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Recovery Weekend in the Press
 | September 2008 marks the 10th Annual Recover Weekend.
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| November 4th, 2005 - The Westchester NY chapter of Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR) awarded
Terri Engel their Advocacy Award.
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| The first "Recovery Weekend" was September 24th, 1999. September
2003 marked the fifth Recovery Weekend.
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| April 2005, the Archdiocese of Boston joins New York in officially
recognizing Recovery Weekend.
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| A column by Bill Reel was published by NY Newsday on Wednesday, July 21,
1999 urging the heads of all denominations and faiths to participate.
In his words, "Addiction is universal-so why not celebrate [Recovery
Weekend] in houses of worship statewide, nationwide, worldwide?"
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| A small article in August 9th 2001 edition of
Catholic New York describes the NY observance and mentions the growing
interfaith effort.
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| Father Donald T. Driscoll, chaplain at the Rockland Psychiatric Center
in Orangeburg, discusses Faith & Love in Action and mentions Recovery
Weekend and praying for those struggling with addiction as one
opportunity. Read
his words in the Catholic New York archives. (September
14th, 2000)
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| In July of 1999, Cardinal O'Connor gave his approval for the Archdiocese
of New York to observe "Recovery Sunday". His
words from that year are available in their entirety.
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