Longtime
Detroit Red Wings play-by-play broadcaster Ken Daniels will be the featured
speaker during the Community Care Services third annual Reality of Recovery
ceremonies September 24 at the Heinz Prechter Educational and Performing Arts
Center on the Downriver campus of Wayne County Community College.
The
program will run from 7-9 p.m. Admission is free.
Daniels
lost his son, Jamie, to an overdose in 2016. He will share his son's
hard-fought battle with addiction in an effort to end the stigma that often prevents
people from getting the help they need. Daniels and his family established the
Jamie Daniels Foundation in honor of his late son to support individuals and
families who are struggling with addiction by providing the education,
resources, professional guidance and financial support they need to make
recovery possible.
Other
speakers will include Judge Linda Davis and Ty Guthrie. Judge Davis will share
her insights into Michigan’s opioid epidemic. Judge Davis is founder and
president of Families Against Narcotics (FAN), and was appointed by Governor
Snyder as chairperson of the Michigan Prescription Drug and Opioid Task Force.
Guthrie is the program director for Touchstone Recovery Homes. He began his own
recovery journey in a Touchstone home in August 2010 after battling heroin
addiction and homelessness for over 15 years. In 2012 he received certification
as a peer recovery coach and is now overseeing four homes with 40 men in Monroe
County.
Other
high points of the evening will include recovery resource tables, presentation
of inaugural “CARE Hero Award” to the Lincoln Park Police Department and an
audience question-and-answer session with panelists.
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