POSITIVE CHANGES HELPING PEOPLE THROUGH A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE. SPRING 2020 ADVANCING THE YOUTH RECOVERY COMMUNITY enikor Foundation entered leadership, teamwork the new decade with a focus and social skills through Con advancement in our youth community outreaches with recovery and prevention programs. their peers. Support groups We believe that investing in today’s are provided for participants youth secures our future as a as well as parents to support society. Youth and young adults the entire family in the face tremendous pressure from recovery process. peer culture and media influences to experiment with drugs and Additionally, a grand alcohol. We are determined to opening for Cenikor intervene. Amarillo’s full continuum of care facility, including BILL BAILEY, PRESIDENT, AND AMY GRANBERRY, VICE On January 30, we had the honor short term, outpatient and long PRESIDENT, PICTURED WITH SENATOR ZAFFIRINI. of cutting the ribbon on a new term residential with detox community center in San Marcos, soon to come, was hosted on part of the brain that controls , located at 1205 Highway Tuesday, November 12 with an reasoning and impulses does not 123. We were joined by special announcement of our plans to fully mature until the age of 25. guest Senator Judith Zaffirini, launch educational programs in PhD. who made a proclamation the Texas Panhandle. Texas State This vulnerability can be protected to commemorate the event. The Representative Four Price was the by equipping youth with facility is our Youth Recovery featured speaker at this event. information about the harmful Community (YRC) program and will Cenikor has since on-boarded a effects of alcohol and drugs and provide a safe and sober space for new prevention team to meet the providing fun alternatives to help youth and young adults in recovery needs for this expansion. them find joy free from substance to support each other. use. We are proud to offer these Research shows adolescents are services to the community and set YRC welcomes youth and young less likely to perceive a great this generation up for success. adults ages 13-21 who want risk of harm from substance use to participate in fun and sober compared to the adult population. activities that promote a recovery This is, in part, due to a still lifestyle. Participants will learn developing brain that leaves young individuals vulnerable to risky behavior like substance use. The

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1.888.CENIKOR www.cenikor.org CENIKOR FOUNDATION l 1 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT hope this newsletter make. We will continue to plow ahead with our Last but not least, we are proud to announce our finds you well. In the three-pronged approach: prevention, treatment, advancement in youth recovery support. Our new Imidst of this coronavirus and recovery support. Youth Recovery Community Center in San Marcos outbreak, all of our is a wonderful environment for young people to facilities remain open Many individuals who come to our long term learn from and be supportive of each other. for admissions and have programs were introduced to substances capacity to accept clients. prior to age 9. We believe that if we can help Substance use disorder affects the entire Substance use disorder school children understand the devastation of community. It is never too late to combat the knows no boundaries, and substance use, they will never start. In this issue devastating effects of substance use, but we is likely to worsen during of Positive Changes, you will learn more about believe that early intervention is invaluable. times of crisis. We have adapted our operations to the expansion of our prevention programs to the These years of development are critical to protect the safety and well-being of our clients, Amarillo area. shaping their futures as well as ours. Protecting visitors and staff. You can read more about those our youth preserves our future, so we have no changes on our website. The second part of our plan is treatment. We other choice. Our commitment to service will provide residential and intensive outpatient settle for nothing less. Our mission has been and will continue to be services for adolescents at select facilities. You providing a foundation for better health and will read a success story from a graduate of our lives. We cannot allow the darkness of what is adolescent residential program in to happening in our world overshadow the positive learn more about the work we are doing there. progress we have made and are continuing to Bill Bailey, President/CEO

BOARD MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: JOHN MARMADUKE John H. Marmaduke graduated John has many accolades to list Directors and are honored to call from the University of Texas at including the honor of being him a team member. Austin with his Bachelor of Science inducted into the Variety Home Degree in Finance. Joining Western Entertainment Hall of Fame in Merchandisers upon graduation, 2011. He was a keynote speaker he rose to President of Hastings at the 2008 Video Entertainment Entertainment, a WM subsidiary, in Conference in Munich, Germany. 1976, and President & CEO of WM in 1982. He has served on many Boards throughout his career, including WM was acquired by Wal-Mart in being chairman for the Amarillo 1990, with John assuming twin Recovery from Alcohol and Drugs. CEO roles. In 1994, Wal-Mart sold He currently serves as the vice- Western Merchandisers. Hastings chairman of the Harrington Cancer grew to 129 stores with 4,500 and Health Foundation. Now, associates. It was acquired by Draw we welcome him to the Cenikor Another Circle in 2014. Foundation National Board of

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WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE • Charity Navigator is an external, • Cenikor has received this rating for RENEWAL OF OUR 4-STAR CHARITY RATING independent agency responsible for the past 10 years. Our most recent score examining a charity’s performance published on February 1, 2020 was WITH CHARITY NAVIGATOR. based on Financial Health and 92.22 (out of 100). You can learn more Accountability & Transparency. about our results by visiting CharityNavigator.org

2 l CENIKOR FOUNDATION 1.888.CENIKOR www.cenikor.org TESTIMONIAL: MANUEL DULANTO Odyssey House - Adolescent resisting the idea that it would Residential Facility help. “I was court-stipulated. I didn’t want to be there,” he explains. “It Possession. Public Intoxication. took some time adjusting to my Evading Arrest. Disorderly Conduct. current circumstances before I These are a few of the criminal finally acknowledged that I had a charges Manuel Dulanto faced problem.” before his 17th birthday. The environment at Odyssey House “My probation officer warned me, removed Manuel’s ability to mask if I messed up this up again, I was his problems with drugs. Slowly going to get locked up,” Manuel but surely, through counseling and recalls. support, he began to recognize myself accountable and was given his underlying issues. The program the tools I needed to be successful. I Manuel Dulanto was 12 years young equipped him with the coping skills could not have done it on my own.” when introduced to marijuana. By to work through them. his freshman year of high school, it Now, 10 years after Manuel’s first was a daily habit. His substance of Cenikor adolescent clients learn arrest at age 15, he has been choice expanded to include alcohol, how to live with structure as working with Cenikor Foundation’s ecstasy, and cocaine. To his chagrin, behaviors and attitudes are insurance department for over 2 he began finding himself in trouble. addressed. In addition, teens years. He has a medical billing and It was his sophomore year in which continue their education with coding diploma and is continuing he was expelled for being under the qualified teaching staff in its onsite his education. influence. accredited school. “Every day, I come to work When Manuel was given a second “The staff at Odyssey House were reminded of where I came from and chance to complete substance sincere about helping us get how I overcame it. It is an honor to use residential treatment, he through the program and wanting work for the foundation I credit for entered Odyssey House. He recalls the best for us. I learned to hold saving my life.”

PREVENTION EXPANDS TO AMARILLO Since starting the Cenikor In collaboration with the Center This program collaborates with Amarillo prevention program in for Advancement, our team multiple agencies throughout November, the prevention team will be providing a community Amarillo and the South Plains has grown to five specialists. We presentation this March for including: We will be hiring two additional parents. The topics will include • Downtown Women’s Center specialists who will serve the the warning signs of substance • Sharing Hope Ministries South Plains/Lubbock counties. misuse and what parents can do • Amarillo Activity Youth Center to help their children. • Don Harrington Discovery Center We are also participating in the • Child Protective Services local Amarillo “Karing for Kids” • Amarillo ISD child abuse prevention rally and • Coalition of Health Services community outreach event. • Salvation Army • Warford Activity Center

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