A publication produced by the Powell CDC Alumni & Friends Association

First & Second Quarters of 2016

The Powell CDC Alumni & Friends Association, established in 1974, is dedicated to improving the quality of individuals’ and families’ lives by supporting healthy lifestyles and reawakening the spirit.

New Beginnings

New Staff at Powell CDCI am happy to announce that Powell CDC has added two

new Full-time staff members to our program in the last month. Kristin Hepworth is a new Family Therapist who has joined ourFamily Counseling Program and will be working with TeresaFurneaux to provide family programming, groups andeducational lectures. She will also be seeing clients/familymembers on a fee for service basis for people who would like touse their insurance to see a Family Therapist. Kristin isMaster’s Level Counselor (recent Liberty University graduate) who is alsocertified as an Alcohol & Drug Counselor. We are happy to have her join ourteam.

We also are pleased to announce the addition of Rebecca Seabrooke, a newMental Health Counselor, who has joined Powell to provide individual mentalhealth counseling alongside Jerry Owens. She will be seeing Powell patients andformer patients and will be available to see fee for service insurance clients aswell. She recently graduated from Drake University, and brings a wealth ofpersonal and professional experience to our program.

Please welcome Kristin and Becky when you see them!

Aftercare Coordinator ChangesMany of you know Lila Stafford, who has been our Aftercare Coordinator

for the last five years. She has been responsible for making sure our AftercareGroups have training, updated schedules, packets and regular communication. She has also been instrumental in arranging for our Sober Under the Stars eventand our Annual Alumni Banquet coordination each year. Recently, Lila hasdecided she would like to take on a different role at Powell CDC, and she and oneof our long-time Evening Outpatient Counselors, have decided to do a job share. In December of this year, Lila and Dee Hummel will begin alternating everythree months to provide Intensive Outpatient Counseling to one of our eveninggroups. This will leave us with an opening for a new Aftercare Coordinator, andwe will begin this search early this fall. We will definitely miss having Lila as ourAftercare Coordinator, but we are glad to keep two staff members by doing a jobshare that allows them time off to enjoy extended time with their families andfriends.

Powell CDCAlumni & Friends Association

FIRST & SECOND QUARTER 2016

NEWSLETTER #25

New Staff at Powell CDC........................1

Aftercare Coordinator Changes...............................1

Alumni Banquet 2016..............................2

Governor's Award for Volunteerism In Iowa 2016.......................2

Phone-A-Thon........3

Governor Terry E. Brandstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds hosted the 33rd Annual Governor’sVolunteer Awards Program again this year at Southeast Polk High School on June 21st. The morningpresentation brought together five of Powell’s long standing Aftercare facilitator’s on stage to receive agroup award for the many years of service they have so freely given to Powell. The Powell group had theirphoto taken with the Governor and Lt. Governor as they thanked all of them for their fine service. Three ofour longstanding volunteers were unable to attend the ceremony. Those in attendance were: Bryon Oakly,Craig Davisson, Linda Ordway, Diane Dornburg and RichardHinz. Those not able to make the ceremony were: Wyatt Earp,Bud Eginoire, and CoeAnn Crawford. Together this group has

given over 196 years oftheir time to Powell CDC!Powell Alumni havereaped the rewards of thecollective wisdom of thesevolunteers. A big thankyou is extended to thesevolunteers for theircommitted service workover the years.

AlumniBanquet 2016Kudos to the Alumni Board

and Aftercare Groups andUnityPoint Foundation forcombining efforts to put onanother wonderful AlumniBanquet this year. Over 600tickets were sold, and over

$15,000.00 was donated to the event. The Silent Auction raisedalmost $9,000 and after expenses for the dinner, speaker, venueand other incidentals, the Board raised over $10,000.00! As usual,the money will be used to pay for sober activities for Alumni, Familyand Friends of Powell, as well as assisting with other needs forPowell patients and programming. This year’s speaker, Laurie

Dhue had a phenomenal story and the audience had only positive things to say about herand the event in general. If you have never been tothe Banquet, be sure to save the date and attendnext year on April 29th, 2017. The meal is alwaysgreat, the speaker is always engaging, and thesilent auction is always a fun way to see if you canwin a bid in the last few minutes and get the itemyou have your eye on.

Iowa Governor’s 33 rd Annual Volunteer Award

(L to R) Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds, AfercareCoordinator Lila Stafford, Diane Dornburg, Brion Oakly, Linda Ordway, Richard Hinz, Craig Davisson, Governor Terry Branstad

Laurie Dhue, Lila Stafford, Jim Stafford,Lt Governor Kim Reynolds

Tuesday September 20, Wednesday September 21, and Thursday September22, are going to begreat nights for Powell Alumni. “What’s going on” you might be asking yourself? We are holding ourannual Phonathon to raise money for the Powell Chemical Dependency Program. We all have theopportunity to give back to Powell in one of two ways those nights. We can either help out with the callingprocess itself or when someone calls, you have the opportunity to respond with a gift in kind. The goodnews is that you can delegate how you would like your money spent. It can be gifted to the PatientAssistance Fund, the Educational Fund, or be designated for a specific event that Powell is sponsoring. Itis up to you. So, feel thefreedom of knowing thatyour hard earned money isgoing exactly where youwould like it go!

We will also be askingyou this year forconfirmation on your mailingaddress as well as your emailaddress. Our goal is to getour list of alumni up to dateso that we can start sendingthe Powell newsletter in anemail. We are trying to cutdown on expenses. If anyonewould still like to get thepaper edition, that will bepossible as well. Simply tellthe person calling from thePhonathon how you wish toreceive your news. If youwould like to help out withthe calling either on Tuesday,Wednesday or Thursdaynight, please call Cheryl at515-263-2422 or Lila at 515-263-2402. We would like tothank Strategic America andJim Stafford for hosting usfor this calling event for thepast five years. This will bethe last year at this facility asJim is retiring the end ofDecember.

Phone-A-Thon 2016

Today

I can choose to open the door to freedom and rejoicein the sunlight of the spirit within me