PRO-A

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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.

10/27/2025

Join us on The CALL on Tuesday, October 28th!

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.

10/23/2025

Much gratitude this morning to all of our sponsors, our hard-working staff, our tireless volunteers, our dedicated board and everyone who attended the Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations Alliance ROA 8th Annual Leadership Dinner.

Last night was one of those nights that those present will remember for many years.

It was so intense and personally inspiring that I forgot to take pictures. One of the few I was able to get is the one here with our Keynote Speaker Dr John Kelly who made the case for the work we do in recovery community. He shared the best available evidence that recovery has many facets and the importance and value of our work in recovery community organizations.

Elected and formerly elected officials in attendance included Pete Wambach, the architect of PA Act 106 of 1989 requiring insurance companies to pay for addiction treatment, and Act 152 that provides services to low income community members. Jim Gregory who championed recovery in our state house during his time in office. Senator Patti Kim who welcomed us to her district and along with Senator “Tina" Tartaglione Democratic Whip of the PA State Senate issued proclamations to our awardees from the podium. Senator Tartaglione opened up the event and captured our hearts with her words. She inspired us all. We also honored her service to our community with many roses!

People stayed in the room until the very end of the night because of the energy of hope, purpose and belonging. At the very end of the night, Pete Wambach asked to take the stage, for some unscheduled comments. He spoke about his experience of fighting over many years for laws that saved and transformed the lives of many of us in the room and hundreds of thousands of others. Hundreds of thousands of people like me who now have purposeful lives. He also made off the cuff remarks about former State Representative Gene DiGirolamo and the legacy of thousands of people alive and thriving today because of Gene’s commitment to our community. Pete brought us all to tears.

Last night felt like a new chapter. A new beginning for recovery efforts in the state of Pennsylvania. Thank you all who made it possible. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

We carry on. Recovery always finds a way!

William Stauffer

10/21/2025

PRO-A is having our 8th Annual Leadership in Recovery Training & Event at the Country Club of Harrisburg this Wednesday, October 22!

We want to say Thank You again to our Sponsors:

Silver Sponsors - Acadia/White Deer Run Treatment Network/Harrisburg, York, Chambersburg, Lebanon Comprehensive Treatment Centers, Bucks County Drug and Alcohol Commission, Inc. Capital Area Behavioral Health Collaborative, Inc. (CABHC), Chester County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services, Divine Light Behavioral Health, Emergency Health Services Federation, Exceptional Concepts, Inc., The Hire Calling Foundation, Inc., Manors of the Valley, Opioid Response Network (ORN)

10/21/2025

PRO-A is having our 8th Annual Leadership in Recovery Training & Event at the Country Club of Harrisburg this Wednesday, October 22!

We want to say Thank You again to our Sponsors:

Platinum Sponsors - Daystar, Endless Mountains Extended Care, LLC, Geisinger Marworth Treatment Center

Gold Sponsors - Berks COCA, GRC: Advanced Recovery Network, Pennsylvania State Education Association, Penn State Harrisburg - The Po***ck Center, Self-Help Movement, Inc.

10/21/2025

PRO-A is having our 8th Annual Leadership in Recovery Training & Event at the Country Club of Harrisburg this Wednesday, October 22nd!

We want to say Thank You again to our Sponsors:

Premier Sponsor - PerformCARE

Ambassador of Recovery Sponsors - Gaudenzia and Anonymous

10/20/2025

Join us on The CALL on Tuesday, October 21st! PRO-A's Patti Baranowski will have Guest Jana Morris discussing LVAT Week and Anti-Trafficking Advocacy.

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.

10/17/2025

PRO-A is pleased to announce the kickoff of our 8th Annual Leadership in Recovery Event, taking place on October 22nd at the Country Club of Harrisburg.

