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Community Awareness Night Sponsored by P.O.R.T.
(Parents of Recovering Teens)

Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 7:00 - 9:00 PM

What: A discussion of the struggles parents go through at the first signs of a drug problem with their teens, presented by parents who have been there. 

This event is a special presentation and panel discussion about drug addiction, issues, conflicts and struggles that families encounter when they discover their teen is an active addict.  It is mainly for professionals working with youth in our community, who can be very influential in directing families towards their first steps in recovery before it is too late.  Media also are invited to attend, if they are willing to respect participants’ request for personal anonymity.

Who: Featured speakers:

A recovering addict: Hear a teen’s story about what is really going on out there, and what treatment has worked and what has not.

The parent of an addict: Will share their struggle finding treatment. “If I only knew then what I know now…”

The Honorable John Payton, Collin County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3-2, will discuss his perspective as the presiding official in truancy and other cases involving adolescents in our community.

Sabina Stern, LMSW, LCDC, Collin County Substance Abuse Program Director. Ms. Stern does assessments for adolescents in Collin County and will discuss her observations on current patterns with teen substance abuse.

Jim Savage, LCDC, will discuss how professionals working with adolescents in any capacity represent the vital first link in the continuum of care, as they hold the potential for initiating the assessment process, and, as such, possibly saving a life as a result. The topic of assessment is therefore of vital social importance, yet is often overlooked.

Doors will open at 6:30 PM; refreshments and a buffet dinner will be served.

Where:
Imagine Programs
1947 Avenue K   Suite 125, Bldg B
Plano, Texas 75074

Please R.S.V.P. to Bob E. 214-673-5248 or email him at beicher@aoginc.com

Community Awareness Night is sponsored by Parents of Recovering Teens (P.O.R.T.) a support group for families battling teen addiction with a goal to help others find an effective recovery program.

Driving directions from the South, i.e. downtown Dallas:

Go North on US 75.  Just after the George Bush Turnpike exit, take the 15th Street Exit.  Come up to the light at 15th and take a right.  Pass over Avenue K and take a left on Municipal.  (Municipal will become Avenue K as you head North.  Go through the light at 18th, and turn left on 22nd Street.  You will see a Star Car Wash and Texaco lube center on the corner.  Take an immediate left into our parking lot.  You will see a two-story building---Building D.  Continue into the parking lot and we are in the one story building tucked behind it.

Driving directions from the North, i.e. Sherman, McKinney and Allen:

Take US 75 South into Plano.  Exit at Parker heading East.  You will loop around and over Central Expressway.  Turn right at the second stop light onto Avenue K.  Pass through the first intersection at Park.  Turn right onto 22^nd Street.  (You will see a restaurant called Tino’s Too on one corner and a Star Car Wash/Texaco Lube Center on the corner)  Take an immediate left into our parking lot.  You will see a two-story building---Building D.  Continue into the parking lot and we are in the one story building tucked behind it. 

Map to 1947 Avenue K, (Suite 125, Bldg B) in Plano, Texas