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Vision:
The Mohawk Valley Council on Alcoholism/Addictions will be the premier community resource for all alcohol and other addiction issues.

Mission Statement:
The mission of the Mohawk Valley Council on Alcoholism/Addictions is to serve as a community resource to increase awareness of alcoholism and other addictions and as a referral service to facilitate recovery.

We offer free confidential information, assessment and referral counseling for individuals and their families who are experiencing difficulties with a wide variety of issues...

The first Urban Leadership Institute (ULI) Underage Drinking Youth Summit will be held on Friday, September 24, 2010 at Hart's Hill Inn (135 Clinton Street, Whitesboro, NY) from 9am-3:30pm. 

The Youth Summit is open to teens in grades 9-12 in Oneida, Herkimer, and Madison Counties.  Pre-registration is required, spots are limited to the first 100 registrations received!  Registration is FREE!

Teens and adult chaperones (chaperones required only if a group of teens/club is attending, individual teens do not need a chaperone to come with them), click this link to download the Youth Summit Registration Form.  (It is a PDF file and will open using Adobe Acrobat.  If you don't have Acrobat or Reader, you can follow this link to get it for free.)

If you are unable to download the registration form, please call the Council for a paper copy of the registration form at 315-733-1709.

Read about the recent ULI event in August... 

Council on Alcoholism Announces Credentialed Prevention Professional

The Mohawk Valley Council on Alcoholism/Addictions is proud to announce the credentialing of its Community Education Program Coordinator, Samantha McCarthy.  The Credentialed Prevention Professional designation is for those working on a comprehensive, multi-dimensional prevention services approach including the following domains:

• Planning and Evaluation
• Education and Skill Development
• Community Organization
• Public and Organizational Policy
• Professional Growth and Responsibility

In order to earn her credential, Samantha had to document receipt of a Bachelors Degree, and a minimum of: 4,000 hours of work experience, 85 clock hours ...

Brought to you by the Central Region Prevention Resource Center (CR-PRC):

You're invited to join us for a one-day training with Dr. Dennis Embry of the Paxis Institute entitled "Simple Gifts" on September 20th at the Driver's Village Conference Center in Cicero (see Flyer below for more details!). OASAS credentialing clock hours (5.5 hours) are available. 

This is a great chance to hear from a nationally well-known speaker in the Prevention field, who will be sharing information on 'low-cost prevention kernels' that will make a HUGE difference in the lives of young people and cost very, very little!

This is a perfect training for people who work with young people: such as treatment providers, teachers, law enforcement, those from the faith based community, youth workers, prevention providers, etc. 

The training cost only $20 and breakfast/lunch is included.  To register, please download the Embry Registration Form below and return to the address indicated on the form.  The deadline to register is September 15th.

Download the Embry Flyer

Download the Embry Registration Form

The TIP 42 Training is scheduled for 9/28 and 9/29.

Registration is currently full at this time. If you are still interested in attending this training, please call our office at 315-733-1709 and ask to be put on a waiting list for the training.

2nd Annual MVCA/A's Recovery Classic Golf Tournament

Date: September 19th, 2010 at Woodgate Pines Golf Course in Boonville!!  Win a new car for making a hole-in-one on the 9th hole!

Support the efforts and programming of the Mohawk Valley Council on Alcoholism/Addictions with a beautiful day of fun, food, and prizes! Kick-start the day with complimentary coffee and doughnuts. Drinks, burgers, and dogs on the turn.Post match festivities with a BBQ dinner & prizes.

Sign up as a team or an individual and we will place you. If golf isn’t quite your “swing,” we’d value your support through the purchase of Sponsorship signs which will be placed throughout the course or your time as a volunteer working the event.Join us for dinner only if you would like for $30, following the tournament at 4pm.

Registration Fee: $100/person or $400 /team

Sponsorship Signs: $100 min.and up!

Dinner Only: $30/ per person

Register before September 13th!

Click here to register!

or

Go to our event calendar option and register and pay online!!