Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative-WMARI

09/30/2025

Want to get more involved in local recovery efforts? This is a great place to start. WMARI’s Community Meeting is tomorrow beginning at 6pm, and we’d love to see you there! Join us at The HILLS or on zoom.

09/30/2025

Ever feel like no matter how much you try, your money slips through your fingers? You’re not the only one! That’s why The HILLS Recovery Center and Oxford Federal Credit Union are teaming up to offer free financial classes. Our next one is on budgeting basics - real tools, step-by-step. 📝💵 Join us Monday, Oct 6 at 3:30 PM!

09/29/2025

Join us on the first Wednesday of every month for the WMARI Community Meeting! Come with your ideas, your curiosity, or just your presence. That alone helps build a stronger recovery community. You don’t need all the answers to be part of something meaningful! 🧡💜

09/27/2025

Part 2! 📸🎉 Following the march, the 9th Annual Western Maine Recovery Rally found its home in Moore Park. Volunteers worked the grill to serve a free lunch, and people circled through the resource tables to discover new support. We heard recovery stories of strength, courage, and joy that filled us up with hope, while kids filled the park with play. The butterfly memorial nearby, reminding us that grief and celebration can exist together. 🦋

Everywhere you looked on Sunday, someone was listening, connecting, or helping. This is what the rally is for: to reconnect, remember, celebrate each other, and show that recovery is alive and thriving here in Western Maine. 💜 It was community in every sense, and these photos only scratch the surface. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed sharing this day with you!

09/26/2025

We’re so excited to share photos from Sunday’s 9th Annual Recovery Rally, beginning with the march from Norway to South Paris!💜📣 Seeing our community together, the shirts, the signs, and the sheer number of people who came out reminded us that none of us are alone in this. The march isn’t just about getting to the park - it’s about showing that recovery is possible, visible, and celebrated in our Oxford Hills.

And we’re not done yet - we’ll be sharing the second half of our rally photos in our next post, from the celebration in Moore Park with speakers, BBQ, and family fun! Shout out to our incredible volunteer photographers for capturing this amazing day.

09/23/2025

Thank you all for joining us in celebrating National Recovery Month in Western Maine. It's time to announce the winner of our quilt raffle...

09/22/2025

Recovery is reconnection, repair, and revolution. Today we saw it in action as people from all across our community came together to celebrate hope, courage, growth, and compassion! Thank you for joining us at the 9th Annual Western Maine Recovery Rally! 📣

To everyone who volunteered, sponsored, spoke, tabled, or simply showed up - we were honored to spend this day with you and deeply appreciate all your time, dedication, and love! 💜Stay tuned - we'll be back very soon with more memories and photos from the pros of this truly beautiful day. 🦋

09/20/2025

Getting excited to enjoy ice cream cookie sandwiches with you at the rally tomorrow thanks to The Inside Scoop and Common Ground Counseling! Thank you for collaborating to bring us this delicious custom treat again this year. We appreciate you! 🍪🍦

📣️ See you soon at the 9th Annual Western Maine Recovery Rally!

09/20/2025

📣The wait is almost over! The 9th Annual Western Maine Recovery Rally! is TOMORROW. Join us for the march to Moore Park, inspiring speakers, a free BBQ, kid zone activities, resource tables, and much more. 🎉💜

✨ A few quick reminders:

- Starts at The HILLS Recovery Center in Norway at 11am.

- Grab a free rally T-shirt while supplies last!

- Can’t walk the 2 miles? We’ve got a big truck for that or you can meet us at the park around noon.

- Parking available at Lights Out Gallery, Norway Brewing Co., and many public lots downtown.

- Transportation back to The HILLS from Moore Park available after the rally.

Bring your energy, your voice, and your love for community. Tomorrow we recover out loud, together! 🦋

09/19/2025

The Recovery Rally is about bringing us all together - and thanks to the Hope Association and Glenn Gordon from the OPTIONS Program, even more of us can make it there. 🚐💙

Need a ride from the River Valley region? Text Glenn at 207-357-1751. Rides will also be available back from Moore Park to The HILLS in Norway after the rally. We couldn’t do this without partners like Hope Association and Glenn - thank you!

09/19/2025

09/18/2025

Yesterday we had the best time chatting with the folks at WOXO Country about this year’s Recovery Rally! 🎤 Thanks for being such good neighbors and always helping us spread the word. Oxford Hills is lucky to have you.

Sept. 21 is almost here - come march, eat, and celebrate recovery with us at the 9th Annual Western Maine Recovery Rally! 📣💜