National drug czar visits Edgecombe
R. Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), visited the Edgecombe Residential Treatment Facility in Harlem last week. Kerlikowske met with Odyssey House officials and commissioners from the Office of Alcoholism and...
Odyssey House Theatre Project debuts on Broadway!
Last month, the Odyssey House Theatre Project made its Broadway debut at the Studio Theatre on 42nd Street. The ensemble performed "Shape the Dream," a collection of 15 original plays, for two packed audiences.The ensemble was comprised of 10 teens in treatment at...
Odyssey House Family Center Gets New Playground
Save the Date! 4th Annual Run for Your Life 5K Fun Run/2 Mile Walk
Registration will begin July 6th on our website!
Ready, Set, Play!
The children at Family Re-Entry now have a beautiful new playground! More than 150 volunteers from Odyssey House, KaBOOM!, KOOL-AID and our community partners braved the rain to assemble the playground and build the side projects. We were joined by a few very special...
Aetna grant supports oral health education program for children
Recently, two of our foundation partners from Aetna – Miguel Centeno, vice president of strategic market development, and Christopher Montross, vice president and assistant controller – visited Odyssey House to see our dental clinic in action.Last year, the Aetna...
Growing green at the MABON
In our latest newsletter, we talked about our Green Team and how they’re working to make Odyssey House more environmentally friendly. One of the projects the Team has been working on is a vegetable garden at our MABON facility. Below are the first photos from the...
Playground design & volunteer information
Based on the childrens' designs, KaBOOM had three beautiful playgrounds designed for us. After polling the parents and children at Family Re-Entry, a clear winner emerged:The playground includes a spiral slide, monkey bars, activity panels and ladders. In addition, a...
Designing a dream playground!
Kool-Aid and organizers from KaBOOM! hosted a Design Day for children and families at Odyssey House to begin planning a brand new playground for Family Re-Entry. The children and their parents put crayon to paper to brainstorm and draw their dream playgrounds, which...
For Parolees, “Dirty” Urine Doesn’t Mean a Trip Up the River
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