Alyssa's Place: Peer Recovery and Resource Center
Alyssa’s Place is a safe environment where individuals and families can attend a variety of meetings and activities designed to strengthen recovery and promote healthy lifestyle changes. Our Peer Recovery Center strives to cultivate courage, compassion, and connection; creating a sense of unity and fostering transformative change within our communities to overcome the stigma associated with addiction. Visit the website at https://www.alyssasplace.org/ or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/alyssasplacePRSC for more info.
A.E.D. Foundation, Inc.
Our Mission: In addition to the foundation bearing the initials of Alyssa Elizabeth Dunn, it also stands for Assist, Educate and Defeat. The A.E.D. Foundation, Inc. is committed to:
- Assisting individuals on their road to their recovery as well as their families.
- Educating the community by bringing awareness of the disease.
- Defeating the stigma that is associated with drug addiction.
ASSIST
How We Can Help
The A.E.D. Foundation, Inc. provides assistance to people in an effort to remove barriers to long term recovery. Eligible applicants are encouraged to apply for assistance through our web site.
EDUCATE
One at a Time
The A.E.D. Foundation, Inc. provides education and outreach in the North Central Massachusetts area by communicating with adults through community events and by working directly with young people in local High Schools though our Making Change support group for young people. Community events are held every month at Alyssa's Place: Peer Recovery and Resource Center which is operated by The A.E.D. Foundation, Inc.
DEFEAT
Making a Stigma-Free Community
Addiction is an equal opportunity disease. It ignores class, status, color, geography and finds it's way into nearly every family. The shame and isolation that affects addicts and their families, only serves to increase the damage. Addiction is a chronic illness, not a moral failing or choice. The sooner we defeat the stigma of addiction, the sooner we make progress in treating and preventing the disease itself. The A.E.D. Foundation, Inc. works tirelessly to highlight the successes of people in recovery and their families to bring hope to those who are still suffering.