San Mateo County Celebrates National Recovery Month
Community support essential for recovery from substance use, mental health issues
Now in its 27th year, Recovery Month celebrates local residents who have reclaimed their lives through recovery from substance use and mental health issues and honors the healthcare providers who make recovery possible.
Recovery Month raises awareness that recovery is possible and that the community plays an important role in helping people with substance use and/or mental health conditions to live healthy and rewarding lives.
This year’s theme, “Join the Voices for Recovery: Our Families, Our Stories, Our Recovery,” highlights the value of peer support by educating, mentoring, and helping others. It encourages people in recovery and their support systems to be change agents in their communities, and encourages everyone to spread the word about preventing, treating, and recovering from substance use and mental health conditions.
Events throughout September will bring together more than two dozen community organizations, local businesses, San Mateo County Health System’s Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, and over 500 people in the recovery community.
All events are open to the public and free unless noted otherwise
below.
September 1-30
Recovery Art Show
400 County Center, Caldwell Memorial Art Gallery, Redwood
City
September 6, 7:30 am – 11:00 am
Kickoff Breakfast, 7:30 am
Bridges Program, 680 Warren Street, Redwood City
Speakers:
- Stephen Kaplan, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
- Judge Richard Livermore, San Mateo County Superior Court
- John Keene, Chief Probation Officer, San Mateo County
The Philomena Walk of Hope, 8:45 am
March from Bridges Program,
680 Warren Street to
400 County Center
Proclamation, 9:00 am
Hall of Justice Board Chambers, 400 County Center, Redwood
City
Speakers:
- Stephen Kaplan, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
- Barbara Correia, Clinical Supervisor, El Centro de Libertad
- Laura Moore, family member of a person in recovery
- Janice Fernandez, local resident in recovery
Learn and Connect Resource Fair, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Courtyard, 400 County Center, Redwood City
September 20, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Annual Recovery Happens Picnic
Central Park, 50 E 5th Street, San Mateo
Resource fair, activities, raffle prizes, proclamation reading,
and more
Speakers:
- Carlos Morales, Interim Director, Correctional Health Services
- Mario Bandes, Program Director, HealthRight 360
- Rev. Mary Frazier, Bread of Life Worship Center
September 13, 12:15 – 1:30 pm
Suicide Prevention Among Older Adult Provider Training
San Mateo County Health System, 225 W. 37th Ave, Room 100, San Mateo
For providers, community partners and community members serving older adults
September 24, 5:00 pm – midnight
Film Screening: The Anonymous People
Recovery Dance (tickets $5)
Free At Last, 1796 Bay Road, East Palo Alto
For more information, visit smchealth.org/RecoveryMonth and facebook.com/RecoveryHappensInSanMateoCounty.