Events

NDFW Open House 2011

New Directions for Women hosted our Annual Open House on August 24th, 2011. The sun gently graced our beautiful 3-acre facility permitting comfortable breezes from the Newport Back Bay Nature Preserve, as we welcomed more than 160 people to this year’s event. What a wonderful opportunity it was to share our campus with neighbors, community [...]

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Blessing Ceremony reveals Spirituality and Community

Every year, New Directions for Women holds a Blessing Ceremony. This ceremony serves the purpose of acknowledging the spiritual aspects of recovery. It allows us to unite staff, volunteers, and patients, and also serves as an opportunity for each of us to thank our Higher Powers for past blessings, current graces, and future provisions. This [...]

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Bringing together national drug and alcohol rehabs in Santa Barbara

  The 2011 ATCPCC conference continues to offer memories of what it truly means to 
exist in the addiction treatment field’s network. In many fields there is great competition 
between companies, which causes conflict and dissension. New Directions for Women proudly hosts the Addiction Treatment Centers & Professionals Consortium of California so that the alcohol [...]

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2011 Alumnae Harbor Cruise

New Directions for Women is proud to announce the 2011 Alumnae Reunion Harbor Cruise will take place on Saturday, September 10th. Celebrate your recovery with a day of pampering and fun as you feast on a gourmet lunch,  dance and sing to your favorite tunes, and socialize and connect with other alumnae and women in [...]

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ATCPCC 2011 – Success Story

New Directions For Women has just hosted ATCPCC 2011 in Santa Barbara, CA. Highlights are soon to come but we wanted to offer a story of encouragement. New Directions for Women takes pride in empowering those in the treatment field. Along with contributing to the recovery and sobriety of women in treatment, New Directions for [...]

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Developing Sustainable Funding with Benevon

    A team of 7 New Directions for Women supporters, including board members, staff, and volunteers, attended a two day Benevon training at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine on July 12th and 13th. This workshop trained our team in raising sustainable funding for our organization in the years to come. New Directions for Women [...]

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New Directions For Women’s Annual Picnic

Every year New Directions for Women host an annual picnic. This picnic serves the purpose of bring together those who have helped New Directions for Women to become what it is. Board Members, Volunteers, Staff, Family, Friends, surrounding community, and Alumni are invited to fellowship over food and wonderful scenery.This years Annual Picnic was a [...]

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Celebrating our local care partners

On a beautiful Thursday in July, New Directions for Women had the pleasure of hosting about a dozen local therapists, interventionists and other professionals in the field of addiction treatment at our three acre campus in Costa Mesa, CA. We pride ourselves in knowing our local care partners in order to provide the best possible continuum [...]

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Going Back To College | ATCPCC Guest Lecturer | Randy Haveson

Thank you to Randy Haveson of HERO House for this lecture “How to get back into the College Setting” Hi, everybody. I’m Randy Haveson. I’m the Founder and Executive Director of the HERO House, the higher education recovery option. We are a sober living program specifically for college students. We have locations in Atlanta, and [...]

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New Directions for Women at Orange County Job Fair

New Directions for Women continues to pride itself in the relationships we hold with community organizations. We have an extensive list of volunteers who continue to support in gift and time. We also maintain relationships with various community organizations. We are proud to announce that recently New Directions for Women was invited to participate in [...]

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