A celebration of togetherness, triumph and recovery
(Long Island, NY) The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence will hold its 26th Annual Peter Sweisgood Breakfast on Sunday, November 8, 2015, from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM at the IBEW Local 25 in Hauppauge. This year’s featured Keynote speaker will be Suffolk County Executive, Steve Bellone.
LICADD will honor Community Champion, Bruce Both, President UFCW 1500. Bruce W. Both is President of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 (UFCW). Local1500 represents over 22,000 working men and women in the New York Counties of Nassau, Suffolk,Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, the City of New York and New Jersey. The members of Local 1500 workprimarily in the supermarket industry for companies such as, King Kullen, Stop & Shop, Pathmark, ShopRite, Gristedes, D’Agostinos, Key Foods and Fairway.
The Fisher of Men Award, that honors Father Peter Sweisgoods’s commitment to recovery will go to Anthony Rizzo, from Seafield Center. He is a Credentialed Alcohol andSubstance Abuse Counselor as well as a Licensed Social Worker. Anthony has been working for SeafieldCenter for the last 13 years. He currently serves as the Provider Relations Representative in Long Islandas well as the Clinical Director for the Domestic Violence Program. In 2013, Anthony is the ExecutiveDirector and Founder of an organization called F.I.S.T – Families in Support of Treatment.
“We are thrilled to present these three outstanding Long Islanders with our Champion Awards,” said LICADD’s Executive Director, Steve Chassman, LCSW, CASAC. “This award is a celebration of the miracle of recovery and the camaraderie that recovery offers.” he added.
The Peter Sweisgood Breakfast is LICADD’s annual opportunityto applaud its contemporary partners in addiction treatment and prevention, as well as to honor its own rich history in recovery support services.Father Peter Sweisgood and LICADD’s founder, R. Brinkley Smithers, dedicated their lives to supporting people on the road to recovery and because of their work’s solid foundation, thatlegacy continues today;.
Tickets to LICADD’s Peter Sweisgood Breakfast are just $45 per person and a table for ten can be purchased at a discounted rate of $400. LICADD is also pleased to offer a variety of sponsorship opportunities, all of which come with prominent brand visibility at Long Island’s premier addiction recovery celebration event. All proceeds from the event support LICADD’s family interventions and other clinical services for adults, children, and families. Purchase tickets through our website or now by contacting Angela Brooks, Development and Communications Associate, at 516-747-2606.
LICADD is Long Island’s premier non-profit agency providing life-saving alcohol and drug prevention and intervention services to at-risk children, individuals, and families across the region. With offices in Mineola, Holbrook and Riverhead, LICADD conducts screenings, brief interventions, referrals to treatment and relapse prevention services to individuals and families impacted by substance abuse. The agency also conducts evidence-based prevention programs, community outreach initiatives, and a mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents and public policy advocacy. More information about LICADD’s services is available online at www.licadd.org. or find us on Facebook and Instagram.
