Launch:
On September 24th at 10:30am, Lowndes County DUI and Drug Accountability Courts are internet hosting a Restoration Stroll on the Lowndes County Historic Courthouse Sq. to have a good time Nationwide Restoration Month. The aim of the Restoration Stroll is to acknowledge and encourage people with a substance abuse or psychological well being problems to hunt restoration and obtain a wholesome, completely satisfied life. Substance abuse and psychological well being can have an effect on anybody, together with individuals in Lowndes County. Our group should stay devoted to the restoration course of by serving to individuals handle these preventable and treatable circumstances, and assist people in restoration, in addition to their members of the family.
The occasion will embody two audio system that may talk about restoration and the affect substance abuse has had on our group. One in all our audio system will likely be Aaron Winston Jr. who’s the CEO of R.E.A.C.H Two, a youth outreach non-profit group right here in Lowndes County. One other speaker will likely be a participant from the DUI Courtroom program. There may also be tables arrange with sources and knowledge from Lowndes County Drug Courtroom, Lowndes County DUI Courtroom, Have fun Restoration, Alanon, Greenleaf, Legacy Behavioral Well being Companies, and South Georgia Rural Opioid Response Venture. On the finish of the occasion, there will likely be a brief stroll across the Lowndes County Historic Courthouse Sq. in recognition of the restoration journey. The group is invited to hitch us for this occasion.
The mission of the Lowndes County DUI and Drug Accountability Courtroom applications are to confront the substance abuse points inflicting the repetitive sample of latest offenses by people in order to scale back recidivism by means of enhanced supervision, remedy, and particular person accountability. Accountability courts are the only most profitable intervention in our nation’s historical past for main individuals residing with substance use and psychological well being problems out of the justice system and into lives of restoration and stability.
For extra data on this occasion, please contact Elizabeth Peters, DUI Courtroom Coordinator at Elizabeth.Peters@lowndescounty.com.
