Wow, what a busy year it has been here at the Penn State Collegiate Recovery Community! I’m sorry I have not been posting much on this site. Lions for Recovery decided to move our updates over to our Facebook page. You can find it here: Lions For Recovery.

Accomplishments from this past year: (just to name a few)

• Went on Clean Break – sober spring break trip to Florida
• Got UPAC funding and attended a conference hosted by the Harmony Foundation treatment centers in Breakenridge, CO
• Had our first sober Football Tailgate
• Went to “Rockovery” –  a 4-day outdoor event for young people in recovery in Georgia
• Went on a retreat to Caron Treatment Center for a weekend in November
• Completed service by speaking at Fraternities and the Youthful Offenders Program

Can’t wait to see what is next! Our meetings our every Friday at the CRC at 4:30 pm. (room 105 Pasquerilla Spiritual Center). Open to all students in recovery from addictions at Penn State.

We had a great first meeting and discussed in depth what we want out of this year’s LFR.

• Feeder program: reach out to places like hospitals, parole, rehabs, psychologists in the area and get word of LFR out there for students to join
• 12 social events this year: we plan on having a bunch of social events and trips for us to all have some fun together and continue recovery
• BIG TRIP: we are going to have an awesome spring break trip or a weekend trip (dates to be decided by LFR) to another university’s CRC. It’s up to the LFR where we would like to go, but some great options are California, Florida, and Colorado. This will give us a chance to visit another CRC, meet some other students in recovery, and go to an awesome place!
• Step Study: discussion topics – “What do we do on weekends in sobriety?”
• Elections: In order for LFR to be officially a group, we need people to take the following leadership positions: President, VP, Secretary(take notes at meetings), Treasurer(in charge of LFR finances/spending), Web Team Coorinatior. Please email Lionsforrecovery@gmail.com back with two sentences as to why you believe you should be elected for that position and we will make a voting poll.

Today is our first Lions For Recovery meeting of the semester!! Meet us in room 105 Pasquerilla Center at 4pm. Lions For Recovery (LFR) is a great way for students to plan fun events to hangout and even trips to travel together as a group! Come to our first meeting today and we’ll start talking about plans for this year and what leadership positions are available. Feel free to bring a friend. Lions For Recovery is for students who are in recovery and/or students who support recovery.

For any questions or if you can’t make the meeting today, but still want to get involved contact : lionsforrecovery@gmail.com