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Needham Coalition for Youth Substance Abuse Prevention

Carol Read, Neighbor

Needham Community Partners ~ We invite you to join us at our:

5th NCYSAP Community Forum on Thursday, March 6th from 7:00pm-9:00pm. We appreciate the opportunity to hold the event again this year in The Needham Town Hall - Powers Hall; we hope you are able to join us!

Matt Borrelli, Needham Selectman welcome and share opening remarks prior to the keynote address by Dr. John Kelly. Dr. Kelly, an Associate Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, is the founder and Director of the Recovery Research Institute at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the Program Director of the Addiction Recovery Management Service (ARMS) and the Associate Director of the Center for Addiction Medicine at MGH.

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To highlight the realities of recovery, a young adult raised in Needham will speak to us regarding his experiences with substance abuse, addiction, treatment and recovery.

We hope to see you on Thursday, March 6th from 7:00pm-9:00pm at Town Hall.

Carol Read, Director NCYSAP- The NCYSAP Leadership Team

Karen Hood, Karen Mullen, Mimi Stamer, Janice Berns, Bob Timmerman and Chris Baker

Vision~ Needham is a cohesive community that supports all of our youth to grow and develop to be substance free and healthy in mind, body and spirit.

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Needham Public Health Department

781-455-7500 (259) cread@needhamma.gov www.needhamma.gov/health/substanceabuse

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