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The Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations Alliance, PRO•A, was established in 1998 to give a voice and focal point to the statewide recovery community in Pennsylvania.

09/08/2025

Join us on The CALL on Tuesday, September 9th! PRO-A's Brian Stauffer will have Guest Author Michael Z who published a book called The Modern Hero's Journey.

To Register for The CALL: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkc-yqpzkuE9zK4qvzHhf1N8EVXyZ_wGIs?fbclid=IwAR2wdT_5LAH5UqYn7RMwtXrZBCM5N54slnSl3UVCgAYN5w-Q7PYAbrdvCvs #/registration

What is it: PRO-A the statewide recovery community organization holds statewide weekly ZOOM call to support Recovery Community Organizations and members of the recovery community and strengthen recovery focused efforts across Pennsylvania.

All in PA are welcome to participate on THE CALL. Our Goals:

To understand what is happening to you, your organizations and your local community right now.

To support our fragile care recovery care system and support for our communities across Pennsylvania.

To help support each other and seek solutions for caring for ourselves and our community members as we strengthen recovery capital at the individual, family and community levels.

09/04/2025

Come see William Stauffer, Executive Director of PRO-A, kick off our 2025 Leadership Event on October 22nd at the Country Club of Harrisburg!

The event will include a half day training on To***co Recovery and Ubuntu Recovery. Half day training & dinner/conference $75. | dinner/conference only $50. | training only $25.

Tickets can be purchase directly at this link - https://www.ticketleap.events/events/pennsylvania-recovery-organizations-alliance

If you are interested in becoming a Sponsor for PRO-A's event, here is the link with the information - https://pro-a.org/sponsorship-opportunity/

09/02/2025

Help Us Celebrate Gene DiGirolamo!

2025 The PRO-A Milton Berkes Legislative Hero Award – Gene DiGirolamo

This award is named after Milton Berkes, architect of Act 63 of 1972, also known as the Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Abuse Control Act which mandates a comprehensive health, education, and rehabilitation plan for substance use services and interventional strategies. This act established our entire prevention, treatment and recovery support service system. In 2010, the language of Act 63 was incorporated into Act 50 which created the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs. It is awarded to a PA legislator who significantly advanced recovery and or prevention efforts for all Pennsylvanians in ways that can be measured generationally.

A lifelong resident of Bensalem, Bucks county, Gene DiGirolamo began his public service career in 1990 as Auditor for Bensalem Township. In 1995, he was elected by the people of the 18th District to the PA House of Representatives and served until 2019. He quickly emerged as the state’s leading advocate for alcohol and drug addiction treatment and prevention, making this highly stigmatized issue his number one public policy priority throughout his 25 years in the PA House.

Serving multi-years as Chairman of the PA House Human Services Committee, DiGirolamo fought tirelessly for legislation to address the devastating alcohol and other drug epidemic in the state and to assist people with physical and intellectual disabilities, mental illnesses, special needs and to protect victims of child abuse.

Legislative accomplishments include: establishing DDAP Programs as a cabinet-level agency reporting directly to the Governor; establishing the Methadone Death & Incident Review Team requiring review of methadone-related deaths; establishing victim impact panels as part of DUI sentencing; assisting with enactment of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program; restoration of and increasing funding for addiction treatment and legislation making the life-saving Narcan available to families and first responders across the Commonwealth. (At least 120,000 reversals reported.)

Now in his second term as Bucks County Commissioner, DiGirolamo was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the PA Opioid Misuse & Addiction Abatement Trust to assist with the determinations of how the state allocates its $1 billion share of the national opioid settlement. DiGirolamo’s leadership also led him to efforts in Washington D.C. where in 2016, he received the highest award for an elected official from the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest organization of physicians.

Get a Ticket and Help us Honor Our Awardees: https://www.ticketleap.events/events/pennsylvania-recovery-organizations-alliance

For Sponsorship Information: https://pro-a.org/sponsorship-opportunity/

09/01/2025

Join us on The CALL on Tuesday, September 2nd! PRO-A's Alixandra Shaubach will share on International Overdose Awareness Day.

To Register for The CALL: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkc-yqpzkuE9zK4qvzHhf1N8EVXyZ_wGIs?fbclid=IwAR2wdT_5LAH5UqYn7RMwtXrZBCM5N54slnSl3UVCgAYN5w-Q7PYAbrdvCvs #/registration

What is it: PRO-A the statewide recovery community organization holds statewide weekly ZOOM call to support Recovery Community Organizations and members of the recovery community and strengthen recovery focused efforts across Pennsylvania.

All in PA are welcome to participate on THE CALL. Our Goals:

To understand what is happening to you, your organizations and your local community right now.

To support our fragile care recovery care system and support for our communities across Pennsylvania.

To help support each other and seek solutions for caring for ourselves and our community members as we strengthen recovery capital at the individual, family and community levels.

08/29/2025

International Overdose Awareness Day at the Capitol. Two of PRO-A's United By Hope - The Remembrance Quilt Project from individuals in Daupin County laid on the steps.

