Monroe Community College Foundation one of The Rochester Recovery Film Festival's Producer Partners will be setting up a Scholarship in the Honor of The Rochester Recovery Film Festival for The Addictions Counseling Program which is offered each semester at Monroe Community College.
Monroe Community College Foundation has also agreed to match up to $2500.00 in funds put towards this special scholarship.
" We are honored and humbled by this announcement. Putting this festival together has been a huge accomplishment and this has been done by all volunteers. This is great to know that Monroe Community College Foundation believes in Recovery Awareness as much as we do.Having a scholarship named in The Rochester Recovery Film Festival's Honor is just amazing to have it connected to such a great Addictions Counseling Program. Many Addiction Professionals in the Upstate New York area have graduated from this program." said David Attridge,Director of The Rochester Recovery Film Festival.
The Rochester Recovery Film Festival will be held September 12,13,14, 2014 at Monroe Community College 1000 East Henrietta Red, Rochester, NY.
The weekend will feature a diverse weekend of both short and full length films/documentaries by, for and about people in various forms of addiction, families, friends and those affected by addiction and the heroes who conquer addiction everyday and life the rewarding life of recovery. The festival will kick off on Friday featuring the first ever Recovery Job Fair followed by the Festivals opening party and then 3 back to back films.
Saturday will start off with The Recovery Health and Services Community Fair with Films running throughout the day. An Awards Banquet will start off our night with all of our film awards and The Addiction Professionals Award along with The Rob (G)iannotti Recovery Awareness Award being given this year to Rock Legend Lou Gramm and Award Winning Author and USA Today columnist Scott Pitoniak. Following The Awards Banquet, The Women in Recovery Film Series will begin with The Festivals Feature Film "Russell Brand's From Addiction to Recivery"
On our final day of the festival Sunday will bring our first ever Open Town Hall Meeting where you can ask our panel of experts and local questions on the addiction topics that concern you. This being followed by the film that started it all "The Anonymous People" and then Rock Icon Lou Gramm's award presentation and a discussion with Lou as he shares his experience, strength and hope on his addiction and his recovery.
Tickets for the Festival are available now at
rochesterrecoveryfilmfestival.org
