Also, have you checked out our February Newsletter?
We’ve updated with tons of  stuff like our Rock n’ Bowl-a-th0n results and a Bobbie Linkhorn’s amazing story about her struggle with addiction and how she overcame it.

We would also like to mention our Susan B Anthony Recovery Center Auxiliary. Our Bowl-a-thon was a great success thanks to all their help! If you were able to take home one of they’re amazing baskets, you know what we’re talking about! From “I Love My Mommy Day” to making over 250 welcome baskets to help ease the tension for transitioning mothers, these ladies (and men) are definitely one of our key moving factors. The Auxiliary is always looking for volunteers and members for help and we gladly appreciate any help. If  you would like more info about them check them out here.

We hope you can visit us on our Facebook, Twitter or upcoming events. Stay tuned, we love keeping you posted!

Here are some of the raffle and team winners:

50/50 Raffle Winner: 
Tom Loffredo, Managing Partner at Gray Robinson, PA (He kindly donated his winnings back to SBA!) THANK YOU! Your generosity and support makes a world of difference to us!

Team Winners:
3rd Place – Atlantic Southern Paving
2nd Place – Brown & Brown Insurance
1st Place – Publix Supermarkets Charities

Individual Winners:
3rd – Forest FitzRandolph – W. Gerry & Reba H. Miller Foundation
2nd – Mike Del Ferro – Brown & Brown Insurance
1st – Andy Falcon – Sharp Business Systems

Thank You ALL for the support, coming out to our event, and the wonderful donations and helping hands when we need them! We hope everyone had a good time and we can’t wait til our next event!

We also got a hold of some of the prize list for the raffles and Silent Auctions and they’re awesome! One of the coolest prizes is the Firefighter for a Day program.

Thanks to the great (and brave) men and women of the Broward County Sheriff’s office for giving us such an amazing program to help our benefit. The program allows you to be a hero for a day and take a few tours and see how these men and women get things done on a day to day basis, have a photo op and lunch in a firehouse! Cool huh?

There will also be sports and pop art memorabilia and tons of different baskets for you to win and bid on while you’re not having a blast bowling of course.

See you guys tomorrow! Don’t forget your socks and comfy clothes!

“Susan B. has taken my inner turmoil and transformed it into a positive influence so I may improve myself.”

Don’t be afraid of change, especially if it is a positive one. You might be in for a little surprise!

Here are a couple of pictures to share with you and to see the rest  view and like our Facebook fan page here.

Don’t forget to register and check out our flyer at our Events Page.

We can’t wait to see you there!

We’re so excited to team up with Sparez Bowling Alley on February 4th for a fun day of bowling, music, games, food, and more! All for an amazing cause to help raise funds for our wonderful center.

Check out Susan B Anthony Center to register, check out our flyer, and donate!

We can’t wait to see you there!

]]> http://susanbanthonyrecovery.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/rock-n-bowl-a-thon/feed/ 0 susanbanthonyrecoverycenter Bowlathon Logo http://susanbanthonyrecovery.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/wow-its-definitely-been-a-while-since-weve-last-made-a-post/ http://susanbanthonyrecovery.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/wow-its-definitely-been-a-while-since-weve-last-made-a-post/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:37:01 +0000 susanbanthonyrecoverycenter http://susanbanthonyrecovery.wordpress.com/?p=119 ]]> We hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday break – but now it’s back to business!

Back in November we had he United Way’s Day of Caring, which brought more than 1,100 volunteers to our center to help create a more beautiful campus. Our hearts were so warmed by everyone’s help and generosity and we could not have done it without each and everyone of them.

Here are some photos of the event:

December was a huge, fun success thanks to the many volunteers this year at The Susan B. Anthony Toy Drive and the Client Holiday Party. Volunteers helped us gather and wrap toys but after all the hard work fun and holiday cheer were spread! Goodies and treats were served and the gifts were given. Santa even made a cameo!

It was great to see all the work being worth the while when clients were in tears of joy expressing their gratitude for the lovely evening of goodies and gifts for their children.

Check out some of the photos:

It’s January and resolutions are still new and on everyone’s mind still and we’re curious – what are your New Year’s Resolutions?

If one of your New Year’s Resolutions is to try to help your community, you don’t need to look too far! You can help out by donating diapers of any size to SBA and make a BIG difference in an instant! Click here to check out how.

Each mom starts by learning how to hand sew a small quilt. Each stitch must be the same size and uniform in length.  By teaching the basics in sewing to the moms, they can apply this to how to repair and alter clothing.  But the volunteers tell me it also takes concentration and focus.  This helps with recovery. To be able to concentrate and focus is important and to start a project and finish is also an important goal for the women to achieve.

Once they complete a quilt that is hand sewn, they move onto machine sewing.  Each women is encouraged to be creative and take on a project that they can finish.

When the volunteers had been asked what keeps them coming back each week, they all said they are moved by the progress and transformation that they see each week. One volunteer said, ” I originally came because I had free time, love to quilt and wanted to help these women, now I come to see how much they grow, gain self-esteem and I can see how each week they come out of their shell. I come because I know that I am part of that, it is not about the quilt”

The Susan B Anthony Recovery Center sends a big thanks to the Quilters who come and donate their time and all the supp

Amanda with her latest creation

lies for the classes.

one of our volunteers

busy sewing

piecing together the quilt

The Susan B Anthony Recovery Center will use this grant for the “Stop the Cycle” Program.  This program is the basis and principle that the center was built on.  Many children who enter the foster care system in Broward County come from an intergenerational family history of substance abuse and homelessness. By keeping the children with their mother’s during recovery, the mother learns valuable parenting and life skills. Our program stops the cycle of addiction and homelessness, keeps the children out of foster care and teaches the mothers parenting and life skills and responsible mothers.

“By allowing the child to reside with the mother during her recovery, the child remains bonded with the mother which is crucial for that child’s development. And even as adults, we all want out moms. I tell all the visitors at the center, we make soccer moms” said Amy Grossman a Volunteer at the center.

The Susan B Anthony Recovery Center provides help, hope and healing to women with children in recovery and provides them with a safe place to start again. For more information visit www.susanbanthonycenter.org.

The Community Foundation of Broward’s mission is to provide leadership on community solutions, and foster philanthropy that connects people who care with causes that matter.  A public foundation with $90 million in assets, it has allocated more than $40 million to the community since its founding in 1984. Together with our donors, we inspire philanthropy and transform lives… For Good. For Ever. For more information visit cfbroward.org

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and learn about our center, our staff and ways to help.

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we give women in recovery with children a safe place to start again