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💜 Bring a friend, grab lunch, hear inspiring stories, and take part in wellness activities—all while connecting with resources that put recovery in reach.

We're closing out with “Recovery in Reach,” our FREE* Wellness & Resource Fair, coming up next Tuesday, September 23 at Soldier’s Grove in Harrisburg.

📅 Add it to your calendar (no registration required!): https://www.pa.gov/agencies/ddap/recovery/recovery-month-events?123

Here's what's in store:

🎤 Stories of hope and healing from individuals in recovery from substance use or gambling disorder, including Christal Zermane, David Yeager, and DDAP staff (Margaret Eckles-Ray, MBA, CADC, CRS, Jodi Skiles, Fred Burke, Antoinette Sacco, Gloria Gallagher)

📚 54 recovery resource tables

💃🏽 Wellness activities — line dancing with Kristal Turner-Childs of Fempowered LLC, DJ CoCo Pebbles, and a drum circle with Notes of Healing Music Therapy, LLC

🎨 Crafts — flowerpots with our Gambling Section & Treatment Trends, Inc., recovery hearts with Hamilton Health Center, and "lifeboats" with Compass Mark

🍔 Food trucks — Chef Tony's Bistro, Soul Lotta Empanadas, to espresso, Gio's Smokin' Grill & Sweet Treats

🚍 Tours of Tadiso, Inc. 's “Treatment on Wheels,” one of the state’s first mobile licensed opioid treatment units

🩺 Hep C & HIV testing courtesy of Central Outreach Wellness Center

*Event admission and activities are free. Food truck purchases are not included.

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