Celebrate recovery with Odyssey House

Our 7th Annual Run for Your Life 5K Run & Recovery Walk is TOMORROW, Saturday, September 29th. Come out to Randall's Island and show your support for individuals and families in treatment at Odyssey House. Register online until 5 pm today or register in person tomorrow. 

Schedule of Events: 
8:00 am - Registration opens 
9:00 am - Children's races 
10:00 am - 5K Run 
10:30 am - Recovery Walk 

Plus, the Knicks Groove Truck will be onsite holding skill competitions, free throw and 3-point shooting contests AND the Marines will be holding a Pull Up Challenge. You don't want to miss it! Register today.

Don't forget our online auction is open through October 6th. Click here to bid on tickets to sporting events, memorabilia, fine dining gift cards and more. Now is your chance to not only get all the great items you want, but to do it knowing you are helping support our organization and mission.

Make your bid to support Odyssey House

The Run for Your Life online auction is open for bidding! 
Now is your chance to not only get all the great items you want, but to do it knowing you are helping support our organization and mission.

The auction will run from September 17, 2012 to October 6, 2012, with proceeds going to Odyssey House to support our mission of providing high-quality, holistic treatment to men, women and children struggling to overcome substance use and mental health disorders.

Auction items range from exotic vacation getaways to donated items guaranteed to delight and surprise. So, tell your friends, family, community and help families and individuals in treatment rebuild their lives as drug-free, productive citizens.

Here are just a few of the items you can bid on:

2 Tickets to Broadway's hottest musical, The Book of Mormon

Derek Jeter autographed photo

David Yurman blue topaz bracelet from the Color Classics Collection

$150 gift card to Brasserie

 

Investing in jails to reduce recidivism

In a letter in the New York Times, Dr. Peter Provet comments on a private funding initiative to reduce recidivism among adolescent men incarcerated at Rikers Island.

  

Investing in Jails

To the Editor:

Re "Goldman to Invest in City Jail Program, Profiting if Recidivism Falls Sharply" (news article, Aug. 2):
While we applaud creative financing for social service programs, we need to be careful how we build systems for identifying appropriate metrics for success, given these complex social behaviors where relapse and recidivism are a frequent part of the process.

That said, nonprofits are eager to partner with private industry when the goal is to augment government money.

Typically, private foundations serve this role, and with their support many organizations run innovative and results-oriented programs where a return on investment, in the form of improvements in the lives of the program participants, is built into the project.

That this initiative takes it a step further by providing an investor with a financial incentive to tackle difficult societal problems is a challenge the nonprofit sector is demonstrably ready to meet.

PETER PROVET President and Chief ExecutiveOdyssey HouseNew York, Aug. 4, 2012

Our 2011 Annual Report is now available

Life Changing Recovery

Odyssey House recognizes that recovery is a process and that while it is different for every individual, the goals are the same: abstinence from addictive substances, improved health and wellness, independence and engagement in family and community life. 

In our 2011 annual report we look at how our programs and services prepare people to embrace health, create a home, find purpose, and foster community.