Special Thanks to Chester County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services, Bucks County Drug & Alcohol Commission, Inc., Divine Light Behavioral Health, Exceptional Concepts, Inc., Emergency Health Services Federation, Capital Area Behavioral Health Collaborative, Inc., The Hire Calling Foundation, Inc., Opioid Response Network - Silver Sponsors of our Leadership in Recovery Event!

10/17/2025

PRO-A is pleased to announce the kickoff of our 8th Annual Leadership in Recovery Event, taking place on October 22nd at the Country Club of Harrisburg.

Special Thanks to Opioid Response Network, Acadia Healthcare & Comprehensive Treatment Centers, Manor of the Valley Senior Living Care and Friends of Senator Tartaglione - Silver Sponsors of our Leadership in Recovery Event!

10/15/2025

Special Thanks to Penn State Po***ck Center, GRC: Advanced Recovery Network, Pennsylvania State Education Association, Berks County Council on Chemical Abuse and Self-Help Movement, Inc. – Gold Sponsors of our Leadership in Recovery Event!

PRO-A is pleased to announce the kickoff of our 8th Annual Leadership in Recovery Event, taking place on October 22nd at the Country Club of Harrisburg.

This event will feature:

A half-day training led by William Stauffer on Reducing Harm from To***co Use
A presentation by Laurie Johnson-Wade on Ubuntu Recovery – Building Belonging

Registration Options:

Conference & Dinner: $75
Dinner Only: $50
Conference Only: $25

We invite you to be part of this meaningful event.
Register here: https://www.ticketleap.events/events/pennsylvania-recovery-organizations-alliance

10/14/2025

Help us Celebrate Lorrian Sober!

Individual 2025 Champion of Service Award – Lorrian Sober - This award is provided to a peer recovery support or family peer recovery support who has provided exemplary service to individuals or families to support them in obtaining and sustaining recovery from a substance use condition.

Lorrian has been employed part-time with the BHARP Youth and Family TREE Project since April 18, 2019. She holds an Associate Degree in Social Science from Luzerne County Community College.

Lorrian has worked in the fields of mental health and addiction for the past twenty plus years with an emphasis on adolescents and adults with co-occurring disorders. Lorrian is employed as a full-time certified recovery specialist with Crossroads Counseling, Inc. Prior to this, Lorrian has held employment as an Intake Coordinator at Gaudenzia, Inc. (Coal Township); a Counselor II at White Deer Run, Inc. (Allenwood); and an Advisor for Community Services Group. In addition, Lorrian was a rodeo rider as well as a master gardener.

Lorrian has maintained long-term sobriety by incorporating gardening and cooking as part of her recovery process. She credits seeing an individual wanting to stop using and a desire to change his or her life as the reason she continues employment in this field. While Lorrain’s life continues to change and grow, her willingness to help someone has not.

Lorrian was born on the island of Maui and raised there until the age of thirteen when she moved to the mainland. Her father was a native of Hawaii and her mother was born in California. Lorrian has one sister, three children, and five grandchildren. Both parents have passed since Lorrian obtained sobriety and she has been divorced for twenty-five years. She has a small circle of friends and still enjoys going to meetings and being in the recovery process.

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

10/13/2025

Special Thanks to Daystar, Endless Mountains Extended Care, LLC and Geisinger Marworth Treatment Center – Platinum Sponsors of our Leadership in Recovery Event!

PRO-A is pleased to announce the kickoff of our 8th Annual Leadership in Recovery Event, taking place on October 22nd at the Country Club of Harrisburg.

This event will feature:

A half-day training led by William Stauffer on Reducing Harm from To***co Use
A presentation by Laurie Johnson-Wade on Ubuntu Recovery – Building Belonging

Registration Options:

Conference & Dinner: $75
Dinner Only: $50
Conference Only: $25

We invite you to be part of this meaningful event.
Register here: https://www.ticketleap.events/events/pennsylvania-recovery-organizations-alliance

Address

900 S Arlington Avenue Suite 254A
Harrisburg, PA
17109

Telephone

+17175458929

Website

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

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