"Families across Chicagoland face growing financial and health insurance challenges. Meanwhile, family support and structure deteriorates, teens face isolation in a busy and digital world, and incidents of risky, self-harming behavior, even suicide among teens, grows. For many of these families, the life-affirming, family-restoring treatment at F.A.I.R is increasingly out of financial reach. In response, F.A.I.Rs clinical and executive team recently formed the F.A.I.R Foundation. It is our mission to garner private and community funding so that no family in need will ever be turned away from treatment for financial reasons."
For the past two years I have become extremely familiar with the recovery process. I have seen how much time, energy, and money a family must put forward in order to see success in the treatment of just one 17-year-old kid. I have seen how much time, effort, and care councilors and volunteers put forward to merely attempt to guide adolescent addicts to sobriety. While this process is anything but easy, it is effective and necessary. I have been fortunate enough to watch a loved one choose the path of sobriety, and continue on that path for what is almost two years. I thank that higher power every single day for this, because I know that not everyone is so lucky to have such a success story, or even have a chance at a success story.Recently, I have heard of a tragedy. An old friend, passed away nearly 4 months ...
Please take the time to share, reblog, like, tweet, Facebook, or scream this URL off rooftops. I so desperately want to reach my $2000 Fundraiser goal for the Chicago Marathon.
I am so incredibly blessed to have witnessed my loved one's success in his recovery for what is going on three years. Unfortunately, I know of so many people who were not so lucky. I do not want ANY teen or family to feel as helpless as I know mine has felt in the past. Together we can give these kids and families a second chance.
By clicking the URL you can get more details as to why this cause is so important to me personally, and you can make your donations there as well.
Every dollar helps. Every "share" helps. Every "reblog" helps. Every "tweet" helps. Whatever you can do is greatly appreciated!!
