Before POWER Charlotte was a typical, happy little girl until the age of six, when she was sexually molested by a friend’s grandfather. Sadly, Charlotte didn’t have counseling and kept what she calls the “indescribable pain” inside. ”My spirit was broken,” she says. In her early teens, she discovered alcohol. ”It took me outside of myself and… Continue Reading
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Reality: A New Approach to Youth Drug Prevention
Drug Education and Prevention That Reveals Consequences On November 15, 2010, Reality Tour, Beaver County brought its distinctive approach to drug awareness and prevention to the former Mt. Gallitzin School in Baden. This new venue at 1016 State Street provided a perfect atmosphere for the tour’s unique brand of drug education and prevention that reveals… Continue Reading
Congratulations Milestone!
Milestone has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide integrated physical and behavioral health care services to individuals in need in the Wilkinsburg area. The grant was submitted in collaboration with the Squirrel Hill Health Center, which recently was awarded federal stimulus funds to purchase a… Continue Reading
Power Celebrates National Recovery Month With Sunflower Power
To celebrate National Recovery Month in September, PerLora Leather in the Strip will host Sunflower POWER – a party benefiting POWER (Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery) and highlighting The POWER Collection. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 15th. The POWER Collection is an innovative cause marketing partnership between POWER and… Continue Reading
POWER’S Winter Fundraiser is Straight Out of the 50′s
Dinner and Doo-Woop The calendar may say it’s 2010, but on Wednesday, January 20, POWER will be time-traveling to the ’50s. Dust off your saddle shoes, throw on your poodle skirt, hop in your hot rod, and cruise on over to Atria’s for a blast from the past!
Addiction Recovery is Different for Women
POWER helps women with recovery and the issues surrounding alcohol and other drug addictions. The organization was founded 17 years ago on the belief that treatment for addiction works—and that treatment geared to the specific needs of women works even better. Before 1991 there were no halfway house facilities in Allegheny County specifically for women… Continue Reading
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