Subject: VolunteerCONNECTION - June 2022

Updates and announcements for the volunteer community.

Announcements & Reminders

Holiday Meeting Changes

If your meeting will be canceled or adjusted for Independence Day, please let us know by submitting a meeting change request form by 4:00 p.m. ET on June 30th.   

Google Groups are Being Deactivated

Please visit the Announcement section in VolunteerHQ for an important announcement about SMART Recovery Google Groups. 

Upcoming Continuing Education Classes

Mark your calendars for for these upcoming continuing education opportunities:


  • Motivational Interviewing Refresher – Saturday, July 16th, 2-4 p.m. ET


  • Facilitating a SMART Recovery meeting for Teens -  Monday, August 15th, 12-4 p.m. ET

Additional emails will be sent closer to the date of each training opportunity.

SROL Volunteers Only

F.I.T Survey

We are looking to gather information on your experience going through the Facilitator-in-Training process. Please complete this survey so we may evaluate any successes or room for improvement. 

New Resources for Volunteers

Fillable Meeting Flyers

Check out our new SMART Recovery for Individuals information Sheet that has been added to the Promotional Materials Page in VolunteerHQ under Meeting Flyers! Simply enter your meeting and contact information into this fillable PDF, print and then share it in your neighborhood to help boost attendance at your meetings.

Volunteer Opportunities

Compris Research Study

SMART Recovery is excited to partner with Compris, Inc. in a research study for members and their families. Compris is interested in learning if guidance helps one understand their strengths, risks, and recovery support needs. Click here to learn more about this opportunity.

Personality Type & Addiction Research Study

SMART Recovery is excited to partner with iConnectHealth to conduct a robust study determining the relationship between personality type and addiction problems, and to identify which factors may mediate that relationship. The research will also explore the potential benefit of matching mutual help groups and/or treatment orientation with personality types. Click here to learn more about this opportunity.

Fletcher Group RCOE Initiative

Volunteers are needed to facilitate Successful Life Skills meetings in rural recovery homes across the United States. Click here to learn more about this opportunity.

Online Training Team

We are looking for knowledgeable volunteers who are interested in helping our online training team. As a member of this team, you would help to monitor and answer questions in the forums accessible to the trainees and participate in our twice-monthly training role-play meetings.

This volunteer role requires two years of experience as a SMART Recovery facilitator.  

If you are interested, click here to complete the application. 

Helpful Hints

SROL Distribution Lists

SROL now has distribution lists to make it easier to keep in touch with each other. These are the group emails that you can use to reach out to everyone who shares the same volunteer role(s) as you. You would not be able to send an email to a group that you are not a member of. Below are the distribution lists:


For example, if you are in search of coverage or have a question, you can now reach out to other volunteers using these emails. We encourage you to use these distribution lists as a way to share ideas, reach out for support, and stay connected with SMART Recovery.

Meetings of Interest for Volunteers

SMART 4 Volunteers (S4V)

SMART 4 VOLUNTEERS (S4V) is a private SMART Recovery meeting for our volunteers.  While volunteering, people need to take time to focus on themselves. We offer a place where you can focus on your own wellbeing and recovery, with the security of being supported by your peers. This meeting has a different purpose than the SMART Meeting Management (SMM) meetings. 

This group meets on Wednesdays from 5:00 p.m. till 6:00 p.m. ET. and is facilitated by Jasper2016. 


SMART Meeting Management (SMM) Meetings

If you are interested in furthering your meeting management skills or more smoothly handling challenges you might encounter while facilitating your meeting, this is the meeting for you!

 

The SMART Meeting Management (SMM) meetings are every:

  • Monday: 10:00 p.m. ET

  • Wednesday: 8:00 p.m. ET

  • Friday: 6:00 p.m. ET

 

(NOTE: Zoom links for these meetings are behind the VHQ login.)

Volunteer Recognition

SMART knows that it's our volunteers that create the biggest impact in the lives of those we serve, and we wanted a way to recognize the work you do. Started during Volunteer Month, we will continue to feature several of the volunteers you recognized through the Volunteer Recognition Program.

Loretta Billingsley (JunosMom) - SROL Facilitator

Loretta holds the Saturday morning woman's meeting and Landis3125 is her meeting helper. They both do an amazing job and deserve much recognition.  Women feel safe to share anything and the environment is so supportive. This also includes the woman's forum too.  It really has been made a special space by these two in recovery to come and feel supported, safe, and understood. Loretta  also manages to get amazing speakers to come to our Woman's Group meetings that give us all new perspectives and ideas.

Caitlyn Lewis - Facilitator, Kentucky

Caitlyn is a powerful motivator. Her drive to accept anyone for who they are and where they are, is remarkable in itself. She could move mountains, if she tried hard enough. Anything Caitlyn does, she gives it everything she's got. 

In Other SMART News

SMART Career Opportunities

Are you or someone you know, looking for a new career opportunity?


SMART currently has three open positions:

  • Director of Communications

  • Grant Writer

  • IT Support

Where You Can Find SMART Next

SMART Recovery brings its message of hope and help to a wide variety of audiences and locations. Wherever we go and however we tell our story, you can be assured that the information provided about our non-stigmatizing, evidence-based, and pragmatic program is worth checking out. 

SHARE Your Ideas With Us

We need your help! We are lining up content for the rest of 2022 and love your thoughts, ideas, and inspirations about what we should cover in our blogs, podcasts, videos, etc. Your voice is heard.  So check out the list of themes for the upcoming months and put your thinking caps on…we’d really appreciate your input.


Join the SMART Insiders+ Program

When you sign up for the SMART Insiders+ Program, your modest monthly support goes right to work helping people everywhere recover and thrive. As an Insiders, you'll receive a cool welcome package with free perks, certificate of enrollment, and have early access to free cutting-edge news, videos, podcasts, interviews, and much more!

Become more engaged. Be part of the solution. Join today!

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