ECHO Alumni Chair featured in GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

Alumni Chair, Mary B. was featured in an article titled “The Hidden Epidemic of Very Young Alcoholics” in the May addition of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING magazine. According to Mary, she welcomed the opportunity to tell her story. Regarding the publication she stated, “I never let an opportunity to share my experience, strength and hope pass without taking advantage of it. You never know who will be reading any one article. You never know who’s life you may save. ECHO and the recovery community have given me so much. It’s always exciting to get an opportunity to give back.”

In addition to focusing on Mary’s struggle with chemical dependency issues, the article offers practical information for the parent’s of adolescents such as risk factors and signs that your child may be drinking. To view the article in it’s entirety please follow the link:

http://www.echomalibu.com/news/goodhousekeeping-003.php

LA Dodgers Host ECHO Clients, Alumni and Staff

ECHO Alumni Tommy M. and Actor/Director Penny Marshall at Dodger Stadium.

LOS ANGELES (EP) - August 1st Marked the Day! The clients, alumni and staff of ECHO MALIBU were invited onto the field of Dodger’s stadium in the hopes of seeing Barry Bonds hit a record breaking home run! All were sure he would deliver.

ECHO toured the field with Dodger Legend Sweet Lou Johnson (Game 7 Homerun 1965!), met the players, hob-nobbed with hollywood’s A-list, and, as a bonus, got front row seats to the Dodgers-Giants game.

The Dodgers made this amazing experience available to thank ECHO for on-going support of RBI (REVIVING BASEBALL IN THE INNER CITIES.) RBI provides positive, high quality baseball experiences to more than 185,000 youth in 185 cities worldwide. The ultimate intent is to use baseball as a tool to reduce high school drop out rates and drug use.

While the home run never came, the event could be described as nothing less than Hall of Fame worthy!

ECHO Teens dealing with grief, to participate in BE The MIRACLE Video Project

As part of ECHO’s on-going grief work, more than a dozen clients and alumni who have lost a parent or guardian, will join extraordinary teens from around the world in a special project.

The Be the Miracle event will provide youth with an opportunity to create meaningful media projects that inspire others and honor their parent or guardian who has died. Each youth will create a 2-3 minute video which will include the following:

1. One thing they want the world to know about the parent or guardian
   who has died
2. What inspired them
3. Something inspirational about the parent or guardian
4. Where the teen participant finds inspiration and finally
5. They will challenge their audience by asking “How can you be a Miracle in your life today?”

All Be the Miracle projects will be shared with the world on line.

ECHO Alumni published in VISION magazine

Sixteen year old writer and ECHO Alumni, Rob B. had an article about his treatment experience printed in the August 2007 edition of VISION magazine. The title of the article is “Echo Malibu Turns Lives Around.” In the article, Rob writes from the first person saying “I entered ECHO MALIBU as many drug addicts enter a treatment center. I was angry and confused and I felt that I was above everyone else. After a week at ECHO, I had completed my first AA step. Within a month I had accepted a higher power and enjoyed going to meetings.” He goes on to state “Each day at ECHO I felt more in contact with my true self.”

As a result of his hard work and new found sobriety Rob was recently accepted into a writing program at a prestigious Art Institute where great things no doubt await.

In addition to Rob’s article, art work from ECHO alumni Emily H. titled “Inner Self” was featured. To view the article and the art work, please follow
the link:

http://www.echomalibu.com/news/vision1.php