CARITAS (Richmond, VA)

Richmond has become the first city in the U.S. to be recognized as an inclusive recovery community! CARITAS is proud to be part of this important work, providing resources and support to individuals on their journey to recovery. Together, we’re helping to build a stronger, more compassionate community.? ?#RecoveryCommunity #InclusiveRecovery #CARITAS #RVA?

We are proud to have been a part of the 2024 Championship for Youth Summit hosted by the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (VFHY)! Our Director of Recovery Services, Benjamin Carr, facilitated a REVIVE training session, equipping attendees with the life-saving skills to use naloxone. It was an honor to join so many inspiring leaders and advocates in this crucial effort. #CFY24 #Health #PublicHealth #OpioidResponse #NaloxoneTraining #YouthAdvocacy #CARITASRichmond #RecoveryServices #EndingTheCrisis

Overdose deaths in the U.S. are falling for the first time since 2020, but the crisis is far from over. As reported by NPR, "National surveys compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention already show an unprecedented?decline in drug deaths of roughly 10.6 percent. That's a huge reversal from recent years when?fatal overdoses regularly increased?by double-digit percentages.” Despite this decrease, overdose fatalities still exceed 100,000 in 2024. At CARITAS, our REVIVE! Trainers are working hard to make a difference. By equipping the community with naloxone and overdose prevention skills, we're joining the national push to get life-saving tools into more hands. While the progress is promising, there is still much work to be done to bring these numbers down further and ensure more lives are saved. Read more about the national response to the opioid crisis in this NPR article:

Benjamin Carr, our Director of Recovery Services at CARITAS, alongside Jill Cichowicz, Founder and President of 2 End the Stigma, explores how we can unite as a community to end the stigma surrounding recovery and provide meaningful support to those on their journey.?Don’t miss their powerful op-ed in the Richmond Times-Dispatch!?

Congratulations to our very own Benjamin Carr, CARITAS Director of Recovery Services, for graduating from the Emerging Nonprofit Leadership Program (ENLP) through the Community Foundation for a greater Richmond. Well done, Benjamin! We’re grateful to have you on our team!

We are so grateful to our fantastic friends at ABC 8NEWS WRIC - Nexstar Media Group for supporting everything we do 2 End The Stigma. Thank you for helping us to promote our upcoming CARITAS (Richmond, VA) + 2ETS Community Day, we can’t wait to bring this event to you once again ???? We still have sponsorship opportunities, for more information visit ?? https://lnkd.in/eUh9SxkF? *Deanna Allbrittin you are a ROCK??* ?? David Bigelow Anna Sothen Dixon Johnston Benjamin Carr Ben Arnold Dean Francis Cameron Francis Camille Schrier, PharmD Tyler Thrasher Will Melton ?? Mike King Jon C. DeLena Amy Burke-Donnellan Jeffrey A. Katz John Reid Joseph A. Crowley Dawn Hobbs Randy West Megan Seagram Stacy Best Wood ?? Nina Whittleton Rob Ukrop Autumn Redford AnneMoss Rogers Eric Morris Jr Katie Carter Cole K. Kyle Blanchard Ken Oxendine Dion Foxx M.Ed.,RAA Kelly Till Lori Waran Chris Coates Matthew Boone Emily Lehmann Thomas Bannard John Freyer

What a delicious breakfast this morning!?? Huge thanks to the CARITAS Cares Committee for a fantastic staff breakfast at the CARITAS Center and Dinwiddie Avenue Men's Campus. Shout out to our food service team for making this possible! We also raffled off tickets for Military Appreciation Night at City Stadium: Richmond Kickers vs. Charlotte Independence on June 8th! It's not too late to purchase your tickets—$7 of each ticket sold through this link will support CARITAS programs: https://lnkd.in/d9dMMTNP The CARITAS Cares committee is our internal committee dedicated to staff connection, appreciation, reflection, engagement, and spirit. #caritascares #love #caritas #breakfast #rva #richmond #dei

Thank you so much to our wonderful friends at Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine for sponsoring our CARITAS (Richmond, VA) + 2ETS Community Day ???? We are absolutely thrilled to have your partnership and support, the more we come together… the more lives we save! Together, we WILL continue 2 End The Stigma #allforscott Want to join us?? We still have sponsorship opportunities at ?? https://lnkd.in/eUh9SxkF? This is a fantastic event to bring the whole family out to learn more about the disease of addiction, prevention as well as REVIVE! Training….and it is FREE! We hope to see you there ?? Joseph A. Crowley Anna Sothen Benjamin Carr Karen O'Brien Emily Lehmann Hilary Phelps Dion Foxx M.Ed.,RAA Mike King Ken Oxendine Reba Hollingsworth Jeffrey A. Katz Kelly Till Jeffrey A. Katz Billy S. Garland Deanna Allbrittin Dean Francis Dean Browell Cameron Francis Danny Kenyon Nathan Mccomsey Autumn Redford Maggy Gray Omar Abubaker Matthew Boone Debra Willis Kyle Blanchard Cole K. Ashley Traficant Colleen Messick Lynn Taylor, MS RPRS Kim Piper Hill Kim Roth Kimberly Braine-Tillem Michael Fatula

CARITAS administrative offices are closed today in honor of Memorial Day. On Memorial Day, we honor and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. ???? We also send our support to those mourning a loved one today. Let’s come together and remember that there is always hope and help. Support is out there. Get started at FindSupport.gov. #together4MH #mham2024 #memorialday #rememberandhonor

Thank you to our friends at ChamberRVA for allowing us to host their Meet ChamberRVA networking event. Attendees received information about the Chamber's benefits, made new connections, and took a special tour of the CARITAS Center. It was an excellent opportunity to connect and to showcase the impactful work that our organizations do in the RVA region. #chamberrva #caritas #communitypartnerships #collaboration Brian Anderson Dasha Runyan, CGMP, CDME