08/28/2025

Help Us Celebrate Paolo del Vecchio

2025 PRO-A Ambassador of Recovery Award – Paolo del Vecchio

This award is presented to a person who exemplifies the key facets of service to others in recovery and supporting individuals and families to find hope, purpose and connection to expand recovery capital at the individual, family and community level.

Paolo del Vecchio, M.S.W, a person in long-term recovery from mental health and addictions, has been a leader in the peer recovery movement for 40 years. He recently completed a 30 year career at the US Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) where he served in multiple roles including the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services and the founding Director of the Office of Recovery. Paolo is now an independent advocate to advance recovery-oriented policies and practices on national and international levels.

Get a Ticket and Help us Honor Our Awardees: https://www.ticketleap.events/events/pennsylvania-recovery-organizations-alliance

For Sponsorship Information: https://pro-a.org/sponsorship-opportunity/

08/26/2025

Help Us Celebrate Mark F. Flaherty!!

2025 PRO-A Lifetime Service to the Recovery Community Award - Mark Flaherty

This award is provided in recognition of a person who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to serving and supporting the recovery process for Pennsylvanians experiencing a substance use condition.

Mark F. Flaherty is a lawyer who has been in recovery in Pittsburgh for the past 34 years. He served as president of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania for 12 years and he has been a member of its board of directors since 1996. LCL is a caring peer assistance program, helping Pennsylvania’s lawyers, judges, members of their families, and law students who are at risk as a result of alcohol and drug use, gambling, depression, or other serious mental illness, carrying out its mission through a combination of confidential helpline services, volunteer support and education.

He is co-chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Lawyers Assistance Program, where he helps to coordinate the Sobriety Monitor’s Program, which provides a means through which lawyers whose alcoholism or addiction have been a mitigating factor in disciplinary actions to return to health and competence and to return to practice if conditions of recovery are met.

He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the M. Patricia Carroll Fund, which provides for partial financial assistance for legal professionals and law students seeking treatment.

He remains an active participant in a 12 step program and hosted a meeting for lawyers and law students since 2001. He is Senior Counsel and Founder of the law firm Flaherty & O’Hara PC, which represents member of the beverage alcohol industry nationwide.

Get a Ticket and Help us Honor Our Awardees: https://www.ticketleap.events/events/pennsylvania-recovery-organizations-alliance

For Sponsorship Information: https://pro-a.org/sponsorship-opportunity/

08/25/2025

Join us on The CALL on Tuesday, August 26th! PRO-A's will have Guest Cliff Deardorff presenting Overdose & the Narcan Leave Behind Kit!

To Register for The CALL: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkc-yqpzkuE9zK4qvzHhf1N8EVXyZ_wGIs?fbclid=IwAR2wdT_5LAH5UqYn7RMwtXrZBCM5N54slnSl3UVCgAYN5w-Q7PYAbrdvCvs #/registration

What is it: PRO-A the statewide recovery community organization holds statewide weekly ZOOM call to support Recovery Community Organizations and members of the recovery community and strengthen recovery focused efforts across Pennsylvania.

All in PA are welcome to participate on THE CALL. Our Goals:

To understand what is happening to you, your organizations and your local community right now.

To support our fragile care recovery care system and support for our communities across Pennsylvania.

To help support each other and seek solutions for caring for ourselves and our community members as we strengthen recovery capital at the individual, family and community levels.

08/21/2025

Dr John Kelly, America’s most respected addiction and recovery researcher will be our 8th Annual Leadership Dinner Keynote Speaker!

Dr. Kelly is the Elizabeth R. Spallin Professor of Psychiatry in Addiction Medicine at Harvard Medical School – the first endowed professor in addiction medicine at Harvard. He is also the Founder and Director of the Recovery Research Institute at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Associate Director of the Center for Addiction Medicine (CAM) at MGH. Dr. Kelly is a former President of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Society of Addiction Psychology, a founding member and inaugural President of the American Board of Addiction Psychology, a Fellow of the APA, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology. He has served as a consultant to U.S. federal agencies and non-federal institutions, as well as foreign governments, the United Nations and the World Health Organization. Dr. Kelly has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, chapters, and books in the field of addiction medicine, and was an author on the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health. He has won numerous state, national, and international lifetime achievements and distinguished scientist awards for his work. His clinical and research endeavors have focused on addiction treatment and the recovery process, mechanisms of behavior change, and reducing stigma and discrimination among individuals suffering from addiction.

Event Date: October 22nd, 2025

Location: The Country Club of Harrisburg 401 Fishing Creek Valley Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17112

Theme: Recovery as a Positive Force in Our Communities – Our Voices Matter!

For Tickets: https://www.ticketleap.events/events/pennsylvania-recovery-organizations-alliance

For more information on being a Sponsor: https://pro-a.org/sponsorship-opportunity/

Address

900 S Arlington Ave Suite 254A
Harrisburg, PA
17109

Telephone

+17175458929

Website

http://www.pro-a.org/

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