Information for Our Alumnae:
Alumnae News & Calendar
Alumnae Calendar
Alumnae Potluck
Third Friday of the Month: July 16, 2010
6 to 8 p.m. in the Oak Room
Contact michelleummel@yahoo.com or
Beth Sand at (425) 823-8844 for more information.
2010 Alumnae Retreat (New Dates & Location)
Friday, July 30 to Sunday, August 1, 2010
Rainbow Lodge in North Bend
Alumnae Picnic
Saturday, August 15, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at St. Edward’s State Park, Kenmore.
Keep an eye out for a flyer in the coming months.
Alumnae News
Alumnae Retreat 2010 Coming Soon
The location of the retreat is North Bend’s Rainbow Lodge, and the theme is “Living with Purpose.” Saturday’s speaker is Rozina Lakhani, MD, Residence XII’s Medical Director, and Sunday’s speaker is Greta Kruger, Inpatient Counselor at Residence XII.
Alumnae will receive a flyer with complete details. The cost is $160 (includes two nights, five meals and snacks).
Inspirational Messages from Residence XII Alumnae
The Alumnae Association’s mission is to provide the means to maintain a connection to Residence XII upon graduation via outreach and sisterhood. The following are excerpts from letters the Res recently received from Alumnae. We hope they inspire you as much as they inspire the Res staff.
“I am clean and sober, taking giant and baby steps in areas where I couldn’t ‘go’ even a month ago. The circumstances of loneliness, isolation, and needing to get an income (and a life) are still very pressing—and I am clean and sober despite these circumstances! I am very grateful for my experience at Res XII.”
“I really don’t know the words to say Thank You. I know I got a second chance at life and I’m taking it. Who knew it could be this FUN being sober—oh yeah—you guys…Thanks for showing me the way. I’m really active in AA—it was a real life line for me when I got out.”
“I’m grateful and blessed to be a part of this community. I love my life today. The women’s only concept for me has been an experience that I yearned for all my life.”
“I am so happy—I feel like I have a permanent smile no matter what good or bad is going on in my life. I have learned to overcome situations in a healthy and clean way. I can deal with life on life’s terms. I have learned a little hard work and effort will move my life forward. Recovery rocks, thanks Res! Oh, and I am a mom again to my two beautiful children.”
A group for clean and sober LBTQ women
Residence XII has a group for Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer and Questioning Women in Recovery. The group is held on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. It is open to anyone who identifies as a non-heterosexual woman in recovery who is clean and sober of all mood-altering substances. The program includes 12 group sessions at a rate of $45 per session and up to three individual or family sessions at a rate of $65 per session. Group topics include growing up different, guilt and shame, trauma, grief and loss and more. To register or receive additional information, please contact Deb at Residence XII at (425) 823-8844 at ext. 114.