store, set up a “mini-boutique” for those shoppers who can’t get enough of the flagship store on 17th Street. Through opportunity drawings and Repeat Boutique sales, almost $800 was raised and went directly to New Directions for Women Foundation. We hope that memories of the pleasant evening will last forever.

Nearly forty Alumnae and patients gathered on the Dream Maker Yacht on Newport Harbor on Saturday, September 19th for the third Annual Alumnae Reunion.  Patients and Alumnae teamed up to enjoy a gourmet lunch, sang karaoke, got massages and had a 12-step meeting.  There were plenty of laughs as everyone sang and danced, ate cake and relaxed in the sun.  The scenery was great, but not nearly as entertaining as our karaoke singers!  Check out the photos

Thank you for your interest.  However, ATCPCC 2010 is SOLD OUT!

Don’t miss out on next year’s event: Complete the form on the right side of this page to be alerted to ATCPCC 2011…  Check the “Receive Newsletter” box please.

3 Days…60+ Treatment Centers, Private Practitioners, Interventionists…AND YOU

Announcing the Fourth Annual Addiction Treatment Centers & Professionals Consortium of California,  July 28 – 30 at the Fess Parker Doubletree Resort in Santa Barbara, California.

Why attend?  Our previous attendees say it best.  Watch the video:

“I have attended the ATCPCC for the past three years and it gets better every year. For me it is all about finding the best care for any call that I get and what a better way to research that, then at this conference. I love the variety of networking opportunities this offers.”

Tammy Eurick
Admissions/Marketing Director – The Bridge to Recovery
www.thebridgetorecovery.com

• Earn 18 CEUs at this single event (CAADAC and CA Board of Behavioral Services certified)
• Exclusive access to 60+ participating addiction treatment organizations over three days
• Form lifelong referral sources

This conference is an opportunity to exchange information with other treatment providers and professionals in an effort to create a seamless continuum of care to meet the needs of all patients.  During the conference each facility, interventionist or therapist is provided a formal opportunity to present information about what distinguishes their services and programs and how to access their services.  There are also numerous networking opportunities and a chance for some summer relaxation in beautiful Santa Barbara.  Our hope is that everyone will leave this conference knowing where to turn when they are presented with a situation that is outside their area of expertise.

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“I’ve been attending National Conferences for many years, and ATCPCC is one of the best networking opportunities. I meet new people, learn about new programs, and  recruit new members and authors for our online journal.”

Josie Ramirez-Herndon
CEO – Villareal and Associates/RecoveryView.com
www.recoveryview.com

Who Should Attend

Executive Directors, CEOs, Medical Directors, Private Practitioners, Administrators, Therapists, Admissions Personnel, Interventionists, Treatment and Discharge Planning Personnel.  Marketing Representatives may attend if a Clinician is also in attendance.

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Space is Limited

The ATCPCC begins Wednesday July 28 at 1:00 pm and ends on Friday July 30 at about 2:00 pm.  Out of courtesy for all presenters it is mandatory that you attend the entire conference and do not leave early.

“A well organized opportunity to meet new people and learn about the many options for our clients. Thank you for including me.”

Brandi Elliot
Admissions and Marketing Director – Northwest Academy
www.nwacademy.net

Please make your own hotel reservations.  Room rates this year have a reduced conference rate of $239.00 per night plus tax, free parking if you stay in the conference hotel and half-price internet access. Please make your reservations before June 29, 2010 to receive the hotel discount.  Contact the hotel at 805.564.4333 and be sure to mention New Directions for Women ATCPCC Conference.

WATCH THE VIDEO TO SEE WHO WON THE FREE HOTEL ROOM
AT ATCPCC 2010!

“One of the best events I have ever attended! Looking forward to next year.”

Heather Edney
Director of Marketing – White Rabbit Partners

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More Comments from Attendees:

“We found the format effective for the first time attendees. We started out with minimal personal knowledge of the participating professionals and finished with a strong connection to the treatment community. What a phenomenal extended family!”

Jacquie Wheeler
Senior Counselor Solutions Program – Jaywalker Lodge/Jaywalker Solutions
www.jaywalkerlodge.com

“One of the best conferences I have been to. The conference is very well organized and put together. The conference programming allows its participants to spend quality and intimate time together. A great opportunity to network and build lasting relationships.”

Ryan Newport
Outreach/Referral Coordinator – Morningside Recovery
www.morningsiderecovery.com

“This consortium offers a wonderful opportunity to benefit not only from extensive professional networking with some of the best, most successful providers and professionals in today’s treatment industry. It also provides an opportunity to connect with very special people who are truly “walking the walk” and carrying a very potent message.”

Cynthia Thomas
Director of Business Development – The Refuge
www.therefuge-ahealingplace.com

“One of the best conferences I’ve attended, because of the intimacy of the programming. Wonderful setup.”

Jamison Monroe
CEO – Newport Academy
www.newport-academy.com

“This conference offers providers multiple opportunities: networking, exchange of valuable information, and cross-referrals. Located in a serene environment, Santa Barbara, all participants are able to enjoy each other while gathering critical information.”

Cherlyne Short Majors

To Register

Register online through the link below or fax your registration to 949.574.8977.  Make checks payable to New Directions for Women, 2607 Willo Lane, Costa Mesa, CA 92627.

Please contact Tania Bhattacharyya at 949.313.1192, ext 103 or tania@newdirectionsforwomen.org if you have any questions.

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