Louis A Johnson VA Medical Center’s 3rd Annual National Recovery Month Event

National Recovery Month is an event promoted annually by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMSHA) with this, its 33rd year of celebration. As you may be aware, Whole Health is VA’s approach to promote health and well-being and endorses SAMHSA’s wellness initiative. This initiative encourages mental health consumers, professionals, and primary care providers to communicate about overall wellness. It presents a diagram of the eight dimensions of wellness: social, environmental, physical, emotional, spiritual, occupational, intellectual, and financial. As the Louis A Johnson VA Medical Center’s 3rd Annual National Recovery Month Event planned for September 22nd at Jackson Square. Downtown Clarksburg, our goal is to target Suicide and Addiction Prevention Through Recovery Awareness and Whole Health Promotion

Event Activities will include:

• Addiction Awareness
• Suicide Prevention Awareness Scavenger Hunt
• Recovery Support
• Food Trucks
• Whole Health/Fitness Activities
• Bird Show
• Recovery Speakers
• VAMC Resources
• Community Organizations
• and much more!

Date: September 22, 2023

Time: 11:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.

Location: Jackson Square Clarksburg, WV