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San Francisco - Fun Month @ Walden House
San Francisco Re-Entry department hosted "fun month" for the clients in June. Activities included: Movie Afternoon, Create with Clay and Bocce Ball. The clients (and staff) had a great time!
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Los Angeles - LA's Newest Residential Treatment Facility Near MacArthur Park Offers Hope and Changes Lives
Walden House for ex-prison inmates opens in MacArthur Park
Move-In Day and Celebration on Wednesday, June 16 at 12:30pm
Los Angeles, CA (June 16, 2010)…Los Angeles-area men struggling with addiction and incarceration now have a new transitional home to build their lives before rejoining their communities. Walden House, one of the nation’s oldest and most renowned organizations treating addiction and mental illness, opened the doors and welcomed residents to their new home at 2307 West 6th Street, near MacArthur Park.
“Welcome home,” said Walden House President and CEO Vitka Eisen. “We promise you a safe, sober and productive environment to help you make your way back to your families and into our community.”
Eisen led a celebration that included LA County Sheriff Leroy Baca, Councilwoman Jan Perry, Walden House’s LA regional director Michael Brenner, and friends and families of the residents.
“Walden House is giving me the opportunity to learn all over again how to be part of community,” said resident Eddie Corrasco. “Living here – after the stress of prison – gives me support, safety and positive encouragement to re-build what I lost. I have hope now.”
Walden House just moved into the 1978 building following a $1 million comprehensive renovation. The facility will provide a home for up to 160 men transitioning from jail or prison who are preparing to return to independent living in their community. Walden House will provide onsite licensed residential behavioral health treatment that includes substance abuse treatment and counseling; individual and group therapy; job search assistance, and other essential services to help these men get back on their feet.
“Today, this building is a center for change and hope, for lives rebuilt and futures rescued,” said Michael Brenner, Walden House Regional Director “Too often, men come out of prison with no support – no one wants to deal with them. But Walden House is always there to provide the support for these men to get back on their feet, and rejoin the community as productive members.”
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RIBBON CUTTING - Walden House President Vitka Eisen cuts the ribbon on the organization's new treatement facility.
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JAN PERRY - Councilwoman of the Ninth District, Jan Perry, speaks at the Grand Opening.
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WAYNE GARCIA - Vice President of Programs at Walden House.
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Michael Brenner - Regional Director of Southern California Programs at Walden House.
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CROWD - Hundreds of community partners and Walden House supporters attended the Grand Opening.
STEPS Day Reporting Center Grand Opening
Services to Enhance Parolee Success (STEPS) offers support and resources to San Francisco's parolees so that they may live independent lives and reintegrate into society as positive community members. STEPS Grand Opening flyer
Los Angeles - 2009 Celebration of Achievement
This annual Celebration of Achievement acknowledges the successes of our Southern California and Central Valley program completees. This year's event was held on Tuesday March 23, 2010 in the Bovard Auditorium at USC.
San Francisco - 2010 Celebration of Achievement
On Tuesday September 21st at The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, Walden House will be celebrating 41 amazing years since opening its doors in the Haight/Ashbury in 1969. More details regarding this years event will be posted soon.