Subject: VolunteerCONNECTION - September 2021

Updates and announcements for the volunteer community.

This issue includes:

Announcements & Reminders

NEW! SROL Meetings & Forums

We are happy announce that SMART Recovery Online (SROL) has two new additional specialty groups. 


We now offer a Women's Military Veterans and First Responder's meeting on Wednesdays at 7:30 pm ET. This meeting is password protected. To get the password you must be registered in SROL and have prior access to the Military Veteran's and First Responder's Forum.


Last month, we started an LGBTQ+ discussion forum. This area is also special access; to participate you must be registered in SROL and then complete the form at the top of the LGBTQ+ forum to request access. 

Teen & Young Adult SMM Update

The Teen and Young Adult SMART Meeting Management (SMM): Ongoing Facilitator Training and Support monthly meetings will not be resuming. If you need support or guidance as a facilitator of a teen & young adult meeting, please contact the National Office. We thank those who participated in these meetings.  

Helpful Hints

Verify Meeting Status:

  • We want to make sure those who use our meeting locator to find a SMART Recovery meeting get accurate information. To that end, our staff will be reaching out to verify that the information listed is correct. This is a huge undertaking with approximately 2,400 meetings in the US and Canada. We are asking for your help in the following ways:


    If you are unable to submit the forms for any reason, please call the National Office at 440-951-5357 or email volunteerhq@smartrecovery.org and we will be happy to help.   


Requesting a Certificate of Insurance:

  • If you are a facilitator in the United States who is asked to provide a Certificate of Insurance to the location of your meeting, the National Office can help! Simply email information@smartrecovery.org and include the following: 

    • Meeting number  

    • Location name and address 

    • Your name and contact information 


    Please allow five business days for processing. 

Volunteer Opportunities

The Fletcher Group RCOE Initiative

SMART Recovery is delighted to announce a partnership with The Fletcher Group to bring SMART Recovery into recovery homes in rural counties, as designated by Health Resources & Services Administration, the funding agency for this endeavor. This partnership enables SMART Recovery to increase our footprint in rural communities and fulfill our mission to empower people with limited access to achieve independence from addiction problems with our science-based 4-Point Program®. We are excited to bring these opportunities to our dedicated & amazing SMART experienced volunteers*.

 

A few of the key actions that SMART will undertake as part of this partnership are:

 

  • Hire a full-time paid Project Coordinator dedicated to the administration, coordination, planning, and setup of a SMART Recovery 12-session program, using the Successful Life Skills handbook in 100 recovery homes located in rural areas across the U.S. View Job Description

  • Recruit experienced SMART Recovery facilitators for each 12-session program. Let Us Know You’re Interested

  • Provide training for up to 100 recovery home staff to become future facilitators of our SMART Recovery program, allowing them to continue offering SMART after the initial 12-week session has ended.


*These opportunities are for volunteers in the U.S. only.

Learn More

Join the Beta Program for the SMART Recovery Mobile App

We’ve been quietly plugging away developing our new app for iOS and Android devices! To help ensure we ship a great, high-quality experience we’re looking for volunteers to join the Beta Program. That means you’ll be among the first to try the app and can provide feedback directly to the team. It also means you’ll encounter bugs sometimes, slow performance perhaps, and the app crashing and having to be restarted. But encountering those issues will help us fix them before we ship, providing a better experience to all!

We ask that Beta participants use the app daily: search for and join meetings, browse through the Recovery Toolbox, watch videos and listen to podcasts. And most importantly: submit problem reports when you encounter issues. More detailed guidance and instructions will be sent out when the Beta Program kicks off (early October).

 

To apply to join the Beta Program, please fill out the form.

By the Numbers

August Recap

Training:

  • 280 registered for training 

  • 181 completed training 

    • 11 Meeting Host Training 

    • 104 Facilitator Training 

    • 5 Family & Friends Training 

    • 40 Facilitator and Family & Friends Training Package 

    • 21 SMART Recovery for Professionals 

Local Online/ Face-to-Face Meetings:

Public and private meetings 

  • 15 new meetings listed

  • 26 meetings removed (25 USA & 1 Canada)

    • 11 Lost facilitator (relocated, MIA, personal)

    • 11 Lost location

    • 4 Low attendance

  • Net growth: -11

  • Meetings on hiatus: 387

    • USA: 356

    • Canada: 31

  • Canada Total: 272

  • USA Total: 2,119

SMART Recovery Online (SROL):

Excluding SMM, S4V, and UK 

  • Meetings: 254

  • New Registrations: 3,298

  • Posts: 7,860

  • Logins: 40,129

24/7 Chat:

  • 130 New Chat Participants

  • 318 Participants Posted

Volunteers:

  • New Volunteers: 9

    • Facilitators: 4

    • Meeting Helpers: 1

    • Message Board Volunteers: 2

    • Chat Volunteers: 2

Upcoming Events

Pathways to Recovery

Join SMART Recovery September 24-26 for reflection, exercise, and fun. In addition, your fundraising efforts will enable us to help more people who are on the path to recovery find life beyond addiction.

Learn More & Register

Sober Voices FLOW

SMART is proud to support Sober Voices FLOW. This international event is open to those in early sobriety, sober-curious, and in long-term sobriety of any kind. The four days, September 30th - October 3rd, will be filled with content from a diverse array of leaders in the sober movement. Use to the promo code SMARTRECOVERY50 to save 50% off the ticket price.

Learn More & Register

SMART Recovery National Conference

The 2021 SMART Recovery National Conference is an opportunity for you to hear from members of the SMART Recovery community, addiction recovery experts, and industry leaders on the current state of addiction recovery, what the future landscape looks like, and how SMART intends to be involved in the solution into the future.


Saturday, October 23rd ~ 9:00 A.M. ET

Learn More & Register

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