Registration for Run for Your Life 2018 is now open! This family-friendly event raises awareness of and funds for the recovery movement with a day of festivities, including children’s games and face painting, Zumba, health and wellness booths, and refreshments. Last year, 66,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses…
Odyssey House News, Fall 2017 is now available! Read about what Odyssey House is doing to combat the opioid epidemic – from our new treatment center on Wards Island to overdose reversal training in the Bronx. And check out recent events, including our latest art exhibition…
Every September, Odyssey House marks National Recovery Month by bringing together present and former clients, staff members, friends and supporters for our signature event, the annual Run for Your Life 5K Run & Recovery Walk. What started 12 years ago as a modest group of dedicated…
Three years ago, Ryan ran her first NYC Marathon with the Run for Your Life team. In two days, she will be running her second. Returning to Odyssey House after a relapse earlier this year, Ryan is determined to make this time count. She sees this marathon as…
The feeling of accomplishment Kyle with COO John Tavolacci at the Poland Spring Kickoff race last week. Nine months ago, if you’d asked Kyle, 30, if he’d be running the NYC Marathon, he would have laughed. Though he had been athletic his entire life, he…