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The
2008 Recovery Cruise and Rally has commenced.
Please visit the highlights
page to find out more about
the celebratory day.
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THE DATE | 2008 RECOVERY RALLY AND CRUISE
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 27,
2008
From Liberty State Park to the Brooklyn Bridge and Back
7th Annual Rally for Recovery
Don’t Miss the Boat for...
A greatly expanded Friends’ Rally for Recovery 2008
in partnership with A&E Network! This year’s all-day
free event will have morning activities including a chartered
cruise from Liberty State Park to NYC where we will join
thousands of recovery supporters from the tri-state area
to form a human bridge - a living symbol of recovery - right on the
historic Brooklyn Bridge!
After the return Cruise to Liberty State
Park, a full afternoon of events will continue the celebration
of recovery. There will be a speakers program featuring the
keynote by author David Carr (see below) and including remarks
by other dignitaries, as well as several individuals describing
their recovery. There will also be musical entertainment and
the Third Annual Battle of the Banners Contest, which this
year is themed Join the Voices for Recovery: Real People,
Real Recovery.
The day will include:
• Recovery
Cruise to Brooklyn Bridge (registration required)
• T-Shirts for Cruise participants
• Live Entertainment/Celebrity Guests
• Walk across Brooklyn Bridge to form the Human Bridge
of Recovery
• Cruise back from Manhattan to Liberty State Park, including free lunch
• Liberty State Park Rally for Recovery
• Keynote Speaker: David Carr
• Battle of the Banners
• Recognition of NJ Recovery Delegates
• Recovery Voices Count ~ Voter Registration
• Shout Down Drugs Performers
and other musical entertainment
• POWER OF THE CIRCLE and much more
Download Flyer
Recovery
Cruise begins boarding at 7:30 am returning to Liberty
State Park Rally by noon. New Jersey’s
seventh Rally for Recovery will be held at Liberty
State Park, Jersey City, NJ on Saturday,
September 27, 2008 beginning at
12:00 to 3:00 pm.
For More Information Call 888-872-3979
ACTIVITIES______________________________________________________________________
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KEYNOTE
SPEAKER | NEW YORK TIMES JOURNALIST DAVID CARR
After the Recovery Cruise, 2008 participants will
return to Liberty State Park for an afternoon of entertainment.
This year's speaker will be journalist, David Carr who
has just published his book, "The
Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story
of His Life. His Own" where
he pieces together the story of his seemingly impossible
journey from crackhouse regular to regular columnist for
the New York Times. David Carr is a reporter for The New
York Times, writing the weekly "Media Equation Column" and
contributing pieces to the Culture section. But twenty
years before he came to work at the Times, he was a hopeless
coke addict and an alcoholic. He sobered up, obtained custody
of his twin daughters, survived a bout of cancer and became
a successful journalist. Find
out more about David Carr
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PARTICIPATE IN RECOVERY VOICES
COUNT CAMPAIGN
Befitting the enormous interest
in the upcoming election, advocacy will be in evidence
at this year’s Rally. There will be an Advocacy Tent
set up to register voters as part of this year’s
Recovery Voices Count Campaign and to encourage rally
participants to advocate for policy change. New Jersey
was one of 10 states chosen for Recovery Voices Count
Campaign.
Recovery
Voices Count is part of a national movement
spearheaded by Faces
and Voices of Recovery to make it
possible for even more of our friends, neighbors and
family members to experience long-term recovery from
addiction by building recognition of the recovery community
as a constituency of consequence.
Find
out more about
how we can register voters in New Jersey and become a
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RECOVERY
DELEGATES/BATTLE OF THE BANNERS
In years past New Jersey’s 566 municipalities have
been invited to send a Recovery Delegate to lead a recovery
delegation from their town to the year’s Rally for
Recovery. In addition, municipal alliances, addiction treatment
programs, and other prevention, treatment, and recovery groups
in New Jersey are invited to participate in a “Battle
of the Banners” at the Rally for Recovery, with entries
to reflect this year’s recovery month theme, Join the
Voices for Recovery-Real People, Real Recovery. Learn how
you can participate.
OPPORTUNITIES__________________________________________________________________ SUPPORT
RECOVERY AND HELP PREVENT ADDICTION | BECOME A SPONSOR
Yearly over 2500 people participate in the Rally for Recovery
with many more expected at this year's event. Your organization
can benefit from greater public awareness that is built by
the historic nature of this year's event. We continue
to grow our grassroots campaign-- advocating, educating and
celebrating--and look forward to your help with these efforts. Please
join in and help sponsor this exciting, historic and celebratory
event.
If your organization is interested
in sponsoring the 2008 Rally for Recovery please download
form for more details and return by mail to
Friends of Addiction Recovery New Jersey, 360 Corporate
Boulevard, Robbinsville, NJ 08691 or by fax to
609-689-3244.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
Friends of Addiction Recovery - New Jersey is
seeking volunteers to staff various positions for RALLY
FOR RECOVERY. Volunteers are needed to help
set-up and break- down the event and offer other logistical
support throughout the day at the Rally for Recovery.
If you are interested in learning how you can help or
for more information email Jeanette
Grimes or call 1.888.872.3979
Rally Volunteer Positions
• Liberty State
Park Sign Placement (Saturday, 6:30am)
• Outside Field Setup (Friday afternoon, 2-6, Saturday Morning, 6-7 am)
• Advocacy Tent Activities
• Parking Attendants
• Greeters/Hospitality specialists
• Photographers/Videographers
• Registration
• Banner Judges and more...
If you are interested in learning how you can become a volunteer contact Jeanette
Grimes or call 1.888.872.3979
The
rally is one of over 200 events take place across the nation to
celebrate Addiction Recovery Month and is the premier recovery celebration in
the metropolitan area. See
what happened last year.
Major Event Sponsors
The Rally for Recovery 2008 is held
in September as part of National
Alcohol and Drug
Addiction Recovery Month, and in cooperation with numerous
organizations including:
SAMHSA, FAVOR, NCADD
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