Odyssey House & KOOL-AID team up to build new playground
Children in Family Re-Entry will be getting brand-new playground through a community-led project sponsored by KOOL-AID.The children will have the opportunity to design their dream playground on Design Day, May 1st. The designers will base the final blueprint on the...
Local artist volunteers with 6th Street teens
Collage artist Chad Porter has been volunteering with teens at the Leadership Center to create a series of 4 murals to be shown at our upcoming art show in July. Check back soon for more information about the art show.Chad, on the left, working with teens on one of...
Save the Date! Odyssey House Theatre Project debut performance
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Odyssey House hosts Law & Order shoot
Law & Order came to Odyssey House last week to film a few scenes from an upcoming episode, “Skate or Die.” The set designers transformed the Mabon building into an area at Riker’s Island and a homeless shelter. To accommodate the shoot, Mabon staff planned a...
Local schoolchildren offer encouragement to Outpatient clients
Clients at Outpatient Services received a special gift yesterday – encouragement bracelets from elementary schoolchildren in the Bronx. Talya Moncrease’s first-grade class at P.S. 130 participated in a lesson on appreciating differences and overcoming obstacles. The...
Guest Blogger: Peter Provet responds to NY Times article
Today, the New York Times published an article (“To Trim Costs, States Relax Hard Line on Prisons”) on the increasing number of states relying on alternatives to incarceration as a means of cutting costs. Eventually it had to stop. The fact that hard economy reality...
Guest Blogger: Peter Provet on the Rockefeller drug laws
As Governor David Paterson moves to overhaul New York State’s Rockefeller drug laws, legislators, prosecutors, and law enforcement officials need to throw their weight behind an established treatment program that offers so much more than just an alternative to...
Teens in treatment begin theater workshop
Beginning today, 15 teens in treatment at Odyssey House will be participating in a three month playwriting workshop, the Odyssey House Theatre Project. The teens will participate in all stages of the playwriting process, from concept development to stage production....
NYS launches two new addiction resources
The Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) recently unveiled two new resources: a new toll-free telephone “hopeline” and a website where New Yorkers recovering from addiction can tell their stories.The hopeline – 1-877-8-HOPENY – offers confidential...
Sentencing commission calls for reform
The Commission on Sentencing Reform issued its final report yesterday calling for major reforms of New York's drug laws. The report includes a number of recommendations of significance to Odyssey House, given our new parolee program and resources as a community...
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