A Free Event to Celebrate Overcoming Addiction
When: September 8th, 2018
Where: 6th Avenue & 6th Street in Uptown New Westminster BC
Whether you are in recovery, an ally to someone who is in recovery, or you just think that sobriety is awesome – come on out! Everyone is welcome to celebrate recovery from addiction.
This is a substance-free, wicked-awesome and family-friendly event all in one. Part music festival, part carnival, part educational event: Recovery Day BC is a celebration, a rally, a memorial for those lost, and a tool to raise awareness for recovery while reducing the stigma of addiction recovery.
Recovery Day BC, 2018 FEATURING:
- Headliner Matthew Good, free concert at 4pm
- 20,000 Attendees
- 120 Booths and Vendors
- Canada’s largest Mental Health and Addiction Wellness Health Expo
- Special Guest Performances & Street Acts
- Live Music
- Kids Zone
- Memorial Site
- TEDx Style Speaker Tent
- JUST ADDED ROYAL CITY WRESTLERS shows from noon to 5
Thanks to our Stage Sponsors
Here is a list of the Vendors, Artisans and Community Services Information Booths.
Accorn Food
Addictive Design
Adult + Teen Challenge
Alex Mexican jewelry
Alicia’s World Gift
All Cleared
Alliance Medical Monitoring
Back On Track
Bath Fitter Vancouver
BC Centre on Substance Use
BC Resp & Problem Gambling
BC Nurses Union
Beyond 12 Steps
Billi Designs
Burnaby Centre
Cedars
Celebrate Recovery
Charlford House
Chopra Centre
Cocaine Anonymous
Codependents Anonymous
Costco
Create Your Future With Amanda
Debtors Anonymous
Edgewood
Families Do Recover
Fraser Health Community Advisory Program
First Nations Health Authority
First Nations Innovations
FootHills
Fraser Side
Fraser Works Co Op
Gamblers Anonymous
Gary’s kettle Corn
Gifts of Freedom
Gordon Foods
HeartQuest
Heartwood
Henna Artistry
HomeWood
Innervisions
Interventions on Demand
iRecover
Jack 96.9
John Volken Academy
Judson Handicraft
Karen May
Keywest Ford
Last Door Recovery Centre
Launching Pad
Lenny’s Lemonade
Libero Magazine
Life Dental
Life Labs
Life Recovery
Life Ring
Little House
Look Out Society
Marijuana Anonymous
McDonalds
Monalith Technology
Nar-anon
Narcotics Anonymous
NDP
News 1130
New West Fire
New West Greens
New West Public Health
New West Recovery
Orchard Recovery
Pacifica
Hospital Employees Union
Phoenix Society
Purpose Apparel
Realistic Success Recovery
Rock Bottom Basement
Rocky Point Fitness
Royal Columbian Hospital
Sage health Centre
Salvation Army
Save On Foods
Society for a Drug Free BC
St Pauls Foundation
Stenberg College
Sunshine Coast Health Centre
Sweet Legs
Synergy
Talk Recovery Radio
Turning Point
Together We Can
Union Gospel Mission
Vancity
Vancouver Aboriginal Centre
Vancouver Recovery Club
Vision Quest
Visions Books
Watari
Water Lily Counselling
Westminster House
Wild Heart Emporium
But did you know it’s also Recovery Week?!
After years of having just one annual day to officially celebrate recovery, 2017 marked the first official “Recovery Week” in BC! The Vancouver Recovery Society kicked it up a notch to bring you the Recovery Capital Conference, and the second annual event is taking place on September 6th -7th 2018.
